2021-09-30
International Organizations
These are created to foster international co-operation in areas such as security, law, economic, social matters and diplomacy.
There are more than 300 intergovernmental organizations in the world.
List of Important International Organizations
|
Organization |
Headquarters |
Established |
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United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) |
New York City, USA |
1965 |
|
United Nations Population Fund (UNPF) |
New York City, USA |
1969 |
|
United Nations Human Settlement Programme (UN-Habitat) |
Nairobi, Kenya |
1978 |
|
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) |
New York City, USA |
1946 |
|
World Food Programme (WFP) |
Rome, Italy |
1961 |
|
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) |
Rome, Italy |
1945 |
|
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) |
Montreal, Canada |
1947 |
|
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) |
Rome, Italy |
1977 |
|
International Monetary Fund (IMF) |
Washington, DC, USA |
1944 |
|
International Maritime Organization (IMO) |
London, United Kingdom |
1948 |
|
International Telecommunication Union (ITU) |
Geneva, Switzerland |
1865 |
|
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) |
Paris, France |
1945 |
|
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) |
Vienna, Austria |
1966 |
|
Universal Postal Union (UPU) |
Bern, Switzerland |
1874 |
|
World Health Organization (WHO) |
Geneva, Switzerland |
1948 |
|
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) |
Geneva, Switzerland |
1967 |
|
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) |
Geneva, Switzerland |
1950 |
|
World Bank |
Washington, DC, USA |
1944 |
|
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) |
Geneva, Switzerland |
1994 |
|
United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) |
Geneva, Switzerland |
1980 |
|
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) |
Vienna, Austria |
1957 |
|
International Organization for Migration (IOM) |
Geneva, Switzerland |
1951 |
|
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) |
The Hague, Netherlands |
1997 |
|
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) |
Bonn, Germany |
1994 (Signed in 1993) |
|
World Trade Organization (WTO) |
Geneva, Switzerland |
1995 |
|
African Union (AU) |
Addis Abab, Ethiopia |
2002 |
|
Amnesty International (AI) |
London, United Kingdom |
1961 |
|
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) |
Queenstown, Singapore |
1989 |
|
Asian Development Bank (ADB) |
Mandaluyong, Philippines |
1966 |
|
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) |
Jakarta, Indonesia |
1967 |
|
Commonwealth Secretariat |
London, United Kingdom |
1965 |
|
European Union (EU) |
Brussels, Belgium |
1993 |
|
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) |
Vienna, Austria |
1957 |
|
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) |
Geneva, Switzerland |
1863 |
|
International Court of Justice (ICJ) |
The hague, Netherlands |
1945 |
|
International Development Association (IDA) |
Washington, DC, USA |
1960 |
|
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Socities (IFRC) |
Geneva, Switzerland |
1919 |
|
International Finance Corporation (IFC) |
Washington, DC, USA |
1956 |
|
International Labour Organization (ILO) |
Geneva, Switzerland |
1919 |
|
International Olympic Committee (IOC) |
Lausanne, Switzerland |
1894 |
|
Inter-Parliamentary Union |
Geneva, Switzerland |
1889 |
|
League of Arab States |
Cairo, Egypt |
1945 |
|
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) |
Washington, DC, USA |
1988 |
|
The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) |
Central Jakarta, Indonesia |
1961 |
|
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) |
Washington, DC, USA |
1949 |
|
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) |
Paris, France |
1961 |
|
Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) |
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
1969 |
|
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) |
Vienna, Austria |
1960 |
|
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) |
Kathmandu, Nepal |
1985 |
|
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) |
Bangkok, Thailand |
1947 |
|
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) |
Beirut, Lebanon |
1973 |
|
United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) |
Nairobi, Kenya |
1972 |
|
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) |
Rome, Italy |
1945 |
|
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) |
Geneva, Switzerland and New York City, USA |
1993 |
|
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) |
Vienna, Austria |
1997 |
|
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) |
Amman, Jordan |
1949 |
|
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) |
Gland, Switzerland |
1961 |