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Mappings between OpenCyc terms and Wikipedia article names provided by Olena Medelyan and Catherine Legg, University of Waikato, NZ under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license. externalID A unique, language-neutral, variable-sized identifier for a concept that can be used to refer unambiguously to that concept across OWL exports or across Cyc inference engines. label A natural-language representation for a concept that is both human readable and readable by the Cyc inference engine. These terms are not guaranteed to refer to the same concept across time but are guaranteed to be consistent within a particular OWL export. Use 'cycAnnot:externalID' for unambiguously referring to a concept across OWL exports or across Cyc inference engines. organization of countries InternationalOrganizationOfCountries Mx4rvcF1IpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA A collection of organizations; a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/InternationalOrganization" class="cyc_term">InternationalOrganization</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/InternationalOrganizationOfCountries" class="cyc_term">InternationalOrganizationOfCountries</a> is an organization whose members are countries (as represented by their goverments). Examples include the United Nations, NATO, SEATO, OAU, the League of Arab States, and OPEC. organizations of countries organisations of countries organisation of countries http://www.w3.org/2006/03/wn/wn20/instances/synset-world_organization-noun-1 international alliance The collection of all agreements between geopolitical agents where the parties to the agreement agree to work in concert with respect to some endeavor or set of issues. An international alliance may be formed for a comparatively specific purpose, like the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/DesertShieldCoalition" class="cyc_term">DesertShieldCoalition</a>, or it may be formed with a wide range of goals in mind, like the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Also, alliances may be relatively brief or may be quite long-standing. Alliances are often established through some sort of formal treaty. Their participants are almost always instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/IndependentCountry" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> acting as international agents. A situation where one or more of the participants is an international corporation like the Lippo Group or Saudi Aramco, or some other global economic entity like the International Monetary Fund, might conceivably be a borderline case. InternationalAlliance the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency NuclearEnergyAgency WesternEuropeanUnion weu ColomboPlan the Colombo Plan OrganizationForSecurityAndCooperationInEurope Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe GulfCooperationCouncil The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) was established in 1981 as a non-aligned informal collective security arrangement among Persian Gulf countries during the war between Iran and Iraq. the Gulf Cooperation Council ArabCooperationCouncil Arab Cooperation Council the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific EconomicAndSocialCommissionForAsiaAndThePacific G77Organization G-77 An international organization of 77 countries established in October 1967 with the aim of promoting economic cooperation among developing countries. Although more than 77 countries are currently members, the original name persists. UNOMIL United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia Andean Group AndeanGroup InternationalOrganizationForMigration IOM Central African States Development Bank CentralAfricanStatesDevelopmentBank United Nations Force in Cyprus UNFICYP the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies An international organization whose aim is to organize, coordinate, and direct international relief actions; to promote humanitarian activities; to represent and encourage the development of National Societies; to bring help to victims of armed conflicts, refugees, and displaced people; to reduce the vulnerability of people through development programs. InternationalFederationOfRedCrossAndRedCrescentSocieties UnitedNationsProtectionForce UNPROFOR An association of nations joined together by a common interest of having been parts of the old British empire. CommonwealthOfNationsOrganization Commonwealth of Nations EconomicCommunityOfCentralAfricanStates Economic Community Of Central African States An international organization whose goal is to promote regional economic cooperation and establish a Central African Common Market. A United Nations specialized agency established in 1966 for the purpose of promoting international industrial development, especially among U.N. member nations. the United Nations Industrial Development Organization UnitedNationsIndustrialDevelopmentOrganization ArabBankForEconomicDevelopmentInAfrica the Arab Bank For Economic Development In Africa An international organization whose aim is to promote economic development in Arab Africa. BankForInternationalSettlements Bank for International Settlements AfricanDevelopmentBank An international organization whose aim is to to promote economic and social development in African countries. African Development Bank APEC AsiaPacificEconomicCooperation Council of Europe CouncilOfEurope World Tourism Organization WorldTourismOrganization the World Intellectual Property Organization An international organization whose aim is to furnish protection for literary, artistic, and scientific works. WorldIntellectualPropertyOrganization the Universal Postal Union UniversalPostalUnion A United Nations specialized agency established in 1947 for the purpose of promoting international postal cooperation. UN Observer Mission In Georgia UNObserverMissionInGeorgia PartnershipForPeace