International Organizations:
Introduction: International organizations are also known as intergovernmental organizations. An international organization is a stable set of norms and rules meant to govern the behavior of states and other actors in the International system.
The list of important International Organizations is given in the table:
| Organizations | Estd. | Headquarters | President/General Secretary | Members |
| International Labour Organization (ILO) | 1919 | Geneva | Gilbert Houngbo – 11th director general of ILO. (assumed office – 1 Oct. 2022) | 187 (Tonga-187th member) |
| Interpol | 1923 | Lyons (France) | Nasser Al-Raisi (Chaiman) | 194 (Kiribati-194th member) |
| Commonwealth | 1931 | London (UK) | Patricia Scotland | 54 (Maldives – 54th country) |
| United Nations | 1945 | New York (US) | Antonio Guterres | 193 (South Sudan – 193rd member) |
| International Monetary Fund (IMF) | 1945 | Washington DC | Cristalina Georgieva | 190 (Andora-190th member) |
| World Bank | 1945 | Washington DC | Ajay Banga | 189 (Naru-189th member) |
| Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) | 1945 | Rome (Italy) | Qu Dongue | 197 |
| International Court of Justice (ICJ) | 1945 | Hauge, Netherlands | Joan Donoghue | 194 |
| UNESCO | 1945 | Paris (France) | Andre Azole | 195 |
| UNICEF | 1946 | New York | Head- Catherine Russell | 191 |
| World Health Organization (WHO) | 1948 | Geneva | Tedros Adhanom | 194 |
| NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) | 1949 | Brussels | Jens Stoltenberg | 31 (Northern Macedonia – 30th member, and Finland 31st.) |
| UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) | 1950 | Geneva, Switzerland | Filippo Grandi | 135 Countries |
| European Union (EU) | 1958 | Brussels | Ursula von der Leyen | 27 |
| OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) | 1960 | Vienna (Austria) | Haitham Al-Ghais | 13 |
| Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) | 1961 | Jakarta | Ilham Aliyev | 120 |
| OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) | 1961 | Paris (France) | Mathias Corman | 37 (Columbia – 37th member) |
| Amnesty International | 1961 | London (UK) | Agnes Calmard | 150 |
| UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) | 1964 | Geneva | Rebecca Greenspan | |
| UNDP (United Nations Development Program) | 1965 | New York | Achim Steiner | |
| Asian Development Bank (ADB) | 1966 | Manila | Matsugu Asakawa | 68 |
| ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) | 1967 | Jakarta | Lim Jock Hoi | 11 |
| SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) | 1985 | Kathmandu | Isala Weerakoon | 8 (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka) |
| G-15 (Group of 15) | 1989 | Geneva | The name is unchanged i.e, G15, but the member countries expanded to 18. | |
| APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) | 1989 | Singapore | Joe Biden | 21 |
| United Nations Human Right Council | 2006 | Geneva | Federico Villegas | 47 |
| World Trade Organization (WTO) | 1995 | Geneva | Nagoji Okonjo Evela | 164 (Afghanistan as 164th member) |
| ASEM (Asia Europe Meeting) | 1996 | Brussels | 53 | |
| BIMSTEC (The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) | 1997 | Dhaka | Shahidul Islam | 7 (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand) |
| Shanghai Cooperation Org. (SCO) | 2001 | Beijing | Zhang Ming | 8 (China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan) |
| International Criminal Court (ICC) | 2002 | Hague, Netherland | Piotr Hofmanski | 124 |
| African Union (AU) | 2002 | Addis Ababa | Felix Antonie Tshedky | 55 |
| BRICS | 2008 | Shanghai | 5 (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) | |
| New Development Bank (NDB) | 2014 | Shanghai (China) | Marcos Trijo | 9 |
| International Solar Alliance (ISA) | 2015 | Gurugram | DG-Ajay Mathur | 102 |
References: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OPEC
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