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1960 Petroleum Conference held in Baghdad, decided to set up the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, the meeting on the 14th end. Member States: Algeria, (l $ j��.c��) Ecuador, (l $ j��.c��) Gabon, (l $ j��.c��), Indonesia, Iran, (l $ j��.c��) Iraq (l $ j��.c��,) Kuwait, (l $ j��.c��) Libya, (l $ j��.c��) Nigeria, (l $ j��.c��) Qatar, Saudi Arabia, (l $ j��.c��), (l $ j��.c��) United Arab Emirates and Venezuela, a total of 13 countries. Headquartered in Vienna (1965 years ago in Geneva). Its mission is to coordinate the petroleum policies of the Member States, to take collective attitudes and actions, negotiations with foreign monopoly capital, in order to preserve its oil interests. The organization was founded, a series of tit-for-tat struggle with the oil monopoly capital. Its member countries repeatedly forced the monopoly of Western oil companies to increase taxes on oil and crude oil price, and has made a significant majority stake. 13 member states of the oil reserves, accounting for 68% of the world's total reserves, the oil output of 70% of world output. (L $ dj��.c��m) In June 1967, (on www.TodayOnHistory.com) Israel to Egypt, (l $ j��.c��) Syria and Jordan to launch a surprise attack, so 500,000 Arabs became refugees. To protest U.S. and British support for Israel, the Arab oil-producing countries have announced to stop oil export to the United States and Britain. This is the third war in the Middle East (ie "Six Five-war"), the Arab oil-producing countries to use the "oil weapon" in the war in the first. October 6, 1973, the fourth time during the war in the Middle East, the Arab oil-producing countries again use the "oil weapon", an oil embargo against Israel and its supporters. "Oil weapon" Although there is no final solution to the Middle East problem, however, produce can not be underestimated. Arab oil-producing countries to use the "oil weapon", which is an important activity in the military after the establishment of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, has far-reaching significance.