Partnership for Peace the Missile Technology Control Regime The international organization established April 16, 1987 with the goal of arresting the proliferation of unmanned delivery vehicles of mass destruction by controlling the export of key missile technologies and equipment. MissileTechnologyControlRegime The Food and Agriculture Organization is an international organization whose aim isto raise living standards and increase availability of agricultural products. It is a UN specialized agency. FoodAndAgricultureOrganization FAO G7Organization g-7 Arab Monetary Fund An international organization whose aim is to promote Arab cooperation, development, and integration in monetary and economic affairs. ArabMonetaryFund NonalignedMovement NAM An international organization of countries created in 1961 in order to foster cooperation among, and advance the interests of, nations in the third world, independent of alignment with either the United States or the (then) Soviet Union. G9Organization G-9 An international organization whose aim is to deal with health matters worldwide. WorldHealthOrganization the World Health Organization the European Investment Bank EuropeanInvestmentBank Agency For Cultural And Technical Cooperation AgencyForCulturalAndTechnicalCooperation An international organization that deals with international maritime affairs. InternationalMaritimeOrganization the International Maritime Organization EuropeanBankForReconstructionAndDevelopment EBRD WarsawPact Warsaw Pact Provides a unified military command; if one member is attacked, the other will aid it with all necessary steps including armed force. the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons OrganizationForTheProhibitionOfChemicalWeapons An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/InternationalOrganization" class="cyc_term">InternationalOrganization</a>. It is the executive body of the Conventional Weapons Convention that is responsible for achieving the object and purpose of the Convention, ensuring the implementation of its provisions, and providing a forum for consultation and cooperation among States Parties. See their web page at <a href= "http://www.opcw.nl/">http://www.opcw.nl/</a>. MINURSO MINURSO ICFTU InternationalConfederationOfFreeTradeUnions An international organization whose aim is to support private enterprise in international economic development. IFC InternationalFinanceCorporation InternationalMonetaryFund An international organization whose aim is to promote world monetary stability and economic development. the International Monetary Fund UNIKOM UNIKOM Six Plus Two International Organization SixPlusTwo-InternationalOrganization Six plus Two is the ministerial group of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/Afghanistan" class="cyc_term">Afghanistan</a>'s neighbors and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/Russia" class="cyc_term">Russia</a> and the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/UnitedStatesOfAmerica" class="cyc_term">UnitedStatesOfAmerica</a>. They seek immediate cessation of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/Afghanistan" class="cyc_term">Afghanistan</a>'s conflicts and the establishment of a broad-based, multi-ethnic, representative government. the UN High Commissioner for Refugees UnitedNationsOfficeOfTheHighCommissionerForRefugees G6Organization G-6 the European Union The international organization founded to integrate the economies, coordinate social developments, and bring about political union of the member countries EuropeanUnion the G-8 G8Organization ARABSAT Arab Satellite Communications Organization <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/ARABSAT" class="cyc_term">ARABSAT</a> (Arab Satellite Communications Organization) is an organization funded and managed by Arab states for the purpose of developing state-of-the-art telecommunications services for its member countries. UnitedNationsConferenceOnTradeAndDevelopment United Nations Conference on Trade and Development A United Nations specialized agency established in 1964 for the purpose of promoting international trade. Members nations include all United Nations members as well as the Holy See, Switzerland, and Tonga. UNESCO UNESCO The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is an international organization whose aim is to promote cooperation in education, science, and culture. CouncilOfTheBalticSeaStates Council of the Baltic Sea States An international organization whose goal is to promote cooperation among the Baltic Sea states in the areas of aid to new democratic institutions, economic development, humanitarian aid, energy and the environment, cultural programs and education, and transportation and communication. INMARSAT Formerly the International Maritime Satellite Organization, the International Mobile Satellite Organization is an international organization whose aim is to provide worldwide communications for commercial, distress, and safety applications, at sea, in the air, and on land. Inmarsat ArabFundForEconomicAndSocialDevelopment An international organization whose aim is to to promote economic and social development in Arab countries. the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development the Nuclear Suppliers Group An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/InternationalOrganizationOfCountries" class="cyc_term">InternationalOrganizationOfCountries</a>, established in 1974 and effective in 1975, with headquarters in Vienna, Austria. Also known as the London Suppliers Group and the London Group, the aim of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/NuclearSuppliersGroup" class="cyc_term">NuclearSuppliersGroup</a> is to establish guidelines for exports of nuclear materials, processing equipment for uranium enrichment, and technical information to countries of proliferation concern and regions of conflict and instability. NuclearSuppliersGroup An international