International Organization
Intergovernmental Organisations
International Energy Agency (IEA)
Established: By the Agreement on an International Energy Program, which was signed by the Council of Ministers of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) November 15, 1974, in Paris, France.
Purpose: To coordinate the responses of participating states to the world energy crisis and to develop an oil-sharing mechanism for use in times of supply difficulties; to coordinate national energy policies, share relevant information on energy supplies and markets, and establish closer relations between petroleum-producing countries and consumer states.
Headquarters: Paris, France.
Principal Organs: Governing Board, Standing Groups, Committee on Energy Research and Technology, Committee on Non-Member Countries, Secretariat.
Web site: www.iea.org
Executive Director: Nobuo Tanaka (Japan).
Membership (27, with year of entry): Australia (1979), Austria (1974), Belgium (1974), Canada (1974), Czech Republic (2001), Denmark (1974), Finland ...
- African Union (AU)
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- Indian Ocean Commission (IOC)
- Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC)
- Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD)
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- International Energy Agency (IEA)
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- Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC)
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- Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
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- West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA)
- Western European Union (WEU)
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- World Trade Organization (WTO)
