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The following is a list of the major existing intergovernmental organizations (IGOs).
For a more complete listing, see the Yearbook of International Organizations,[1] which includes c25,000 international non-governmental organizations (INGOs), excluding for-profit enterprises, about 5,000 IGOs, and lists dormant and dead organizations as well as those in operation (figures as of the 49th edition, 2012/13).
United Nations and agencies
The UN has six principal 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 (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 Capital Development Fund
- United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
- United Nations Development Programme
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
- United Nations Environment Programme
- United Nations Human Settlements Programme
- United Nations Industrial Development Organization
- United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR)
- United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
- Universal Postal Union
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- World Intellectual Property Organization
- World Meteorological Organization
- World Tourism Organization
- International Rescue Committee (IRC)
- The UN maintains various offices:
Environmental organizations
- Agreement for the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels (ACAP)
- Global Environment Facility (GEF)
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
- The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
- Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA)
- United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
- World Nature Organization (WNO)
Fisheries organizations
- Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission (APFIC)
- Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR)
- Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna (CCSBT)
- Great Lakes Fishery Commission (GLFC)
- Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC)
- Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC)
- International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT)
- International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC)
- International Whaling Commission (IWC)
- Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific (NACA)
- Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO)
- North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization (NASCO)
- North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission (NPAFC)
- Pacific Salmon Commission (PSC)
- Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC)
- Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC)
Migration organizations
- International Organization for Migration (IOM)
- International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD)
Maritime organizations
- Antarctic Treaty Secretariat (ATS)
- International Hydrographic Organization
- International Maritime Organization
- International Seabed Authority
- International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)
- North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES)
Arms control and nuclear power organizations
- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
- 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)
Nuclear power
- 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
Financial, trade, and customs organizations
- Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI)
- 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 Energy Agency (IEA)
- International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
- International Development Law Organization (IDLO), headquartered in Rome (www.idlo.int)
- International Monetary Fund (IMF)
- Islamic Development Bank (IDB)
- Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO)
- Nordic Development Fund (NDF)
- Nordic Investment Bank (NIB)
- OPEC Fund for International Development (OPEC Fund)
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
- International Organization for Economic Development (IOED)
- Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries (OPEC)
- West African Development Bank (BOAD)
- World Bank Group
- World Customs Organization (WCO)
- World Trade Organization (WTO)
Law enforcement cooperation
- International Criminal Court
- International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)
Regional organizations
Europe
- European Union (EU)
- 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)
- Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS)
- 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
- Northern Dimension Partnership in Public Health and Social Well-being (NDPHS)
- Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation(OCCAR)
- Agency for International Trade Information and Cooperation (AITIC)
- Visegrád Group (V4)
- EUREKA
- European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST)
- Community for Democracy and Rights of Nations (Commonwealth of Unrecognized States)
Asia
- Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD)
- Asian Development Bank (ADB)
- East Asia Summit (EAS)
- Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
- Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC)
- Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf
- Colombo Plan
- Mekong–Ganga Cooperation (MGC)
- Mekong River Commission (MRC)
- Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA)
- South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
- Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO)
Transcontinental
- Eurasia
- Central Asian Cooperation Organization
- Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO)
- Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
- Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO)
- Eurasian Economic Community
- GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development
- Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC)
- Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)
- TRACECA
- Trans-Atlantic
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
- Justice Studies Center of the Americas (JSCA)
- 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
- System of Cooperation Among 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 (university)
- European University Institute
- International Bureau of Education IBE, now a part of UNESCO
- International Institute for the Unification of Private Law
- United Nations University
Cultural, ethnic, linguistic, and religious organizations
- Commonwealth of Nations
- Organisation internationale de la Francophonie
- Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP)
- Organization of Ibero-American States (OEI)
- Arab League
- Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
- Turkic Council (TurkKon)
Ideological and political groupings
- 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[2]
- Western European and Others Group
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
- Latin Union
- League of Corinth
- League of Nations
- Organisation of African Unity
- Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
- Union of African States
Intergovernmental Renewable Energy Organization (IREO)
See also
References
- ^ Union of International Associations, ed. (1948-). Yearbook of international organizations. Leiden: Brill http://www.uia.be/yearbook.
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