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What are Second World Nations?

What is the golf means?

What is the agenda of this cooperation?

What does the gulf means?

Gulf cooperation was signed on November 11, 1911. These countries are called GSS states.

The term "First World" refers to so called developed, capitalist, industrial countries, roughly, a bloc of countries aligned with the United States after World War II, with more or less common political and economic interests: North America, Western Europe, Japan and Australia.

Countries of the "First World".

"Second World" refers to the former communist-socialist, industrial states, (formerly the Eastern bloc, the territory and sphere of influence of the Union of Soviet Socialists Republic) today: Russia, Eastern Europe (e.g. , Poland) and some of the Turk States (e.g. , Kazakhstan) as well as China.

Countries of the "Second World".

"Third World" are all the other countries, today often used to roughly describe the developing countries of Africa, Asia and Latin America.

The term Third World includes as well capitalist (e.g. , Venezuela) and communist (e.g. , North Korea) countries, as very rich (e.g. , Saudi Arabia) and very poor (e.g. , Mali) countries.

Countries of the "Third World".

Third World Countries classified by various indices: their Political Rights and Civil Liberties, the Gross National Income (GNI) and Poverty of countries, the Human Development of countries, and the Freedom of Information within a country.

Unified economic agreement between the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council was signed on November 11, 1981 in Abu Dhabi. These countries are often referred to as The GCC States.

All these are Gulf countries.