Membership in International Organizations: The major organizations in which Colombia is a member include: the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean, Andean Pact, Caribbean Development Bank, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Group of 3, Group of 11, Group of 24, Group of 77, Inter-American Development Bank, International Atomic Energy Agency, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, International Chamber of Commerce, International Civil Aviation Organization, International Criminal Police Organization, International Development Association, International Finance Corporation, International Fund for Agricultural Development, International Labour Organization, International Maritime Organization, International Maritime Satellite Organization, International Monetary Fund ( IMF ), International Olympic Committee, International Organization for Migration, International Organization for Standardization, International Telecommunication Union, International Telecommunications Satellite Organization, International Trade Union Confederation, Latin American Economic System, Latin American Integration Association, Latin Union, Non-Aligned Movement, Organization of American States ( OAS ), Permanent Court of Arbitration, Rio Group, United Nations ( UN ), UN Conference on Trade and Development, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UN Industrial Development Organization, UN Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees, Universal Postal Union, World Confederation of Labour, World Federation of Trade Unions, World Health Organization, World Intellectual Property Organization, World Meteorological Organization, World Tourism Organization, and World Trade Organization.

Laos is a member of the following international organizations: Agency for Cultural and Technical Cooperation ( ACCT ), Association of Southeast Asian NationsASEAN, ASEAN Free Trade Area ( AFTA ), ASEAN Regional Forum, Asian Development Bank, Colombo Plan, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific ( ESCAP ), Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO ), Group of 77G-77, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development ( World Bank ), International Civil Aviation Organization ( ICAO ), International Development Association ( IDA ), International Fund for Agricultural Development ( IFAD ), International Finance Corporation ( IFC ), International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, International Labour Organization ( ILO ), International Monetary Fund ( IMF ), Intelsat ( nonsignatory user ), Interpol, International Olympic Commission ( IOC ), International Telecommunication UnionITU, Mekong Group, Non-Aligned Movement ( NAM ), Permanent Court of Arbitration ( PCA ), United Nations, United Nations Convention on Trade and Development ( UNCTAD ), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO ), United Nations Industrial Development Organization ( UNIDO ), Universal Postal Union ( UPU ), World Federation of Trade Unions, World Health Organization ( WHO ), World Intellectual Property Organization ( WIPO ), World Meteorological Organization ( WMO ), World Tourism Organization, World Trade Organization ( observer ).

See also, Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend.

Big Lake Oilfield, located on University of Texas land, opens the Permian Basin to oil production and endows the Permanent University Fund.

The State of Alaska dispenses a form of citizen's dividend in its Permanent Fund Dividend, which holds investments initially seeded by the state's revenue from mineral resources, particularly petroleum.

* Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend

The Alaska Permanent Fund is a constitutionally established permanent fund managed by a state-owned corporation, the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation ( APFC ).

From February 1976 until April 1980, the Department of Revenue Treasury Division managed the state's Permanent Fund assets, until, in 1980, the Alaska State Legislature created the APFC.

Shortly after the oil from Alaska ’ s North Slope began flowing to market through the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System, the Permanent Fund was created by a amendment to the Alaska Constitution.

The Alaska Permanent Fund sets aside a certain share of oil revenues to continue benefiting current and all future generations of Alaskans.

The Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation manages the assets of both the Permanent Fund and other state investments, but spending Fund income is up to the Legislature.

Each year, the fund's realized earnings are split between inflation-proofing, operating expenses, and the annual Permanent Fund Dividend.

The Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation is a government instrumentality of the State of Alaska created to manage and invest the assets of the Alaska Permanent Fund and other funds designated by law.

The Permanent Fund Dividend is calculated by the following steps:

In 1980, the Alaska Legislature created the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation to manage the investments of the Permanent Fund, and it passed the Permanent Fund Dividend program, which provided for annual payments to Alaskans from the interest earned by the fund.

Alaska has annual Permanent Fund Dividend for all citizens living in Alaska after two years.

* The State of Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend Division

* Permanent Fund Dividend, see Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend

The Committee of Permanent Representatives ( COREPER ) is a body composed of representatives from the states ( ambassadors, civil servants etc.

Formally, the base is known as Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia ( the US activity ) or Permanent Joint Operating Base ( PJOB ) Diego Garcia ( the UK's term ).

In the case of the UN's Food Agencies, the Head of Mission to the Italian Republic is usually accredited as Permanent Representative.

Yale president Arthur Twining Hadley penned the inscription, which reads: " On Pemberton Hill, 255 Feet North of This Spot, Was Born on April Fifth 1649 Elihu Yale, Governor of Madras, Whose Permanent Memorial in His Native Land is the College That Bears His Name.

*" The Last Days of the Permanent Floating Riot Club " is included in the short story collection A Hole in Space

Permanent magnets ( materials that can be magnetized by an external magnetic field and remain magnetized after the external field is removed ) are either ferromagnetic or ferrimagnetic, as are other materials that are noticeably attracted to them.

GCHQ is the responsibility of the UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, but it is not a part of the Foreign Office, and its Director ranks as a Permanent Secretary.

Permanent residents of Hong Kong with PRC nationality hold a different type of passport, called the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Passport, which is different from that for PRC citizens in Mainland China.

The bleak and unrefined Permanent Vacation is nevertheless one of the director's most personal films, and established many of the hallmarks he would exhibit in his later work, including derelict urban settings, chance encounters, and a wry sensibility.

This initiative shows that since 1975, there are now many positions for which there is little training gap at all between Reservists and Permanent Force members

Each ministry also has a Permanent Secretary, who is a senior civil servant.

The Permanent Way Institution is a specialist society interested in the dissemination of railway permanent way knowledge and techniques amongst interested parties at all levels from the trackmen to the civil engineers.

The Permanent Way is so called because there is often a Temporary Way of narrower gauge used for construction purposes.

The Permanent Assembly for the Defense of Life and Territorial Control has stated that the armed conflict " is not only part of one or two areas, it is a problem of all the indigenous people.

Saint Lucia's Permanent Representative ( or ambassador ) to the United Nations is Anthony Severin.

* Aden Hashi Abdulle ( Howle ) is the current Permanent secretary of Foreign Affairs.

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Permanent memorials are being constructed around the world, and a list of them is being updated as new ones are completed.

Foreign policy of Turkmenistan is based on the status of permanent positive neutrality recognized by the UN General Assembly Resolution on Permanent Neutrality of Turkmenistan on 12 December 1995.

Administrative management of the Department is led by a head civil servant known in most Departments as a Permanent Secretary.

However, in 2008 Governor Sarah Palin signed Senate Bill 4002 that used revenues generated from the state ’ s natural resources and provided a one-time special payment of $ 1, 200 to every Alaskan eligible for the Permanent Fund dividend.

Alaska also requires registration in order to receive an Alaska Permanent Fund dividend.

Hammond spent much of the conference holding court outside of the Wood Center ballroom where sessions were held, espousing his own solutions, which included doubling the amount of the Permanent Fund dividend and restoring the state income tax, the latter of which was strongly opposed by Murkowski.