Gabon : History & Stability - Gabonese Republic- International Institutions

INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS


Gabon is a committed player in the world's economic, cultural, social and environmental arena, and plays an active role in several international organisations. Occupying a top-ranking place in the African economy, Gabon has held the presidency of the Development Bank of Central African States since January 2010. A key role on the international stage United Nations http://www.un.org/french/ World Bank http://www.worldbank.org (in english) United Nations' Development Programme (UNDP) http://www.undp.org United Nations' Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) http://www.unesco.org/general/fre/ International Monetary Fund (IMF) http://www.imf.org/external/index.htm Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) http://www.fao.org/index_fr.htm United Nations' International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) http://www.unicef.org/french/ World Health Organisation (WHO) http://www.who.int/fr/index.html World Trade Organisation (WTO) http://www.wto.org/indexfr.htm Strong presence on a regional level CASDB, Central African States Develpment Bank http://www.bdeac.org/ Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (EMCCA) http://www.cemac.int/ Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) http://www.ceeac-eccas.org/ African Intellectual Property Organisation (OAPI) http://www.oapi.wipo.net Organisation for the Harmonisation of Business Law in Africa (OHADA) http://www.ohada.com/