| Organisation / Group | Aim | status |
|---|---|---|
| Southern Cone Common Market or Southern Common Market | to increase regional economic cooperation | associate |
| Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation | to promote trade and investment in the Pacific basin | |
| Andean Community of Nations | to promote harmonious development through economic integration | |
| Food and Agriculture Organization | to raise living standards and increase availability of agricultural products;a UN specialized agency | |
| Group of 24 | to promote the interests of developing countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America within the IMF | |
| Group of 77 | to promote economic cooperation among developing countries;name persists in spite of increased membership | |
| Inter-American Development Bank | to promote economic and social development in Latin America | |
| International Atomic Energy Agency | to promote peaceful uses of atomic energy | |
| International Bank for Reconstruction and Development | to provide economic development loans;a UN specialized agency | |
| International Civil Aviation Organization | to promote international cooperation in civil aviation;a UN specialized agency | |
| International Criminal Court | to hold all individuals and countries accountable to international laws of conduct; to specify international standards of conduct;to provide an important mechanism for implementing these standards;to ensure that perpetrators are brought to justice | |
| International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement | to promote worldwide humanitarian aid through the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in wartime, and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS;formerly League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies or LORCS) in peacetime | |
| International Development Association | to provide economic loans for low-income countries;UN specialized agency and IBRD affiliate | |
| International Fund for Agricultural Development | to promote agricultural development;a UN specialized agency | |
| International Finance Corporation | to support private enterprise in international economic development;a UN specialized agency and IBRD affiliate | |
| International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies | to organize, coordinate, and direct international relief actions;to promote humanitarian activities;to represent and encourage the development of National Societies;to bring help to victims of armed conflicts, refugees, and displaced people;to reduce the vulnerability of people through development programs | |
| International Hydrographic Organization | to train hydrographic surveyors and nautical cartographers to achieve standardization in nautical charts and electronic chart displays;to provide advice on nautical cartography and hydrography;to develop the sciences in the field of hydrography and techniques used for descriptive oceanography | |
| 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 Maritime Organization | to deal with international maritime affairs;a UN specialized agency | |
| International Mobile Satellite Organization | acts as watchdog over Inmarsat (International Maritime Satellite Organization), a private company, to make sure it follows ICAO standards and recommended practices;plays an active role in the development of international telecommunications policies | |
| 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 | |
| International Organization for Migration | to facilitate orderly international emigration and immigration | |
| Inter-Parliamentary Union | fosters contacts among parliamentarians, considers and expresses views of international interest and concern with the purpose of bringing about action by parliaments and parliamentarians, contributes to the defense and promotion of human rights, contributes to better knowledge of representative institutions | |
| International Organization for Standardization | to promote the development of international standards with a view to facilitating international exchange of goods and services and to developing cooperation in the sphere of intellectual, scientific, technological and economic activity | |
| International Telecommunications Satellites Organization | to act as a watchdog over Intelsat, Ltd., a private company, to make sure it provides on a global and non-discriminatory basis public telecommunication services | |
| International Telecommunication Union | to deal with world telecommunications issues;a UN specialized agency | |
| International Trade Union Confederation | to promote the trade union movement | |
| Latin American Economic System | to promote economic and social development through regional cooperation | |
| Latin American Integration Association | to promote freer regional trade | |
| Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency | encourages flow of foreign direct investment among member countries by offering investment insurance, consultation, and negotiation on conditions for foreign investment and technical assistance;a UN specialized agency | |
| United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo | to establish contacts with the signatories to the cease-fire agreement and to plan for the observation of the cease-fire and disengagement of forces | |
| Nonaligned Movement | to establish political and military cooperation apart from the traditional East or West blocs | |
| Organization of American States | to promote regional peace and security as well as economic and social development | |
| Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean | to encourage the peaceful uses of atomic energy and prohibit nuclear weapons | |
| Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons | to enforce the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling, and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction;to provide a forum for consultation and cooperation among the signatories of the Convention | |
| Permanent Court of Arbitration | to facilitate the settlement of international disputes | |
| Rio Group | to consult on regional Latin American issues | |
| United Nations | to maintain international peace and security and to promote cooperation involving economic, social, cultural, and humanitarian problems | |
| Union of South American Nations | to model a community after the European Union which will include a common currency, parliament, passport, and defense policy | |
| United Nations Conference on Trade and Development | to promote international trade | |
| United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization | to promote cooperation in education, science, and culture | |
| United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus | to serve as a peacekeeping force between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots in Cyprus;established by the UN Security Council | |
| United Nations Industrial Development Organization | UN specialized agency that promotes industrial development especially among the members | |
| Union Latina | to project, protect, and promote the common heritage and unifying identities of the Latin, and Latin-influenced, world | |
| United Nations Mission in Liberia | to support the cease-fire agreement and peace process, protect UN facilities and people, support humanitarian activities, and assist in national security reform | |
| United Nations Mission in the Sudan | to support implementation of the comprehensive Peace Agreement by Monitoring and verifying the implementation of the Cease Fire Agreement, by observing and monitoring movements of armed groups, and by helping disarm, demobilizing and reintegrating armed bands | |
| United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire | to facilitate the implementation by the Ivorian parties of the peace agreement signed by them in January 2003 | |
| World Tourism Organization | to promote tourism as a means of contributing to economic development, international understanding, and peace | |
| Universal Postal Union | to promote international postal cooperation;a UN specialized agency | |
| World Customs Organization | to promote international cooperation in customs matters | |
| World Federation of Trade Unions | to promote the trade union movement | |
| World Health Organization | to deal with health matters worldwide;a UN specialized agency | |
| World Intellectual Property Organization | to furnish protection for literary, artistic, and scientific works;a UN specialized agency | |
| World Meteorological Organization | to sponsor meteorological cooperation;a UN specialized agency | |
| World Trade Organization | to provide a forum to resolve trade conflicts between members and to carry on negotiations with the goal of further lowering and/or eliminating tariffs and other trade barriers | |
| United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti |
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Ancient Peru was the seat of several prominent Andean civilizations, most notably that of the Incas whose empire was captured by the Spanish conquistadors in 1533. Peruvian independence was declared in 1821, and remaining Spanish forces defeated in 1824. After a dozen years of military rule, Peru returned to democratic leadership in 1980, but experienced economic problems and the growth of a violent insurgency. President Alberto FUJIMORI's election in 1990 ushered in a decade that saw a dramatic turnaround in the economy and significant progress in curtailing guerrilla activity. Nevertheless, the president's increasing reliance on authoritarian measures and an economic slump in the late 1990s generated mounting dissatisfaction with his regime, which led to his ouster in 2000. A caretaker government oversaw new elections in the spring of 2001, which ushered in Alejandro TOLEDO Manrique as the new head of government - Peru's first democratically elected president of Native American ethnicity. The presidential election of 2006 saw the return of Alan GARCIA Perez who, after a disappointing presidential term from 1985 to 1990, has overseen a robust macroeconomic performance.
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Religions
Roman Catholic 81.3%, Evangelical 12.5%, other 3.3%, unspecified or none 2.9% (2007 Census)
Natural Resources
copper, silver, gold, petroleum, timber, fish, iron ore, coal, phosphate, potash, hydropower, natural gas
Export commodities
copper, gold, zinc, crude petroleum and petroleum products, coffee, potatoes, asparagus, textiles, fishmeal
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- HIV/AIDS - Adult Prevalence Rate of Peru
- HIV/AIDS - deaths of Peru
- Industrial production growth rate of Peru
- Infant Mortality Rate of Peru
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- Life Expectancy at Birth of Peru
- Location of Peru
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- Natural gas production of Peru
- Net Migration Rate of Peru
- Oil consumption of Peru
- Oil production of Peru
- People living with HIV/AIDS of Peru
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- Total Fertility Rate of Peru
- Unemployment rate of Peru
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