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List of International Organizations

list of international organizations
Dashamlav | 26 February 2020 (अंतिम बदलाव: 3 June 2020)

International Organizations play a very important role in keep the world going. Each international organization is a groups of various nations from around the world that come together to fulfill a common goal. Organizations like United Nations play the role of a facilitator for cooperation, conflict avoidance and conflict resolution among nations. Various specialized agencies of the United Nations, like WHO and ICJ, perform their role within a specific area. There are geo-political international organizations like ASEAN and European Union. Many international organizations carry out humanitarian work, like MSF and ICRC. There are world sports bodies like FIFA and FIDE.

Facilitating dialog among member nations and coordination of agreed-upon actions are two most important core objectives of any international organization. Today we are publishing a list of various international organizations that are well-known around the world for their presence and work.

List of International Organizations

We have selected the following organizations for this article. These world groups are best known and most often talked about. So, learning about them would prove to be a useful addition to your general knowledge.

list of international organizations

List of International Organizations
Name Abbreviation Foundation Year Headquarters
United Nations UN 1945 New York, United States
BRICS 2010 Shanghai, China
United Nations Children’s Fund UNICEF 1946 New York, United States
United Nations Population Fund UNFPA 1969 New York, United States
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development UNCTAD 1964 Geneva, Switzerland
World Health Organization WHO 1948 Geneva, Switzerland
International Labor Organization ILO 1919 Geneva, Switzerland
International Committee of the Red Cross ICRC 1863 Geneva, Switzerland
World Trade Organization WTO 1995 Geneva, Switzerland
World Meteorological Organization WMO 1950 Geneva, Switzerland
World Intellectual Property Organization WIPO 1967 Geneva, Switzerland
International Organization for Standardization ISO 1947 Geneva, Switzerland
United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization UNESCO 1945 Paris, France
UN Women UW 2010 New York, United States
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OECD 1961 Paris, France
United Nations Industrial Development Organization UNIDO 1966 Vienna, Austria
International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA 1957 Vienna, Austria
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries OPEC 1960 Vienna, Austria
International Monetary Fund IMF 1945 Washington DC, United States
World Bank WB 1944 Washington DC, United States
Amnestry International AI 1961 London, United Kingdom
International Maritime Organization IMO 1959 London, United Kingdom
Commonwealth of Nations CWN 1926 London, United Kingdom
International Court Of Justice ICJ 1945 Hague, Netherlands
Universal Postal Union UPU 1874 Berne, Switzerland
Food and Agricultural Organization FAO 1945 Rome, Italy
North Atlantic Treaty Organization NATO 1949 Brussels, Belgium
Transparency International TI 1993 Berlin, Germany
International Renewable Energy Agency IRENA 2009 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation SAARC 1985 Kathmandu, Nepal
Association of South East Asian Nations ASEAN 1967 Jakarta, Indonesia
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation APEC 1989 Singapore, Singapore
Organization of Islamic Cooperation OIC 1969 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation IORA 1997 Ebene, Mauritius
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons OPCW 1997 Hague, Netherlands
International Olympic Committee IOC 1894 Lausanne, Switzerland
Worldwide Fund for Nature WWF 1961 Gland, Switzerland
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry IUPAC 1919 Zurich, Switzerland
World Economic Forum WEF 1971 Geneva, Switzerland
International Hydrographic Organization IHO 1921 Monaco, Monaco
International Association of Athletics Federations IAAF 1912 Monaco, Monaco
Federation Internationale de Football Association FIFA 1924 Zurich, Switzerland
International Cricket Council ICC 1909 Dubai, United Arab Emirates
International Hockey Federation FIH 1924 Lausanne, Switzerland
World Chess Federation FIDE 1924 Athens, Greece
International Union for Conservation of Nature IUCN 1948 Gland, Switzerland
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ICANN 1998 Los Angeles, United States
Médecins Sans Frontières MSF 1971 Geneva, Switzerland
International Shooting Sports Federation ISSF 1907 Munich, Germany
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR 1950 Geneva, Switzerland

We will keep updating this table with information on more international organizations. Please let us know if you want to know more about any of these world groups.

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