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Intergovernmental financial institution
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
.
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Members that have joined but then withdrawn from the CFC include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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