IGOs: Regional organisations

Africa

Americas and Caribbean

African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States|
Andean Community
|Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa| (BADEA)
Arctic Council|
Asociacion Latinoamericana de Integracion| (ALADI)
Association of Caribbean States| (ACS)
Cartagena Agreement|
Caribbean Community| (CARICOM) includes a description of the organisation and history of CARICOM plus a contacts list, meetings calendar and full text press releases. Also available is a full text version of the founding CARICOM Treaty and its protocols.
Caribbean Development Bank| (CDB)
Central American Bank for Economic Integration| (CABEI/BCIE)
Eastern Caribbean Central Bank| (ECCB)
Free Trade Area of the Americas| (FTAA)
Latin American Economic System| (SELA)
Latin Union|
MERCOSUR|
North American Free Trade Agreement|
Organization of American States| (OAS) site includes a weekly calendar of events, press releases, speeches and useful full texts of conventions and treaties made by the OAS member states.
   Documents|
   Resolutions|
   Treaties|
Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States|
Permanent Secretariat of the General Treaty on Central American Economic Integration| (SIECA)
Sistema de la Integracion Centroamericana| (SICA)
United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean| (ECLAC)

Arabia

Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development| (AFESD)
Arab Trade Financing Program|
Arab World Institute|
Co-operation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf|
League of Arab States| (also known as the Arab League)
Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries| (OAPEC) functions, membership and structure of the organization.
Union of the Arab Maghreb|

Asia

Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM)|
Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation| (APEC) General information, member countries' profiles, press releases, calendar, economic leaders' and ministers' statements, downloadable documents, related Websites.
Asian and Pacific Coconut Community| (APCC) includes a description of the objectives, membership, services offered and a list of publications.
Asian Productivity Organization| includes details of structure, programmes (by sector and country), news (including full text of "APO News"), publications list.
Association of South East Asian Nations| (ASEAN) Aseanweb includes information on sectoral activities, free trade area, ASEAN Summits, press releases, agreements, regional forum reports and links to ASEAN member governments' Websites.
Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific| (CIRDAP)
Colombo Plan|
Commonwealth of Independent States|
Economic Cooperation Organization| (ECO)Indian Ocean Commission
|Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Co-operation| (IOR-RC)
Mekong River Commission| (MRC)
South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation| (SAARC) includes a brief history and description of SAARC, the SAARC newsletter, "Spectrum" magazine, SAARC Summit declarations and trading information.
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific| (ESCAP)
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia| (ESCWA)

Baltic Region

Council of the Baltic Sea States|

Black Sea Region

Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization|
Organization of the Black Sea Economic Co-operation| (BSEC)

Eurasia

Economic Co-operation Organization| (ECO)
Eurasian Economic Community| (EurAsEC)

Europe

Benelux Economic Union
|Central Commission for the Navigation of the Rhine
|Central European Free Trade Agreement
|Central European Initiative|
Commonwealth of Independent States|
Council of Europe| (CE) Includes a description of the work of the North-South Centre and the Parliamentary Assembly. Full text documents include the orders, opinions, recommendations and resolutions of the Parliamentary Assembly| Recommendations, resolutions and statutory reports from the Committee of Ministers are at: Committee of Ministers| Congress of Local and Regional Authorities
|Danube Commission
|European Bank for Reconstruction and Development| (EBRD)
European Free Trade Association Secretariat| (EFTA) includes a description of the structure of EFTA, decisions and press releases of the EFTA Court, legal texts, publications list.
See also separate page for European Union|
European Investment Bank| (EIB)
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe| (ECE)
Western European Union|

Pacific

Intergovernmental regional organisations in the Pacific| - an overview of IGOs in the region

African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States|
Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM)|
Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation| (APEC) General information, member countries' profiles, press releases, calendar, economic leaders' and ministers' statements, downloadable documents, related Websites.
Asian and Pacific Coconut Community (APCC)| includes a description of the objectives, membership, services offered and a list of publications.
Centre on Integrated Rurual Development for Asia and the Pacific| (CIRDAP)
Colombo Plan|
Council of regional organisations in the Pacific (CROP)|
Pacific Islands Forum|
Secretariat of the Pacific Community| (SPC)
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific| (ESCAP)

Scandinavia

Arctic Council|
NORDEN - Nordic Council and Nordic Council of Ministers (NR)| Information about the Nordic Council bodies - structure, policies, publications list, links to other Nordic sites, a calendar of Nordic events, press releases. Some of the information is only available in Scandinavian languages.

Other

Alliance of Small Island States
|Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries| (CPLP)
Organization of the Islamic Conference|
South Centre|