Sunday, September 20, 2009

Blocs in the UN

Blocs in the UN

Miltary Blocs

  1. North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
  2. Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)
  3. ***There used to be a Russian-led "Communist Bloc," but now it is gone.

Regional Groups

  1. Asian Group
  2. African Group
  3. Latin American and Caribbean States (GRULAC)
  4. Eastern European Group (CEIT)
  5. Western European and Others Group (WEOG)
    1. JUSCANZ

Economic Blocs

  1. G-20
  2. G-77 (and China)
  3. Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

Trade Blocs

  1. North American Free Trade Association (NAFTA)
  2. Economic Community of Central African States (CEMAC)
  3. Organization of East Caribbean States (OCES)
  4. South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
  5. You can look at one of the websites below to find the rest of the trade blocs. There are 27 other trade blocs.

Other Blocs

  1. European Union (EU)
  2. African Union
  3. Organization of Islamic Conferences (OIC)
  4. League of Arab States
  5. African Union
  6. JUSCANZ

Official UN inter-governmental entities and organizations (sometimes act as blocs)

  1. African and Caribbean and Pacific Group of States,
  2. African Union,
  3. Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean
  4. Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization
  5. Andean Community
  6. Association of Caribbean States
  7. Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization
  8. Caribbean Community
  9. Collective Security Treaty Organization
  10. Commonwealth of Independent States
  11. Commonwealth Secretariat,
  12. Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries (Hint: Each of these countries used to part of Portugal's Empire)
  13. Community of Sahelo-Saharan States
  14. Council of Europe
  15. Central American Integration System
  16. Customs Cooperation Council
  17. East African Community
  18. Economic Community of Central African States
  19. Economic Community of West African States
  20. Economic Cooperation Organization
  21. Eurasian Economic Community
  22. European Community
  23. GUUAM (Georgia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Moldova)
  24. International Centre for Migration Policy Development
  25. International Development Law Institute
  26. International Hydrographic Organization
  27. International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance
  28. International Organization for Migration
  29. International Organization of la Francophonie
  30. International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
  31. Latin American Economic System
  32. Latin American Parliament
  33. League of Arab States
  34. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
  35. Organization for Eastern Caribbean States,
  36. Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
  37. Organization of American States
  38. Organization of the Islamic Conference
  39. Pacific Islands Forum
  40. Partners in Population and Development
  41. Shanghai Cooperation Organization
  42. South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
  43. Southern African Development Community
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