organization whose aim is to promote international cooperation in customs matters. Customs Cooperation Council CustomsCooperationCouncil the Commonwealth of Independent States CommonwealthOfIndependentStates This instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/InternationalOrganizationOfCountries" class="cyc_term">InternationalOrganizationOfCountries</a>, CIS for short, is a loose confederation of nations, each of which was formerly a republic of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/UnionOfSovietSocialistRepublics" class="cyc_term">UnionOfSovietSocialistRepublics</a>; all such former republics are members (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/internationalOrganizationMemberCountries" class="cyc_term">internationalOrganizationMemberCountries</a>) of the CIS, with the exceptions of the Baltic States, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/Latvia" class="cyc_term">Latvia</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/Lithuania" class="cyc_term">Lithuania</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/Moldova" class="cyc_term">Moldova</a>. According to the CIA WorldFactbook 1998 edition, available at <a href= "http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/">http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/</a>, the aim of the CIS is 'to coordinate intercommonwealth relations and to provide a mechanism for the orderly dissolution of the USSR'. IDA InternationalDevelopmentAssociation An international organization whose aim is to provide economic loans for low income countries. An intenrational organization which deals with world labor issues. ILO InternationalLaborOrganization PermanentCourtOfArbitration PCA The Australia Group (AG) -- Formed in 1984 as a result of the use of chemical weapons in the Iran-Iraq war, the AG is an informal forum of states whose goal is to discourage and impede proliferation by harmonizing national export controls on CW precursor chemicals and manufacturing equipment, sharing information on target countries, and seeking other ways to curb the use of chemical weapons. It has since been expanded to include biological weapons. Australia Group AustraliaGroup UNDisengagementObserverForce UN Disengagement Observer Force UnitedNationsOrganization the United Nations An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/InternationalOrganizationOfCountries" class="cyc_term">InternationalOrganizationOfCountries</a>. The <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/UnitedNationsOrganization" class="cyc_term">UnitedNationsOrganization</a> was founded after World War II, and now has 191 member countries. The stated goals of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/UnitedNationsOrganization" class="cyc_term">UnitedNationsOrganization</a> include maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among its member nations, and promoting human rights. The <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/UnitedNationsOrganization" class="cyc_term">UnitedNationsOrganization</a> has several suborganizations and specialized agencies, including <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/UNGeneralAssembly" class="cyc_term">UNGeneralAssembly</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/UNSecurityCouncil" class="cyc_term">UNSecurityCouncil</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/InternationalCourtOfJustice" class="cyc_term">InternationalCourtOfJustice</a>. ECO EconomicCooperationOrganization InternationalOlympicCommittee the International Olympic Committee The governing body for Olympic competitions. ECLAC EconomicCommissionForLatinAmericaAndTheCaribbean AsianDevelopmentBank Asian Development Bank The U.N. Security Council is the organ of the United Nations responsible for the maintenance of international peace and security. The Council may decide on enforcement measures, economic sanctions (such as trade embargoes), or collective military action. the Security Council UNSecurityCouncil AfricanCaribbeanAndPacificCountries An international organization whose goal is to manage their preferential economic and aid relationship with the EU. African, Caribbean, and Pacific Countries CouncilOfArabEconomicUnity CAEU OAPEC The aim of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries, established in January 1968, is to promote cooperation in the petroleum industry. the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries South Pacific Forum SouthPacificForum ZanggerCommittee An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/InternationalOrganizationOfCountries" class="cyc_term">InternationalOrganizationOfCountries</a>, the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/ZanggerCommittee" class="cyc_term">ZanggerCommittee</a> (aka the Non-Proliferation Treaty Exporters Committee) was formed in 1971 to establish guidelines for the export control provisions of the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons Treaty. Zangger Committee The aim of the International Telecommunication Union is to deal with world telecommunications issues. It is a UN specialized agency. ITU InternationalTelecommunicationUnion United Nations Operation in Somalia UNOSOM UNTSO UNTruceSupervisionOrganization the World Federation Of Trade Unions An international organization whose aim is to promote the trade union movement. WorldFederationOfTradeUnions European Space Agency EuropeanSpaceAgency UnitedNationsInstituteForTrainingAndResearch UNITAR An international organization whose aim is to promote agricultural development. IFAD InternationalFundForAgriculturalDevelopment UnitedNationsPreventiveDeploymentForce United Nations Preventive Deployment Force Black Sea Economic Cooperation Zone BlackSeaEconomicCooperationZone ASEAN Formed in 1967 to promote political and economic cooperation among the non-communist countries in the region ASEAN OPEC OPEC, the OrganizationOfPetroleumExportingCountries, an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/InternationalOrganizationOfCountries" class="cyc_term">InternationalOrganizationOfCountries</a> consisting of most of the major and middle-sized oil-producing countries in the world. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/OPEC" class="cyc_term">OPEC</a> is concerned with the price of, commerce in and marketing of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/Petroleum_CrudeOil" class="cyc_term">Petroleum_CrudeOil</a>. By controlling the production of oil it keeps prices artificially high. OPEC UN Mission Of Observers In Tajikistan UNMissionOfObserversInTajikistan InternationalHydrographicOrganization International Hydrographic Organization An international organization whose goal is to train hydrographic surveyors and nautical cartographers to achieve standardization in nautical charts and electronic chart displays provide advice on nautical cartography and hydrography develop the sciences in the field of hydrography and techniques used for descriptive oceanography Organization of African Unity OrganizationOfAfricanUnity The international organization founded to provide unity, felowship, and defense of African states G5Organization G-5 An international organization whose aim is to promote economic development as a regional commission for the UN's Economic and Social Council. the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia EconomicAndSocialCommissionForWesternAsia G-2 G2Organization G24Organization G-24 AfricanUnion African Union InternationalAtomicEnergyAgency the International Atomic Energy Agency The agency of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/UnitedNationsOrganization" class="cyc_term">UnitedNationsOrganization</a> that is concerned with the cooperative scientific and technical development of atomic power and with verifying that nuclear resources are used for peaceful ends. InternationalEnergyAgency the International Energy Agency An autonomous organization within the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/OECD" class="cyc_term">OECD</a>. Its objectives include taking measures to meet any oil supply emergency, and to reduce dependence on oil over the long term. UNMIH UNMissionInHaiti InterAmericanDevelopmentBank IADB UNMissionOfObserversInPrevlaka UN Mission Of Observers In Prevlaka the World Meteorological Organization An international organization whose aim is to sponsor international meteorological cooperation. WorldMeteorologicalOrganization Central European Initiative CentralEuropeanInitiative UNU UnitedNationsUniversity The aim of The International Criminal Police Organization is to promote international cooperation among police authorities in fighting crime. INTERPOL INTERPOL OrganizationOfTheIslamicConference the Organization of the Islamic Conference The <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/OrganizationOfTheIslamicConference" class="cyc_term">OrganizationOfTheIslamicConference</a> (OIC) is an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/InternationalOrganizationOfCountries" class="cyc_term">InternationalOrganizationOfCountries</a> established in May 1971 which promotes cooperation in cultural, economics, scientific and social areas among Islamic nations. NorthAtlanticCooperationCouncil North Atlantic Cooperation Council LeagueOfArabStates An <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/InternationalOrganizationOfCountries" class="cyc_term">InternationalOrganizationOfCountries</a> founded in 1945 which fosters cultural, economic, political, social, defense, and communication ties and mediates disputes among the Arab states. the League of Arab States IslamicDevelopmentBank IDB An international organization whose aim is to promote Islamic economic aid and social development. UnitedNationsOperationsInMozambique UNOMOZ G19Organization G-19 The international organization established in October, 1975 with the aim of representing the interests of the less developed countries that participated in the Conference on International Economic Cooperation (CIEC) in 1975 and 1977. the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development An international organization of countries founded to promote economic and social welfare and growth in member countries, and to stimulate and harmonize efforts on behalf of developing nations. OECD An international organization whose aim is to promote international cooperation in civil aviation. InternationalCivilAviationOrganization International Civil Aviation Organization The World Trade Organization, founded 1 January 1995, administers WTO trade agreements, provides a forum for trade negotiations and disputes, monitors national trade policies, and provides assistance for developing countries. WorldTradeOrganization the World Trade Organization The aim of the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (Intelsat) is to develop and operate a global commercial telecommunications satellite system. Intelsat Intelsat the Organization of American States OrganizationOfAmericanStates There are 32 members and the organization deals with urgent security matters, among other things. SouthPacificCommission the South Pacific Commission An international organization whose aim is to provide economic development loans. the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development InternationalBankForReconstructionAndDevelopment I'm not sure, but I think this is an organization consisting of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/Australia" class="cyc_term">Australia</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/NewZealand" class="cyc_term">NewZealand</a> ANZUS ANZUS World Confederation of Labor WorldConfederationOfLabor G10Organization Group of 10 the International Chamber of Commerce An international organization whose aim is to promote free trade and private enterprise and to represent business interests at national and international levels . InternationalChamberOfCommerce CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research UNMissionInBosniaAndHerzegovina UN Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina ISO InternationalOrganizationForStandardization An international organization whose aim is to promote the development of international standards with a view to facilitating international exchange of goods and services and to developing cooperation in the sphere of intellectual, scientific, technological and economic activity. Economic Commission for Europe EconomicCommissionForEurope the Wassenaar Arrangement Countries WassenaarArrangement-Organization An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/InternationalOrganizationOfCountries" class="cyc_term">InternationalOrganizationOfCountries</a>, the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/WassenaarArrangement_Organization" class="cyc_term">WassenaarArrangement_Organization</a> is made up of the countries agreeing to the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/WassenaarArrangement_Agreement" class="cyc_term">WassenaarArrangement_Agreement</a>, the first global multilateral arrangement on export controls for conventional weapons and sensitive dual-use goods and technologies. The agreement received final approval by 33 countries in July 1996 and the organization began operations in September 1996. (See <a href= "http://www.wassenaar.org">http://www.wassenaar.org</a> for futher information.) InternationalOrganizationOfCountries organization of countries A collection of organizations; a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/InternationalOrganization" class="cyc_term">InternationalOrganization</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/InternationalOrganizationOfCountries" class="cyc_term">InternationalOrganizationOfCountries</a> is an organization whose members are countries (as represented by their goverments). Examples include the United Nations, NATO, SEATO, OAU, the League of Arab States, and OPEC. government organizations organization topic GovernmentOrganizations-Organization-Topic seeAlsoURI See Also URI <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/seeAlsoURI" class="cyc_term">seeAlsoURI</a> <b>THING</b> <b>URI</b>)</code> means that a description of the resource identified by URI is likely to contain information pertinent to THING. This predicate is roughly equivalent to rdfs:seeAlso. InternationalOrganizationOfCountries organization of countries A collection of organizations; a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/InternationalOrganization" class="cyc_term">InternationalOrganization</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/InternationalOrganizationOfCountries" class="cyc_term">InternationalOrganizationOfCountries</a> is an organization whose members are countries (as represented by their goverments). Examples include the United Nations, NATO, SEATO, OAU, the League of Arab States, and OPEC. prettyString Pretty String (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/prettyString" class="cyc_term">prettyString</a> TERM STRING) means that STRING is the English word or expression (sequence of words) commonly used to refer to TERM. The predicate <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/prettyString" class="cyc_term">prettyString</a> is used by the code which generates CycL to English paraphrases, but its applicability is not restricted to this use. InternationalOrganizationOfCountries organization of countries A collection of organizations; a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/InternationalOrganization" class="cyc_term">InternationalOrganization</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/InternationalOrganizationOfCountries" class="cyc_term">InternationalOrganizationOfCountries</a> is an organization whose members are countries (as represented by their goverments). Examples include the United Nations, NATO, SEATO, OAU, the League of Arab States, and OPEC. The collection of all organizations whose members ar themselves organizations. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/Organization" class="cyc_term">Organization</a>. The concept <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/OrganizationOfOrganizations" class="cyc_term">OrganizationOfOrganizations</a> is a (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/CollectionUnionFn" class="cyc_term">CollectionUnionFn</a> (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/TheSet" class="cyc_term">TheSet</a> <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/FacetInstanceCollection" class="cyc_term">FacetInstanceCollection</a> <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/ClarifyingCollectionType" class="cyc_term">ClarifyingCollectionType</a>)). OrganizationOfOrganizations league internationalOrganizationMemberCountries International Organization Member Countries This predicate relates international organizations to countries that belong to them. (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/internationalOrganizationMemberCountries" class="cyc_term">internationalOrganizationMemberCountries</a> ORG NATION) means that NATION (as represented by its national government or other legally designated body) is a member of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/InternationalOrganizationOfCountries" class="cyc_term">InternationalOrganizationOfCountries</a> ORG. For example, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/Bahrain" class="cyc_term">Bahrain</a> is an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/internationalOrganizationMemberCountries" class="cyc_term">internationalOrganizationMemberCountries</a> of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/LeagueOfArabStates" class="cyc_term">LeagueOfArabStates</a> and of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/UnitedNationsOrganization" class="cyc_term">UnitedNationsOrganization</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/China_PeoplesRepublic" class="cyc_term">China_PeoplesRepublic</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/internationalOrganizationMemberCountries" class="cyc_term">internationalOrganizationMemberCountries</a> of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/UnitedNationsOrganization" class="cyc_term">UnitedNationsOrganization</a> but <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/Taiwan_RepublicOfChina" class="cyc_term">Taiwan_RepublicOfChina</a> is not. A collection of collections. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/ExistingObjectType" class="cyc_term">ExistingObjectType</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/PartiallyTangible" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a> (q.v.). Moreover, each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/ExistingObjectType" class="cyc_term">ExistingObjectType</a> is a collection that is temporally stuff-like (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/TemporalStuffType" class="cyc_term">TemporalStuffType</a>) but physically-spatially object-like (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/ObjectType" class="cyc_term">ObjectType</a>) -- i.e. object-like with respect to some physical-spatial part-whole predicate (e.g. some specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/properPhysicalDecompositions" class="cyc_term">properPhysicalDecompositions</a>). <p/> Consider the collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/BookCopy" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/BookCopy" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/PartiallyTangible" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a>. Further, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/BookCopy" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a> is temporally stuff-like: any one of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/timeSlices" class="cyc_term">timeSlices</a> of a given copy <code><b>COPY</b></code> of (say) &quot;Moby Dick&quot; is still a copy of &quot;Moby Dick&quot;. (Most collections of tangible objects are temporally stuff-like in this way.) But <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/BookCopy" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a> is spatially <i>object-like</i>: if we take a scalpel and slice <code><b>COPY</b></code> into ten pieces, each piece is not a copy of &quot;Moby Dick&quot;. So <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/BookCopy" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a> is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/ExistingObjectType" class="cyc_term">ExistingObjectType</a>. <p/> See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/StuffType" class="cyc_term">StuffType</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/ExistingStuffType" class="cyc_term">ExistingStuffType</a>. ExistingObjectType type of object Required Arg 1 Pred requiredArg1Pred A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/MetaPredicate" class="cyc_term">MetaPredicate</a> for stating that every instance of a given collection is related to some thing or things by a given predicate. <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/requiredArg1Pred" class="cyc_term">requiredArg1Pred</a> <b>COL</b> <b>PRED</b>)</code> means that for every instance <code><b>INST</b></code> of <code><b>COL</b></code>, there exists some sequence <code><b>ARGS</b></code> such that <code>(<b>PRED</b> <b>INST</b> . <b>ARGS</b>)</code> holds. For example, (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/requiredArg1Pred" class="cyc_term">requiredArg1Pred</a> <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/Organization" class="cyc_term">Organization</a> <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/hasMembers" class="cyc_term">hasMembers</a>) means that every organization has at least one member. <p/> See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/requiredArg2Pred" class="cyc_term">requiredArg2Pred</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/requiredArg3Pred" class="cyc_term">requiredArg3Pred</a>. InternationalOrganization A collection of organizations. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/InternationalOrganization" class="cyc_term">InternationalOrganization</a> is an organization with international `scope' -- that is, one which has substantial operations, physical facilities, or substantial membership in multiple countries. International organizations may have persons, other organizations, or countries as members. They may be political or commercial in nature. International organizations with countries as members belong to the specialization <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/InternationalOrganizationOfCountries" class="cyc_term">InternationalOrganizationOfCountries</a>. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/InternationalOrganization" class="cyc_term">InternationalOrganization</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/UnitedNationsOrganization" class="cyc_term">UnitedNationsOrganization</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/OPEC" class="cyc_term">OPEC</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/IBMInc" class="cyc_term">IBMInc</a>. See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/internationalOrganizationMemberCountries" class="cyc_term">internationalOrganizationMemberCountries</a>. world organization InternationalOrganizationOfCountries organization of countries A collection of organizations; a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/InternationalOrganization" class="cyc_term">InternationalOrganization</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/InternationalOrganizationOfCountries" class="cyc_term">InternationalOrganizationOfCountries</a> is an organization whose members are countries (as represented by their goverments). Examples include the United Nations, NATO, SEATO, OAU, the League of Arab States, and OPEC.