List of intergovernmental organizations

The following is a list of intergovernmental organizations.

United Nations and agencies

Main articles: United Nations and United Nations System

See also: United Nations member states and Secretary-General of the United Nations

The UN has six principle organs:

• The General Assembly (the main deliberative assembly);
• The Security Council (decides certain resolutions for peace and security);
• The Economic and Social Council (assists in promoting international economic and social cooperation and development);
• The Secretariat (provides studies, information, and facilities needed by the UN);
• The International Court of Justice (the primary judicial organ).
• The United Nations Trusteeship Council (currently inactive)

The UN also includes various Funds, Programmes and specialized agencies:

• • Food and Agriculture Organization
  • International Labour Organization
  • International Civil Aviation Organization
  • International Maritime Organization
  • International Refugee Organization
  • Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
  • United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
  • United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
  • United Nations Development Programme
  • United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
  • United Nations Environment Programme
  • United Nations Industrial Development Organization
  • United Nations International Drug Control Programme
  • Universal Postal Union
  • World Health Organization (WHO)
  • World Intellectual Property Organization
  • World Meteorological Organization
  • World Tourism Organization

• The UN maintains various offices:
  • United Nations Headquarters (New York City)
  • United Nations Office at Geneva
  • United Nations Office at Nairobi
  • United Nations Office at Vienna

Environmental organizations

• The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

Migration organizations

• International Organization for Migration (IOM)

Maritime organizations

See also: Admiralty law, United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, international waters, and territorial waters

• International Hydrographic Organization
• International Maritime Organization
• International Seabed Authority
• International Council for the Exploration of the Sea

Arms control and nuclear power organizations

Main articles: Arms control and weapon of mass destruction

• Conference on Disarmament
• Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
• Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization
• Wassenaar Arrangement
• Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG)
• Australia Group (AG)
• Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR)

See also: List of weapons of mass destruction treaties and Naval conference

Nuclear power

Main articles: Nuclear power, Nuclear weapon, Nuclear proliferation, and Nuclear disarmament

• European Atomic Energy Community
• International Atomic Energy Agency
• International Centre for Synchrotron-Light for Experimental Science Applications in the Middle East
• ITER International Organization
• Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization
• Nuclear Energy Agency
• United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
• World Association of Nuclear Operators

See also: CERN and International Commission on Radiological Protection

Financial, trade, and customs organizations

See also: Multilateral development bank, International financial institutions, List of trade blocs, List of free trade agreements, Central bank, Bretton Woods system, and Cartel

• African Development Bank
• Asian Development Bank
• Bank for International Settlements
• Black Sea Trade and Development Bank (BSTDB)
• Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)
• Inter-American Development Bank
• International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM)
• International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
• International Development Law Organization (IDLO)
• International Monetary Fund (IMF)
• Islamic Development Bank (IDB)
• Nederlandse Financieringsmaatschappij voor Ontwikkelingslanden NV (FMO)
• Nordic Development Fund (NDF)
• Nordic Investment Bank (NIB)
• OPEC Fund for International Development (OPEC Fund)
• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
• Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries (OPEC)
• West African Development Bank (BOAD)
• World Bank Group
  • International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
  • International Development Association (IDA)
  • International Finance Corporation (IFC)
  • Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
  • International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)
• World Customs Organization (WCO)
• World Trade Organization (WTO)

Law enforcement cooperation

See also: Law enforcement agency and police

• International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)

Regional organizations

Main articles: Regional organization, Continental organization, and Continental union

Organisations grouping almost all the countries in their respective continents. Note that Russia is member of both the Council of Europe (COE) and the Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD), and Cuba is currently a suspended member of the Organization of American States (OAS). see also continental organization.

Several smaller regional organizations with non-overlapping memberships.

Several non-overlapping large alliances. Softer colours indicate observer/associate or candidate countries.

