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Association of Southeast Asian Nations
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is an intergovernmental forum of all 11 states in Southeast Asia. ASEAN primarily focuses on Southeast Asian economic development, peaceful coexistence and adherence to international norms. ASEAN operates on the principle of consensus and respecting national sovereignty, meaning that ASEAN as a whole cannot force another member state to change its domestic laws.
League of Arab States
organization of Arab states
Commonwealth of Independent States
regional organisation whose participating countries are former Soviet Republics
Benelux
The Benelux Union (; ; ; ) or Benelux is a politico-economic union, alliance and formal international intergovernmental cooperation of three neighbouring states in Western Europe: Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. The name is a syllabic abbreviation formed from the initial syllable of each country's name and was first used to name the customs agreement that initiated the union (signed in 1944). It is now used more generally to refer to the geographic, economic, and cultural grouping of the three countries.
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
economical, political and military Alliance of South Asian Nations in Nepal
Economic Community of West African States
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS; also known as CEDEAO in French and Portuguese) is a regional political and economic union of twelve countries of West Africa. Collectively, the present and former members comprise an area of and have an estimated population of over 424.34 million.
Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Persian Gulf
regional intergovernmental political and economic union consisting of many Arab states of the Persian Gulf
Organization of Turkic States
International organization to which Turkic sovereign states are members
Union for the Mediterranean
organization
Economic Cooperation Organization
founded in 1985 in Tehran by the leaders of Iran, Pakistan, and Turkey
Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation
international organization
Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
2020 Asia-Pacific free trade agreement
supranational union
political and government system, where several sovereign states give up and share part of their sovereignty for their common governance
Central American Integration System
economic and political organization of Central American states
Organization of Ibero-American States
international organization based in Madrid, Spain
United Nations Parliamentary Assembly
organization
Alliance of Sahel States
inter-state military alliance for the collective defense architecture of the states of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali
global governance
governing arrangements between transnational actors
regional integration
international cooperation within a region of the world
Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean
international organization of Euro-Mediterranean and Gulf region parliaments
Forum of East Asia–Latin America Cooperation
organization
Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO)
Liptako–Gourma Authority
African regional development organisation
Singleton
hypothetical world order in which there is a single decision-making agency