International Organizations
and Groups | Aim - Objective |
| European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) | 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 Community (or European Communities, EC) | European Community (or European Communities, EC) |
| European Free Trade Association (EFTA) | to promote expansion of free trade |
| European Investment Bank (EIB) | to promote economic development of the EU and its predecessors, the EEC and the EC |
| European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) | to foster nuclear research for peaceful purposes only |
| European Space Agency (ESA) | to promote peaceful cooperation in space research and technology |
| European Union (EU) | European Union (EU) |
| First World | First World |
| Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) | to raise living standards and increase availability of agricultural products; a UN specialized agency |
| former Soviet Union (FSU) | former Soviet Union (FSU) |
| former USSR/Eastern Europe (former USSR/EE) | former USSR/Eastern Europe (former USSR/EE) |
| Four Dragons | Four Dragons |
| Franc Zone (FZ) | to form a monetary union among countries whose currencies were linked to the French franc |
| Front Line States (FLS) | Front Line States (FLS) |
| General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) | General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) |
| General Confederation of Trade Unions (GCTU) | to consolidate trade union actions to protect citizens' social and labor rights and interests, to help secure trade unions' rights and guarantees, and to strengthen international trade union solidarity |
| Group of 10 (G-10) | to coordinate credit policy |
| Group of 11 (G-11) | Group of 11 (G-11) |
| Group of 15 (G-15) | to promote economic cooperation among developing nations; to act as the main political organ for the Nonaligned Movement |
| Group of 2 (G-2) | Group of 2 (G-2) |
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