Europe

• European Union (EU)

• Western European Union

• Council of Europe (CoE)
• European Free Trade Association (EFTA)
• European Patent Organisation (EPO)
• European Science Foundation
• Group of 9 (G9)
• International Commission on Civil Status (ICCS)
• Central Commission for Navigation on the Rhine (CCNR)
• Assembly of European Regions (AER)
• Eiroforum
  • CERN
  • European Fusion Development Agreement (EFDA JET)
  • European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)
  • European Space Agency (ESA)
  • European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)
  • European Southern Observatory (ESO)
  • European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)
  • European x-ray free electron laser (European XFEL)
  • Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL)
• European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation (EUROCONTROL)
• Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission
• Benelux
• Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union
• British-Irish Council
• Nordic Council
• Nordic Investment Bank
• Organisation conjointe de coopération en matière d'armement(OCCAR)
• Agency for international trade information and cooperation (AITIC)
• Visegrád Group (V4)

Asia

• Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD)
• Asian Development Bank (ADB)
• East Asian Summit (EAS)
• Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
• South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
• Gulf Cooperation Council
• Colombo Plan
• Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO)
• Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC)
• Mekong-Ganga Cooperation (MGC)
• Mekong River Commission (MRC)

Transcontinental

• Eurasia
  • Central Asian Cooperation Organization
  • Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO)
  • Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
  • Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO)
  • Eurasian Economic Community
  • GUAM
  • IIMSAM
  • Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC)
  • Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)
  • TRACECA

• Trans-Atlantic
  • North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
  • Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
  • South Atlantic Peace and Cooperation Zone (ZPCAS)

• Mediterranean
  • Union for the Mediterranean

• Indian Ocean
  • Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC)
  • Indian Ocean Commission (COI)

• Arctic Ocean
  • Arctic Council

• Pacific Ocean:
  • ANZUS
  • Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
  • Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG)
  • Pacific Islands Forum
  • Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
  • Secretariat of the Pacific Community

• ACP Countries
  • Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA)

Africa

• African Union
• Conseil de l'Entente
• Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
• East African Community (EAC)
• West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA)
• Southern African Development Community (SADC)
• Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)
• Arab Maghreb Union

Americas

• Organization of American States (OAS)
• Union of South American Nations

• Mercosur
• Andean Community

• Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
• Association of Caribbean States (ACS)
• Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)
• Central American Parliament
• Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA)
• Rio Group
• Cooperation System of the American Air Forces(SICOFAA)
• Central American Bank for Economic Integration(CABEI)
• Central American Integration System
• Organización Latinoamericana de Energia (OLADE)

Educational Organizations and Universities

• Academy of European Law (ERA)
• CERLALC
• Commonwealth of Learning (COL)
• EUCLID (Euclid University)
• European University Institute
• International Bureau of Education IBE, now a part of UNESCO
• UNIDROIT
• United Nations University

Cultural, ethnic, linguistic, and religious organizations

International organisations that largely represent the independent states formed after the breakup of an empire. La Francophonie has overlapping membership with all three of the other organisations shown in the map.

• Commonwealth of Nations
• La Francophonie
• Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP)
• Organization of Ibero-American States (OEI)
• Latin Union
• Arab League
• Organisation of the Islamic Conference
• Turkic Council (TurkKon)

Ideological and political groupings

• IPC
• NATO
• Non-Aligned Movement
• Group of 15 (G-15)
• Group of 77 (G-77)
• Group of 24 (G24)
• Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS)
• Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA)
• New Agenda Coalition
• Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Initiative
• Western European and Others Group

See also: Warsaw Pact

See also: First International, Second International, Socialist International, and Fourth International

Other

• Advisory Centre on World Trade Organization Law
• Partners in Population and Development
• World Organisation for Animal Health

Defunct

• Allied Control Council
• Arab Cooperation Council
• Central Treaty Organization
• Comecon
• Council of Ambassadors
• Customs and Economic Union of Central Africa
• French Community
• French Union
• G33
• International Authority for the Ruhr
• International Trade Organization
• Latin League
• League of Corinth
• League of Nations
• Organisation of African Unity
• Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
• Union of African States

See also

• List of micro-regional organizations