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The Information Systems of International Inter-Governmental Organizations: A Reference Guide

Robert V Williams University of South Carolina

Ablex Publishing Corporation Stamford, Connecticut London, England Contents

INTRODUCTION xv ABBREVIATIONS USED FOR INDEXES AND BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASES xix

PART I AND UN-SUBSIDIARY BODIES

UNITED NATIONS 3 UNITED NATIONS CENTRE FOR HUMAN SETTLEMENTS (Habitat, UNCHS) 17 UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT (UNCTAD) 21 UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (UNDP) 25 UN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL REGIONAL COMMISSIONS 28 ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC (ESCAP) 28 ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR WESTERN ASIA (ESCWA) 31 ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR (ECA) 33 ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR (ECE) 37 ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN (ECLAC) 40 UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME (UNEP) 44 UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES (UNHCR) 47 UNITED NATIONS INSTITUTE FOR TRAINING AND RESEARCH (UNITAR) 50 UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S FUND (UNICEF) 52 UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN (INSTRAW) 55 UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND (UNFPA) 57 UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY FOR PALESTINE REFUGEES IN THE NEAR EAST (UNRWA) 60 UNITED NATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (UNRISD) 62

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PART II UN-SPECIALIZED AGENCIES, THE IAEA, AND RELATED ORGANIZATIONS

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE UN-SPECIALIZED AGENCIES, THE IAEA, AND RELATED ORGANIZATIONS 67 CONSULTATIVE GROUP ON INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH (CGIAR) 70 FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS (FAO) 73 INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY (IAEA) 81 INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION (ICAO) 87 INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT (IFAD) 91 INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION (ILO) 93 INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO) 100 INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF) 103 INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION (ITU) 108 INTERNATIONAL TRADE CENTER (ITC) 113 UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION (Unesco) ' 117 UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION (UNIDO) 127 UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY (UNU) 131 UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION (UPU) 134 (WBG) 137 WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME (WFP) 148 WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO) 151 WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION (WIPO) 157 WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION (WMO) 161 WORLD TOURISM ORGANIZATION (WTO) 166

PART III ALL OTHER INTER-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

ASIAN AND PACIFIC COCONUT COMMUNITY (APCC) 171 ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (ADB) 173 ASIAN PRODUCTIVITY ORGANIZATION (APO) 176 ASIA-PACIFIC ECONOMIC COOPERATION COUNCIL (APEC) 178 ASSOCIATION OF NATURAL RUBBER PRODUCING COUNTRIES (ANRPC) 180 ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS (ASEAN) 182 BALTIC MARINE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION COMMISSION (Helsinki Commission; HELCOM; BMEPC) 185 BANK FOR INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENTS (BIS) 187 BENELUX ECONOMIC UNION 190 CAB INTERNATIONAL (CABI) 192 CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) 196 COCOA PRODUCERS'ALLIANCE (CPA) 199 THE COLOMBO PLAN FOR CO-OPERATIVE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC (COLOMBO PLAN) 200 COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS) 202 COMMONWEALTH SECRETARIAT (COMSEC) 204 COUNCIL OF EUROPE (CE) 207 DANUBE COMMISSION 211 CONTENTS xi

ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES (ECOWAS) 213 ENTENTE COUNCIL 215 EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT (EBRD) 217 EUROPEAN CIVIL AVIATION CONFERENCE (ECAC) 220 EUROPEAN CONFERENCE OF MINISTERS OF TRANSPORT (ECMT) 222 EUROPEAN FREE TRADE ASSOCIATION (EFTA) 225 EUROPEAN LABORATORY FOR PARTICLE PHYSICS (CERN) 228 EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE (EPO) 231 EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY (ESA) 234 EUROPEAN TELECOMMUNICATION SATELLITE ORGANIZATION (EUTELSAT) 238 EUROPEAN UNION (EU, EC, EEC) 240 GROUPOF77(G-77) 257 GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL (GCC) , 259 INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (IADB, IDB) 261 INTER-AMERICAN TROPICAL TUNA COMMISSION (IATTC) 264 INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF THE PRESERVATION AND THE RESTORATION OF CULTURAL PROPERTY (ICCROM) 266 INTERNATIONAL CIVIL DEFENSE ORGANIZATION (ICDO) 269 INTERNATIONAL COCOA ORGANIZATION (ICCO) 271 INTERNATIONAL COFFEE ORGANIZATION (ICO) 273 INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION FOR SCIENTIFIC EXPLORATION OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA (ICSEM) 275 INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF MILITARY MEDICINE (ICMM) 277 INTERNATIONAL COTTON ADVISORY COMMITTEE (ICAC) 279 INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE EXPLORATION OF THE SEA (ICES) 281 INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL POLICE ORGANIZATION (; ICPO) 284 INTERNATIONAL HYDROGRAPHIC ORGANIZATION (IHO) 287 INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF REFRIGERATION (IIR) 290 INTERNATIONAL LEAD AND ZINC STUDY GROUP (ILZSG) 293 INTERNATIONAL MARITIME SATELLITE ORGANIZATION (INMARSAT) 295 INTERNATIONAL NATURAL RUBBER ORGANIZATION (INRO) 297 INTERNATIONAL OFFICE OF EPIZOOTICS 299 INTERNATIONAL OLIVE OIL COUNCIL (IOOC) 302 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION (IOM) 304 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF LEGAL METROLOGY (IOLM) 307 INTERNATIONAL PEPPER COMMUNITY (IPC) 309 INTERNATIONAL RUBBER STUDY GROUP (IRSG) 311 INTERNATIONAL SUGAR ORGANIZATION (ISO) 313 INTERNATIONAL TEA PROMOTION ASSOCIATION (ITPA) 315 INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE ORGANIZATION (INTELSAT) 316 INTERNATIONAL TIN COUNCIL (ITC) 318 INTERNATIONAL VINE AND WINE OFFICE (IWO) 320 INTERNATIONAL WHALING COMMISSION (IWC) 322 INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION (IPU) 325 LATIN AMERICAN INTEGRATION ASSOCIATION (LAIA) 328 331 LEAGUE OF ARAB STATES (LAS; ) 333 NORDIC COUNCILAND NORDIC COUNCIL OF MINISTERS 336 NORTH ATLANTIC ASSEMBLY (NAA) 339 xii CONTENTS

NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION (NATO) 341 NORTHWEST ATLANTIC FISHERIES ORGANIZATION (NAFO) 345 ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (OECD) 348 ORGANIZATION FOR SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE (OSCE) 354 ORGANIZATION OF AFRICAN UNITY (OAU) 357 ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES (OAS) 360 ORGANIZATION OF ARAB PETROLEUM EXPORTING COUNTRIES (OAPEC) 364 ORGANIZATION OF THE PETROLEUM EXPORTING COUNTRIES (OPEC) 367 OSLO AND COMMISSIONS (OSCOM; PARCOM) 370 PERMANENT COURT OF ARBITRATION 372 SOUTH PACIFIC COMMISSION (SPC) 374 SOUTHEAST ASIAN MINISTERS OF ORGANIZATION (SEAMEO) 377 UNION OF BANANA EXPORTING COUNTRIES (UBEC) • 380 WESTERN EUROPEAN UNION (WEU) 383 (WTO) . 385

APPENDIX I: INTERNET ADDRESSES FOR IGOS INCLUDED IN THIS GUIDE

APPENDIX II: INTERNATIONAL INTER-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS: DEFINITIONS, BRIEF HISTORY, AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS

DEFINITION OF AN IGO 397 BRIEF HISTORICAL BACKGROUND ON IGOs . 399 THE INFORMATION SYSTEMS OF IGOs 400 GUIDES TO THE INFORMATION SYSTEMS OF IGOs 404 ACQUIRING PUBLICATIONS, DOCUMENTS, AND DATA FROM IGOs 405 REFERENCE AND RESEARCH USE OF IGO DOCUMENTATION 408 KEEPING UP WITH IGO INFORMATION SYSTEMS 409

INDEX OF ORGANIZATION NAMES , 415

INDEX OF TITLES CITED 433