Important International Organizations

United Nations Organizations

Organization	Headquarters	Establishment Year
United Nations	New York, US	1945
Food and Agriculture Organization	Rome, Italy	1945
International Labour Organization	Geneva, Switzerland	1919
International Civil Aviation Organization	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	1947
International Maritime Organization	London, United Kingdom	1959
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees	Geneva, Switzerland	1950
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS	Geneva, Switzerland	1996
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission	New York, US	1946
United Nations Capital Development Fund	New York, US
United Nations Children’s Fund	New York, US	1946
United Nations Development Programme	New York, US	1965
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization	Paris, France	1946
United Nations Environment Programme	Nairobi, Kenya	1972
United Nations Human Settlements Programme	Nairobi, Kenya	1978
United Nations Industrial Development Organization	Vienna, Austria	1985
United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction	Geneva, Switzerland	2000
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime	Vienna, Austria	1997
Universal Postal Union	Bern, Switzerland	1874
World Health Organization	Geneva, Switzerland	1948
World Intellectual Property Organization	Geneva, Switzerland	1967
World Food Programme	Rome, Italy	1961
World Meteorological Organization	Geneva, Switzerland	1950
World Tourism Organization	Madrid, Spain	1957
International Rescue Committee	New York, US	1933
International Atomic Energy Agency	Vienna, Austria	1957
International Telecommunication Union	Geneva, Switzerland	1947
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights	Geneva, Switzerland	1993

Political and Economic Organizations

Organizations Name	Headquarters	Establishment Year
European Union	Brussels	1958
African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States	Brussels – Belgium	1975
African Union	Addis Ababa, Johannesburg	2001
Andean Community	Lima, Peru.	1969
Arab League	Cairo	1905
Arab Maghreb Union	Rabat, Morocco	1956
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation	Singapore	1905
Association of Southeast Asian Nations	Jakarta, Indonesia	1967
Caribbean Community	Georgetown, Guyana.	1973
Central American Parliament	Guatemala City	1980
Common Market of East and Southern Africa	Lusaka, Zambia	1994
Commonwealth of Nations (British Commonwealth)	London, United Kingdom	1926
Commonwealth of Independent States (Russian Commonwealth)	Moscow, Russia	1991
Council of Europe	Strasbourg, France	1949
East African Community	Arusha	1967
Economic Community of West African States	Abuja, Nigeria	1975
European Free Trade Association	Geneva, Switzerland	1960
Gulf Cooperation Council	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	1981
Indian Ocean Commission	Port Louis, Mauritius	1982
Non-Aligned Movement	New York City, USA	1961
Nordic Council	Copenhagen, Denmark	1952
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development	Paris, France	1948
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe	Vienna, Austria	1973
Organization of American States	Washington D.C., US	1948
Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States	Castries, Saint Lucia	1981
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	1969
Secretariat of the Pacific Community	Nouméa	1947
Pacific Islands Forum	Suva, Fiji	1971
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation	Kathmandu, Nepal	1985
Southern African Development Community	Gaborone, Botswana	1992
Union of South American Nations	Quito, Ecuador	2004
Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization	The Hague, Netherlands	1991
World Trade Organization	Geneva, Switzerland	1995
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific	Bangkok, Thailand	1947

Military Organizations

Organizations Name	Headquarters	Establishment Year
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation	Brussels, Belgium	1949
European Security and Defence Policy	Paris	2009
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation	Beijing, China	1996
Collective Security Treaty Organization	Moscow, Russia	1992
Peace and Security Council	Addis Ababa	-

Financial Organizations

Organizations Name	Headquarters	Establishment Year
World Bank	Washington D.C., United States	1944
African Development Bank	Abidjan, Ivory Coast(statutory) & Tunis, Tunisia (temporary)	1963
Asian Development Bank	Metro Manila, Philippines	1966
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development	London	1991
Inter-American Development Bank	Washington, D.C.	1959
International Monetary Fund	Washington, D.C	1945
Islamic Development Bank	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	1973
International Monetary Fund	Washington, D.C., United States	1945
International Fund for Agricultural Development	Rome, Italy	1977
Bank for International Settlements	Basel, Switzerland	1930
Black Sea Trade and Development Bank	Thessaloniki, Greece	1997
Caribbean Development Bank	Bridgetown, Barbados	1969
Nordic Development Fund	Helsinki, Finland.	1989
Nordic Investment Bank	Helsinki, Finland.	1970
European Central Bank	Frankfurt, Germany	1998

Sports Federations

Organizations Name	Headquarters	Formation
Asian Football Confederation	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	1954
Confederation of African Football	6th of October City, Egypt.	1957
Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football	Miami, Florida, U.S.	1961
South American Football Confederation	Luque, Paraguay	1916
Oceania Football Confederation	Auckland, New Zealand	1966
Union of European Football Associations	Nyon, Switzerland	1954
World Chess Federation(Fédération Internationale des Échecs )	Athens, Greece	1924
International Federation of Association Football(Fédération Internationale de Football Association)	Zürich, Switzerland	1904
International Cricket Council	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	1909
International Olympic Committee	Lausanne, Switzerland	1894
International Paralympic Committee	Bonn, Germany	1989
World Rugby(International Rugby Football Board)	Dublin,Ireland	1886
Commonwealth Games Federation	London, United Kingdom	1930
International Tennis Federation	London, UK	1913
Badminton World Federation	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	1934
International Hockey Federation	Lausanne, Switzerland	1924

Financial Organizations :

Organizations Name	Headquarters	Formation
European Space Agency	Paris,France	1975
Indian Space Research Organisation	Bangalore, India	1969
National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Washington, D.C. , USA	1958
United Kingdom Space Agency	Swindon, Wiltshire	2010
China National Space Administration	Beijing, China	1993
Russian Federal Space Agency	Moscow, Russia	1992
French Space Agency	Paris, France	1961
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency	Tokyo, Japan	2003
German Aerospace Center	Cologne	1969
Italian Space Agency	Rome, Italy	1988

Other Important Organization

Organizations Name	Headquarters	Formation
Colombo Plan	Colombo, Sri Lanka	1950
Antarctic Treaty System	Washington, D.C., USA	1959
Intergovernmental Authority on Development	Djibouti City	1986
International Committee of the Red Cross	Geneva, Switzerland	1863
International Court of Justice	The Hague, Netherlands	1945
International Criminal Court	The Hague, Netherlands	1998
International Criminal Police Organization	Lyon, France	1923
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies	Geneva, Switzerland	1919
International Organization for Migration	Geneva, Switzerland	1951
International Centre for Migration Policy Development	Vienna, Austria	1993
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons	The Hague, Netherlands	1997
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries	Vienna, Austria	1960
World Toilet Organization	Singapore	2001

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