Common Fund for Commodities

Coordinates : 52°22′24″N 4°55′59″E  /  52.3734016°N 4.9331836°E  / 52.3734016; 4.9331836
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Common Fund for Commodities
Abbreviation CFC
Formation 19 June 1989 (34 years ago)  ( 1989-06-19 )
Type Intergovernmental organization
Purpose Financial institution
Headquarters Amsterdam , Netherlands
Coordinates 52°22′24″N 4°55′59″E  /  52.3734016°N 4.9331836°E  / 52.3734016; 4.9331836
Area served
International
Membership
101 Member States plus 9 institutional members
Managing Director
  Bangladesh Sheikh Mohammed Belal
Website common-fund .org

The Common Fund for Commodities ( CFC ) is an intergovernmental financial institution established within the framework of the United Nations . It is a vestige of the proposed New International Economic Order . The CFC finances commodity development projects in developing states.

The CFC was established in 1989. It was set up by a 1980 multilateral treaty known as the Agreement establishing the Common Fund for Commodities . As of June 2017, there are 110 parties to the Agreement and thus to the CFC. This total includes 101 UN member states plus 9 intergovernmental organizations: the Andean Community , the African Union , the Caribbean Community , the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa , the East African Community , the European Union , the Economic Community of West African States , the Southern African Development Community and the West African Economic and Monetary Union . [1] Members that have joined but then withdrawn from the CFC include Australia , Austria , Belgium , Canada , Japan , Luxembourg , New Zealand , Turkey , and the Eurasian Economic Community . The United States of America has not been a member of the fund.

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  1. ^ "Members States" . common-fund.org . Common Fund for Commodities. Archived from the original on 29 June 2017 . Retrieved 17 June 2017 .

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