| Organisation / Group | Aim | status |
|---|---|---|
| Caribbean Community and Common Market | to promote economic integration and development, especially among the less developed countries | observer |
| United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization | to promote cooperation in education, science, and culture | associate |
| World Tourism Organization | to promote tourism as a means of contributing to economic development, international understanding, and peace | associate |
| Financial Action Task Force | to develop and promote policies to combat money laundering and terrorist financing | |
| International Labor Organization | to deal with world labor issues;a UN specialized agency | |
| International Monetary Fund | to promote world monetary stability and economic development;a UN specialized agency | |
| International Criminal Police Organization | to promote international cooperation among police authorities in fighting crime | |
| International Olympic Committee | to promote the Olympic ideals and administer the Olympic games: 2012 Summer Olympics in London, UK;2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia | |
| Universal Postal Union | to promote international postal cooperation;a UN specialized agency | |
| World Customs Organization | to promote international cooperation in customs matters | |
| World Meteorological Organization | to sponsor meteorological cooperation;a UN specialized agency |
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Description
Once the center of the Caribbean slave trade, the island of Curacao was hard hit by the abolition of slavery in 1863. Its prosperity (and that of neighboring Aruba) was restored in the early 20th century with the construction of oil refineries to service newly discovered Venezuelan oil fields. The island of Saint Martin is shared with France;its southern portion is named Sint Maarten and is part of the Netherlands Antilles;its northern portion, called Saint Martin, is an overseas collectivity of France.
Government type
parliamentary
Religions
Roman Catholic 72%, Pentecostal 4.9%, Protestant 3.5%, Seventh-Day Adventist 3.1%, Methodist 2.9%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.7%, other Christian 4.2%, Jewish 1.3%, other or unspecified 1.2%, none 5.2% (2001 census)
Natural Resources
phosphates (Curacao only), salt (Bonaire only)
Export commodities
Associations involved (21)
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