| Organisation / Group | Aim | status |
|---|---|---|
| Asian Development Bank | to promote regional economic cooperation | nonregional member |
| African Development Bank Group | to promote economic development and social progress | nonregional member |
| Arctic Council | to address the common concerns and challenges faced by Arctic governments and the people of the Arctic;to protect the Arctic environment | observer |
| Latin American Integration Association | to promote freer regional trade | observer |
| Organization of American States | to promote regional peace and security as well as economic and social development | observer |
| Southeast European Cooperative Initiative | to encourage cooperation among participating states and to facilitate their integration into European structures | observer |
| Central American Integration System | to strengthen democracy;to set up a new model of regional security;to promote freedom;to achieve a regional system of welfare and economic and social justice;to attain economic unity and strengthen the area as an economic bloc;to act as a bloc in international matters | observer |
| Australia Group | to consult on and coordinate export controls related to chemical and biological weapons | |
| Central American Bank for Economic Integration | to promote economic integration and development | |
| Bank for International Settlements | to promote cooperation among central banks in international financial settlements | |
| Council of Europe | to promote increased unity and quality of life in Europe | |
| European Organization for Nuclear Research | to foster nuclear research for peaceful purposes only | |
| Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council | to discuss cooperation on mutual political and security issues | |
| European Bank for Reconstruction and Development | to facilitate the transition of seven centrally planned economies in Europe (Bulgaria, former Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, former USSR, and former Yugoslavia) to market economies by committing 60% of its loans to privatization | |
| European Investment Bank | to promote economic development of the EU and its predecessors, the EEC and the EC | |
| European Space Agency | to promote peaceful cooperation in space research and technology | |
| Food and Agriculture Organization | to raise living standards and increase availability of agricultural products;a UN specialized agency | |
| Financial Action Task Force | to develop and promote policies to combat money laundering and terrorist financing | |
| 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 Chamber of Commerce | to promote free trade and private enterprise and to represent business interests at national and international levels | |
| 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 Energy Agency | to promote cooperation on energy matters, especially emergency oil sharing and relations between oil consumers and oil producers;established by the OECD | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| North Atlantic Treaty Organization | to promote mutual defense and cooperation | |
| Nuclear Energy Agency | to promote the peaceful uses of nuclear energy;associated with OECD | |
| Nuclear Suppliers Group | to establish guidelines for exports of nuclear materials, processing equipment for uranium enrichment, and technical information to countries of proliferation concern and regions of conflict and instability | |
| Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development | to promote economic cooperation and development | |
| 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 | |
| Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe | to foster the implementation of human rights, fundamental freedoms, democracy, and the rule of law;to act as an instrument of early warning, conflict prevention, and crisis management;and to serve as a framework for conventional arms control and confidence building measures | |
| Paris Club | to provide a forum for debtor countries to negotiate rescheduling of debt service payments or loans extended by governments or official agencies of participating countries;to help restore normal trade and project finance to debtor countries | |
| Permanent Court of Arbitration | to facilitate the settlement of international disputes | |
| Schengen Convention | to allow free movement within an area without internal border controls | |
| United Nations | to maintain international peace and security and to promote cooperation involving economic, social, cultural, and humanitarian problems | |
| 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 High Commissioner for Refugees | to ensure the humanitarian treatment of refugees and find permanent solutions to refugee problems | |
| United Nations Industrial Development Organization | UN specialized agency that promotes industrial development especially among the members | |
| United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon | to confirm the withdrawal of Israeli forces, and assist in reestablishing Lebanese authority in southern Lebanon;established by the UN Security Council | |
| Union Latina | to project, protect, and promote the common heritage and unifying identities of the Latin, and Latin-influenced, world | |
| United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East | to provide assistance to Palestinian refugees | |
| 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 | |
| Zangger Committee | to establish guidelines for the export control provisions of the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons Treaty (NPT) | |
| Economic and Monetary Union | ||
| European Union |
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Spain's powerful world empire of the 16th and 17th centuries ultimately yielded command of the seas to England. Subsequent failure to embrace the mercantile and industrial revolutions caused the country to fall behind Britain, France, and Germany in economic and political power. Spain remained neutral in World Wars I and II but suffered through a devastating civil war (1936-39). A peaceful transition to democracy following the death of dictator Francisco FRANCO in 1975, and rapid economic modernization (Spain joined the EU in 1986) gave Spain a dynamic and rapidly growing economy and made it a global champion of freedom and human rights. The government continues to battle the Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA) terrorist organization, but its major focus for the immediate future will be on measures to reverse the severe economic recession that started in mid-2008.
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Religions
Roman Catholic 94%, other 6%
Natural Resources
coal, lignite, iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, uranium, tungsten, mercury, pyrites, magnesite, fluorspar, gypsum, sepiolite, kaolin, potash, hydropower, arable land
Export commodities
machinery, motor vehicles;foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals, medicines, other consumer goods
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