Definitions of world organization
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an international alliance involving many different countries
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synonyms:
global organization, international organisation, international organization, world organisation
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Arab League
an international organization of independent Arab states formed in 1945 to promote cultural and economic and military and political and social cooperation
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Common Market, EC, EEC, EU, Europe, European Community, European Economic Community, European Union
an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members
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NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
an international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security
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OPCW, Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
international organization for chemical disarmament; administers the Chemical Weapons Convention
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OAS, Organization of American States
an association including most countries in the western hemisphere; created in 1948 to promote military and economic and social and cultural cooperation
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OPEC, Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries
an organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the production and sale of petroleum
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League of Nations
an international organization formed in 1920 to promote cooperation and peace among nations; although suggested by Woodrow Wilson, the United States never joined and it remained powerless; it was dissolved in 1946 after the United Nations was formed
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community
a group of nations having common interests
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CIS, Commonwealth of Independent States
an alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991
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UN, United Nations
an organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security
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commonwealth
a world organization of autonomous states that are united in allegiance to a central power but are not subordinate to it or to one another
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WTO, World Trade Organization
an international organization based in Geneva that monitors and enforces rules governing global trade
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British Commonwealth, Commonwealth of Nations
an association of nations consisting of the United Kingdom and several former British colonies that are now sovereign states but still pay allegiance to the British Crown
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