List of intergovernmental organizations

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The following is a list of intergovernmental organizations.

[edit] United Nations and agencies

The UN has five main bodies:

• 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 UN also includes various specialized agencies:

• • Food and Agriculture Organization
  • International Labour 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
  • World Health Organization (WHO)
  • 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

[edit] Migration organizations

• • International Organization for Migration (IOM)

[edit] Maritime organizations

• International Hydrographic Organization
• International Maritime Organization
• International Seabed Authority

[edit] Arms control and nuclear power organizations

• Conference on Disarmament
• Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
• Wassenaar Arrangement

[edit] Nuclear power

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

[edit] Financial and trade organizations

• African Development Bank
• Asian Development Bank
• Bank for International Settlements
• Black Sea Trade and Development Bank (BSTDB)
• Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)
• Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI)
• Corporacion Andina de Fomento (CAF)
• East African Development Bank (EADB)
• European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
• European Commission (EC)
• European Investment Bank (EIB)
• Inter-American Development Bank
• International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
• 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)

[edit] Law enforcement cooperation

• Interpol

[edit] Border commissions

[edit] Regional organizations

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)

Several smaller regional organizations with non-overlapping memberships.

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

[edit] 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 Nine (G9)
• International Commission on Civil Status (ICCS)
• Central Commission for Navigation on the Rhine (CCNR)
• Assembly of European Regions (AER)
• Eiroforum
  • European Space Agency (ESA)
  • CERN(CERN)
  • European Southern Observatory (ESO)
• 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)
• International States Parliament for Safety and Peace (ISPSP)

[edit] 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)
• Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO)
• Gulf Cooperation Council
• Colombo Plan

[edit] Transcontinental

• Eurasia
  • Central Asian Cooperation Organization
  • Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO)
  • Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
  • Eurasian Economic Community
  • GUAM
  • 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 (IOC)

• Arctic Ocean
  • Arctic Council

• Pacific Ocean:
  • ANZUS
  • Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
  • 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)

[edit] Africa

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

[edit] 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
• Rio Group
• Cooperation System of the American Air Forces(SICOFAA)
• Central American Integration System
• Organización Latinoamericana de Energia (OLADE)

[edit] Educational Organizations and Universities

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

[edit] 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

[edit] Ideological and political groupings

• NATO
• Non-Aligned Movement
• Western European and Others Group

[edit] Other

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

[edit] Proposed

[edit] 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
• Warsaw Pact