The major International Organizations, Establishment year and the location of their Headquarters
Organization | Abbreviation | Headquarters | Year of Establishment |
United Nations Organization | UNO | New York (USA) | 1945 |
United Nations Children’s’ Fund | UNICEF | New York (USA) | 1946 |
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development | UNCTAD | Geneva (Switzerland) | 1964 |
World Health Organization | WHO | Geneva (Switzerland) | 1948 |
International Labor Organization | ILO | Geneva (Switzerland) | 1919 |
International Committee of the Red Cross | ICRC | Geneva (Switzerland) | 1863 |
World Trade Organization | WTO | Geneva (Switzerland) | 1995 |
United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization | UNESCO | Paris (France) | 1945 |
World Meteorological Organization | WMO | Geneva (Switzerland) | 1950 |
World Intellectual Property Organization | WIPO | Geneva (Switzerland) | 1967 |
International Organization for Standardization | IOS | Geneva (Switzerland) | 1947 |
International Atomic Energy Agency | IAEA | Vienna (Austria) | 1957 |
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries | OPEC | Vienna (Austria) | 1960 |
International Monetary Fund | IMF | Washington DC (USA) | 1945 |
World Bank | WB | Washington DC (USA) | 1945 |
International Maritime Organization | IMO | London (UK) | 1959 |
Amnesty International | AI | London (UK) | 1961 |
International Court of Justice | ICJ | The Hague (Netherlands) | 1945 |
Food and Agricultural Organization | FAO | Rome (Italy) | 1945 |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization | NATO | Brussels (Belgium) | 1949 |
International Renewable Energy Agency | IRENA | Abu Dhabi (UAE) | 2009 |
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | SAARC | Kathmandu (Nepal) | 1985 |
Association of South East Asian Nations | ASEAN | Jakarta (Indonesia) | 1967 |
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation | APEC | Singapore | 1989 |
Organization of Islamic Cooperation | OIC | Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) | 1969 |
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons | OPCW | The Hague, (Netherlands) | 1997 |
Worldwide Fund for Nature | WWF | Gland, Vaud (Switzerland) | 1961 |
World Economic Forum | WEF | Cologny, (Switzerland) | 1971 |
International Hydrographic Organization | IHO | Monaco | 1921 |
International Cricket Council | ICC | Dubai, (UAE) | 1909 |
International Union for Conservation of Nature | IUCN | Gland, (Switzerland) | 1948 |
International Council on Monuments and Sites | ICOMOS | Paris, (France) | 1965 |
United Nations World Tourism Organization | UNWTO | Madrid, (Spain) | 1974 |
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