List of intergovernmental organizations

United Nations and agenciesEdit

Main articles: United Nations and United Nations System

See also: Member states of the United Nations and Secretary-General of the United Nations

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
  • Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
  • United Nations Capital Development Fund
  • United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF)
  • United Nations Development Programme
  • United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
  • 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 Food Programme
  • 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

The UN also includes subsidiary organs:

• International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
• International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTY)

Environmental organizationsEdit

See also: List of supranational environmental agencies

• Agreement on 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)

Fisheries organizationsEdit

• Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission (APFIC)
• Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR)
• 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)
• North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC)
• Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO)
• North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization (NASCO)
• Pacific Salmon Commission (PSC)
• Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC)
• Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC)

Migration organizationsEdit

• International Organization for Migration (IOM)
• International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD)

Maritime organizationsEdit

See also: Admiralty law, United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, international waters, and territorial waters

• 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 controlEdit

Main articles: Arms control and weapon of mass destruction

• Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
• Conference on Disarmament
• Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
• Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO)
• Wassenaar Arrangement
• Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG)
• Australia Group (AG)
• Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR)

See also: List of weapons of mass destruction treaties and Naval conference (disambiguation)

Missing PersonsEdit

• International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP)

Energy organizationsEdit

Multi sector organizationsEdit

• International Energy Agency
• Energy Charter
• Energy Community
• United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
• International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
• International Energy Forum (IEF)

Sustainable energy organizationsEdit

• International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
• Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL)
• Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP)

Nuclear power organizationsEdit

Main articles: Nuclear power, Nuclear weapon, Nuclear proliferation, and Nuclear disarmament

• 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

See also: CERN and International Commission on Radiological Protection

Financial, trade, and customs organizationsEdit

See also: International financial institutions, Trade bloc § Lists of trade blocs, List of free trade agreements, Central bank, Bretton Woods system, and Cartel

• Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI)
• African Development Bank
• Asian Development Bank
• Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
• Bank for International Settlements
• Black Sea Trade and Development Bank (BSTDB)
• Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)
• Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB)
• European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
• 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
• International Monetary Fund (IMF)
• Islamic Development Bank (IDB)
• Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO)
• Nordic Development Fund (NDF)
• Nordic Investment Bank (NIB)
• New Development Bank (NDB)
• 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)
• World Customs Organization (WCO)
• World Trade Organization (WTO)

Law enforcement cooperationEdit

See also: Law enforcement agency and police

• International Criminal Court (ICC)
• International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)

Regional organizationsEdit

Main articles: Regional organization, Continental organization, and Continental union

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 a suspended member of the Organization of American States (OAS). see also continental organization.

Several smaller regional organizations with non-overlapping memberships.

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

EuropeEdit

• European Union (EU)

• Western European Union (defunct)

• Council of Europe (CoE)
• Energy Community
• European Free Trade Association (EFTA)
• European Patent Organisation (EPO)
• European Science Foundation
• European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation (EUROCONTROL)
• 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)
• Baltic Black Sea Union (BBSU)
• 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)
• 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)
• European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)
• West Nordic Council

AsiaEdit

• 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)
• 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)
• Trilateral Cooperation Secretariat (TCS)
• Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)

TranscontinentalEdit

• Eurasia
  • Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF)
  • Central Asian Cooperation Organization
  • Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO)
  • Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
  • Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO)
  • Eurasian Economic Union (EEU or EAEU)
  • GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development
  • Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC)
  • Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)
  • TRACECA
  • Turkic Council (TurkKon)
• 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 (COI)
• Arctic Ocean
  • Arctic Council
• Pacific Ocean:
  • ANZUS
  • Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
  • Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG)
  • Pacific Islands Forum
  • Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
  • Secretariat of the Pacific Community
• African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States
  • Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA)

AfricaEdit

• 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
• Regional Center on Small Arms in the Great Lakes Region, Horn of Africa and Bordering States (RECSA)

AmericasEdit

• Organization of American States (OAS)
• Union of South American Nations (USAN)

• Mercosur
• Andean Community of Nations

• 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 universitiesEdit

• 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

Digital organizationsEdit

• Digital 5 (D5)

Cultural, ethnic, linguistic, and religious organizationsEdit

• Commonwealth of Nations
• International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM)
• Organisation internationale de la Francophonie
• Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP)
• Organization of Ibero-American States (OEI)
• Arab League
• Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
• International Organization of Turkic Culture (TÜRKSOY)

Ideological and political groupingsEdit

• 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

See also: Warsaw Pact

(disbanded)

See also: International Workingmen's Association, Second International, Socialist International, and Fourth International

OtherEdit

• Advisory Centre on World Trade Organization Law
• Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF)
• International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA)
• International Union of Railways (UIC)
• Organization for Cooperation of Railways (OSJD or OSShD)
• Partners in Population and Development
• World Organisation for Animal Health

DefunctEdit

• Allied Control Council
• Arab Cooperation Council
• Central Treaty Organization
• Comecon
• Council of Ambassadors
• Customs and Economic Union of Central Africa
• Eurasian Economic Community (transformed into Eurasian Economic Union)
• 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 

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