Equatorial Guinea joined the UN on 12 November 1969; it participates in ECA and all the nonregional specialized agencies except IAEA and WMO. The nation is also a member of the African Development Bank, G-77, and AU, and has applied for membership in the WTO. In December 1983, it joined the Central African Republic, the Congo, Chad, Cameroon, and Gabon in the Central African Customs and Economic Union (Union Douanière et Économique de l'Afrique Centrale— UDEAC). In 1984, the nation signed the Law of the Sea treaty.
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