| Organisation / Group | Aim | status |
|---|---|---|
| Andean Community of Nations | to promote harmonious development through economic integration | associate |
| Nonaligned Movement | to establish political and military cooperation apart from the traditional East or West blocs | observer |
| Food and Agriculture Organization | to raise living standards and increase availability of agricultural products;a UN specialized agency | |
| 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 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 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 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 | |
| Latin American Economic System | to promote economic and social development through regional cooperation | |
| Latin American Integration Association | to promote freer regional trade | |
| Southern Cone Common Market or Southern Common Market | to increase regional economic cooperation | |
| 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 Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara | to supervise the cease-fire and conduct a referendum in Western Sahara;established by the UN Security Council | |
| 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 | |
| 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 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 Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan | to observe the 1949 India-Pakistan cease-fire;established by the UN Security Council | |
| 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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Montevideo, founded by the Spanish in 1726 as a military stronghold, soon took advantage of its natural harbor to become an important commercial center. Claimed by Argentina but annexed by Brazil in 1821, Uruguay declared its independence four years later and secured its freedom in 1828 after a three-year struggle. The administrations of President Jose BATLLE in the early 20th century established widespread political, social, and economic reforms that established a statist tradition. A violent Marxist urban guerrilla movement named the Tupamaros, launched in the late 1960s, led Uruguay's president to cede control of the government to the military in 1973. By yearend, the rebels had been crushed, but the military continued to expand its hold over the government. Civilian rule was not restored until 1985. In 2004, the left-of-center Frente Amplio Coalition won national elections that effectively ended 170 years of political control previously held by the Colorado and Blanco parties. Uruguay's political and labor conditions are among the freest on the continent.
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Roman Catholic 47.1%, non-Catholic Christians 11.1%, nondenominational 23.2%, Jewish 0.3%, atheist or agnostic 17.2%, other 1.1% (2006)
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arable land, hydropower, minor minerals, fish
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meat, rice, leather products, wool, fish, dairy products
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