Belarus and International Organisations

Regional Organizations in post-Soviet area
Organisation	Abbreviation	Year of Accession
Commonwealth of Independent States	CIS	1991
Union State of Belarus and Russia		1996
Eurasian Economic Community		2000
Customs Union and Unified Economic Space		2003
Collective Security Treaty Organization	CSTO	2002
EU and NATO
Organisation	Abbreviation	Year of Accession
European Union	EU
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation	NATO
International Organisations, Funds and Programmes
Organisation	Abbreviation	Year of Accession
United Nations	UN	1945
UN Development Programme	UNDP	1965
UN Environment Programme	UNEP	1975
European Economic Commission	UN EEC	1947
UN Disarmament Commission		1978
UN Disarmament Conference		1996
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development	UNCTAD	1962
United Nations Population Fund	UNFPA	1969
United Nations Children's Fund	UNICEF	1953
United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation	UNSCEAR	2008 observer status
International Atomic Energy Agency	IAEA	1957
International Organisation for Migration	IOM	2005
World Trade Organisation	WTO	1993 observer
World Customs Organisation	WCO	1993
International Sugar Organisation	ISO	1993
International Office of Epizootics		1994
International Wheat Council		1993 observer
Organization for Cooperation of Railways		1993
International Organisation for Standardization	ISO	1993
Bureau for International Exhibitions	BIE	1951
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons	ОPCW	1997
Permanent Court of Arbitration		1962
International Mobile Stallite Organization	IMSO	1979
International Telecommunications Satellite Organization	INTELSAT	1993
International Organization of Space Communications	INTERSPUTNIK	1993
Inter-Parliamentary Union	IPU	1994
Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization	CTBTO Preparatory Commission	1996
International Federation of Persons with Physical Disability		1991
World Federation of the Deaf		1950
International Military Sports Council	CISM	1993
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees	UNHCR	1951
Non-Aligned Movement	NAM	1998
UN Specialized Agencies
Organisation	Abbreviation	Year of Accession
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization	UNESCO	1954
World Health Organisation	WHO	1946, 1992
World Meteorological Organisation	WMO	1948
Food and Agriculture Organization	FAO	2005
World Intellectual Property Organization	WIPO	1967
International Labour Organization	ILO	1954
United Nations Industrial Development Organization	UNIDO	1985
Universal Postal Union	UPU	1947
International Telecommunication Union	ITU	1947
International Civil Aviation Organisation	ICAO	1993
International Monetary Fund	IMF	1992
World Bank Group:
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development	IBRD	1992
International Finance Corporation	IFC	1992
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency	MIGA	1992
International Development Association	IDA	not acceded
International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes	ICSID	1992
Regional Organisations
Organisation	Abbreviation	Year of Accession
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe	OSCE	1992
Council of Europe	СЕ
European Bank of Reconstruction and Development	EBRD	1992
Council of Euro Atlantic Partnership	CEAP	1997
European Broadcasting Union	EBU	1993
European Energy Charter	EEC	1991
Central European Initiative	CEI	1996
Council of the Baltic Sea States		2009, observer status
Shanghai Cooperation Organization	SCO	2009, observer status
Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation	BSEC	2005, observer status

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