International Organizations
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:
| Organizations | Established | 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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