GK Question: Important International Organizations in the world
1. African Development Bank Group:
Abidjan,
Cote d'Ivoire
1964
2. African Union (AU):
Addis
Abab, Ethiopia
2002
3. United Nations Relief and Works Agency
for
Palestine Refugees (UNRWA):
Amman,
Jordan
1949
4. United Nations Relief and Works Agency
for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA):
Amman,
Jordan
1949
5. Association of European Parliamentarians
with Africa (AWEPA):
Amsterdam,
Netherlands
1984
6. United Nations Economic and Social Commission
for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP):
Bangkok,
Thailand
1947
7. United Cities & Local Governments
(UCLG):
Barcelona, Spain:
2004
8. Bank for International Settlements (BIS):
Basel,
Switzerland
1930
9. United Nations Economic and Social
Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA):
Beirut,
Lebanon
1973
10. Universal Postal Union (UPU):
Bern,
Switzerland
1874
11. United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC):
Bonn,
Germany
1994
(Signed in 1993)
12. European Union (EU):
Brussels,
Belgium
1993
13. League of Arab States:
Cairo,
Egypt
1945
14. The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM):
Central
Jakarta, Indonesia
1961
15. United Nations Office for Project
Services (UNOPS):
Copenhagen,
Denmark
1973
16. Nordic Council of Ministers:
Copenhagen,
Denmark
1971
17. Intergovernmental Authority on
Development (IGAD):
Djibouti,
Djibouti
1986
18. Economic Community of West African
States (ECOWAS):
Federal
Capital Territory, Nigeria
1975
19. European Central Bank (ECB):
Frankfurt,
Germany
1998
20. International Labour Organization
(ILO):
Geneva,
Switzerland
1919
21. International Telecommunication
Union (ITU):
Geneva,
Switzerland
1865
22. World Health Organization (WHO):
Geneva,
Switzerland
1948
23. World Intellectual Property
Organization (WIPO):
Geneva,
Switzerland
1967
24. World Meteorological Organization
(WMO):
Geneva,
Switzerland
1950
25. Joint United Nations Programme on
HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS):
Geneva,
Switzerland
1994
26. United Nations High Commissioner
for Refugees (UNHCR):
Geneva,
Switzerland
1950
27. United Nations Institute for
Disarmament Research (UNIDIR):
Geneva,
Switzerland
1980
28. United Nations Institute for
Training and Research (UNITAR):
Geneva,
Switzerland
1963
29. International Organization for
Migration (IOM):
Geneva,
Switzerland
1951
30. World Trade Organization (WTO):
Geneva,
Switzerland
1995
31. International Trade Centre (ITC):
Geneva,
Switzerland
1964
32. Council of Europian Municipalities
and Regions (CEMR):
Geneva,
Switzerland
1951
33. European Free Trade Association
(EFTA):
Geneva,
Switzerland
1960
34. G-15 Summit:
Geneva,
Switzerland
1990
35. International Committee of the Red
Cross (ICRC):
Geneva,
Switzerland
1863
36. International Federation of Red Cross and Red
Crescent Socities (IFRC):
Geneva,
Switzerland
1919
37. International Labour Organization
(ILO):
Geneva,
Switzerland
1919
38. International Organization for
Standardization (ISO):
Geneva,
Switzerland
1947
39. International Peace Bureau (IPB):
Geneva,
Switzerland
1891
40. International Service for Human
Rights (ISHR):
Geneva, Switzerland
1984
41. Inter-Parliamentary Union:
Geneva,
Switzerland
1889
42. World Organization Against Torture
(OMCT):
Geneva,
Switzerland
1985
43. United Nations High Commissioner
for Human Rights (UNHCHR):
Geneva,
Switzerland and New York City, USA
1993
44. United Nations Office for the
Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA):
Geneva,
Switzerland and New York City, USA
1991
45. World Federation of United Nations
Associations (WFUNA):
Geneva,
Switzerland and New York City, USA
1946
46. Caribbean Community (CARICOM):
Georgetown,
Guyana
1973
47. World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF):
Gland,
Switzerland
1961
48. Black Sea Economic Cooperation
(BSEC):
Istanbul,
Turkey
1992
49. Association of Southeast Asian
Nations (ASEAN):
Jakarta,
Indonesia
1967
50. Organization of the Islamic
Conference (OIC):
Jeddah,
Saudi Arabia
1969
51. South Asian Association for
Regional Cooperation (SAARC):
Kathmandu,
Nepal
1985
52. International Seabed Authority
(ISA):
Kingston,
Jamaica
1994
53. Organization of Arab Petroleum
Exporting Countries (OAPEC):
Kuwait,
Middle East
1968
54. International Olympic Committee
(IOC):
Lausanne,
Switzerland
1894
55. Andean Community:
Lima,
Peru
1969
56. International Maritime
Organization (IMO):
London,
United Kingdom
1948
57. Amnesty International (AI):
London,
United Kingdom
1961
58. Commonwealth Secretariat:
London,
United Kingdom
1965
59. European Bank for Reconstruction
and Development (EBRD):
London,
United Kingdom
1991
60. Common Market for Eastern and
Southern Africa (COMESA):
Lusaka,
Zambia
1994
61. World Tourism Organization
(UNWTO):
Madrid,
Spain
1974
62. Asian Development Bank (ADB):
Mandaluyong,
Philippines
1966
63. International Civil Aviation
Organization (ICAO):
Montreal,
Canada
1947
64. International Civil Aviation
Organization (ICAO):
Montreal,
Canada
1947
65. United Nations Environment
Programme (UNEP):
Nairobi,
Kenya
1972
66. United Nations Human Settlement
Programme (UN-Habitat):
Nairobi,
Kenya
1978
67. United Nations Environmental
Program (UNEP):
Nairobi,
Kenya
1972
68. United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP):
New
York City, USA
1965
69. United Nations Population Fund
(UNPF):
New
York City, USA
1969
70. United Nations Children's Fund
(UNICEF):
New
York City, USA
1946
71. UN Women:
New
York City, USA
2010
72. Group of Eight (G8):
New
York, USA
1975
73. Secretariat of the Pacific
Community (SPC):
Noumea,
New Caledonia
1947
74. United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO):
Paris,
France
1945
75. European Space Agency (ESA):
Paris,
France
1975
76. International Chamber of Commerce
(ICC):
Paris,
France
1919
77. Organisation for Economic
Co-operation and Development (OECD):
Paris,
France
1961
78. Union Latina:
Paris,
France
1954
79. Western European Union (WEU):
Paris,
France
1954
80. Association of Caribbean States
(ACS):
Port
of Spain, Trinidad, Tobago
1994
81. Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
(APEC):
Queenstown,
Singapore
1989
82. World Food Programme (WFP):
Rome,
Italy
1961
83. Food and Agriculture Organization
(FAO):
Rome,
Italy
1945
84. International Fund for
Agricultural Development (IFAD):
Rome,
Italy
1977
85. United Nations Food and
Agriculture Organization (FAO):
Rome,
Italy
1945
86. United Nations International
Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW):
Santo
Domingo, Dominican Republic
1975
87. Council of the Baltic Sea States
(CBSS):
Stockholm,
Switzerland
1992
88. Council of Europe:
Strasbourg,
France
1949
89. Central American Bank for Economic
Integration :
Tegucigalpa,
Honduras
1960
90. Organization for the Prohibition
of Chemical Weapons (OPCW):
The
Hague, Netherlands
1997
91. International Court of Justice
(ICJ):
The
hague, Netherlands
1945
92. United Nations University
(UNU):
Tokyo,
Japan
1973
93. Arctic Council:
Tromso,
Norway
1996
94. United Nations System Staff
College (UNSSC):
Turin, Italy
2002
95. United Nations Industrial
Development Organization (UNIDO):
Vienna,
Austria
1966
96. International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA):
Vienna, Austria
1957
97. International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA):
Vienna, Austria
1957
98. Organization for Security and
Co-operation in Europe (OSCE):
Vienna,
Austria
1975
99. Organization of the Petroleum
Exporting Countries (OPEC):
Vienna,
Austria
1960
100. United Nations Office on Drugs and
Crime (UNODC):
Vienna,
Austria
1997
101. International Monetary Fund (IMF):
Washington,
DC, USA
1944
102. World Bank:
Washington,
DC, USA
1944
103. Inter-American Development Bank (IDB):
Washington,
DC, USA
1959
104. International Development Association
(IDA):
Washington,
DC, USA
1960
105. International Finance Corporation
(IFC):
Washington,
DC, USA
1956
106. Multilateral Investment Guarantee
Agency (MIGA):
Washington,
DC, USA
1988
107. North Atlantic Treaty Organization
(NATO):
Washington,
DC, USA
1949