List of intergovernmental organizations
The following is a list of the major existing intergovernmental organizations (IGOs).
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A ministerial conference of the World Trade Organization, in the Palace of Nations (Geneva, Switzerland).
For a more complete listing, see the Yearbook of International Organizations,[1] which includes 25,000 international non-governmental organizations (INGOs), excluding for-profit enterprises, about 5,000 IGOs, and lists dormant and dead organizations as well as those in operation (figures as of the 400th edition, 2012/13).
United Nations and agencies
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
- International Telecommunication Union
- Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
- United Nations Capital Development Fund
- United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC)
- 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:
The UN also includes subsidiary organs:
Agricultural research organizations
- Africa Rice Center (West Africa Rice Development Association, WARDA)
- Bioversity International (International Plant Genetics Resources Institute, IPGRI)
- Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
- International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
- International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
- International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
- International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
- International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
- International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)
- International Potato Center (CIP)
- International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)
- International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
- World Agroforestry Centre (International Centre for Research in Agroforestry, ICRAF)
- WorldFish Center (International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management, ICLARM)
- World Vegetable Center
Fisheries organizations
- 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)
Maritime organizations
Financial, trade, and customs organizations
- 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)
- Eurasian Development Bank
- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
- Federation of Euro-Asian Stock Exchanges
- Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
- 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)
- Organization for Economic and Co-operation Development (OECD)
- OPEC Fund for International Development (OPEC Fund)
- Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries (OPEC)
- West African Development Bank (BOAD)
- World Bank Group
- World Customs Organization (WCO)
- World Trade Organization (WTO)
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 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.
Europe
- European Union (EU)
- Western European Union (defunct)
- Big Four (Western Europe)
- Council of Europe (CoE)
- Central European Initiative (CEI)
- Energy Community
- European Free Trade Association (EFTA)
- European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)
- 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)
- Assembly of European Regions (AER)
- Eiroforum
- CERN
- European Fusion Development Agreement (EFDA JET)
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)
- European Space Agency (ESA)
- 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
Asia
- Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD)
- Asian Development Bank (ADB)
- Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
- East Asia Summit (EAS)
- Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
- Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC)
- International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR)
- 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)
Transcontinental
- Group of Eight
- Eurasia
- Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF)
- Central Asian Cooperation Organization
- Community for Democracy and Rights of Nations
- 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)
- Union State
- Trans-Atlantic
- Mediterranean
- Indian Ocean
- Arctic Ocean
- Pacific Ocean:
- African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States
- Afro-Asian organizations
Africa
Americas
- 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
- Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC)
- Pacific Alliance
Cultural, ethnic, linguistic, and religious organizations
- 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)
- Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy
Educational organizations and universities
- Academy of European Law (ERA)
- Asian Institute of Technology (AIT)
- Cerlalc
- Commonwealth of Learning (COL)
- EUCLID (university)
- European Schools
- European University Institute
- International Bureau of Education IBE, now a part of UNESCO
- International Institute for the Unification of Private Law
- Model United Nations (MUN)
- United Nations University (UNU)
Law enforcement cooperation
Transport
Humanitarian organizations
Environmental organizations
- Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels (ACAP)
- The Forum of Ministers of Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean
- Global Environment Facility (GEF)
- Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)
- 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)
Arms control
- 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)
Energy organizations
Multi sector organizations
Nuclear power organizations
- 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
Sustainable energy organizations
Digital organizations
- Digital 9 (D9)
Ideological and political groupings
- NATO
- Non-Aligned Movement
- Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO)
- Group of 15 (G-15)
- Group of 77 (G-77)
- Group of 24 (G24)
- G20
- Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS)
- BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa)
- Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA)
- Association of World Election Bodies (AWEB)
- New Agenda Coalition
- Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Initiative[2]
- Western European and Others Group
(disbanded)
Other
- Advisory Centre on World Trade Organization Law
- International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
- International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA)
- Partners in Population and Development
- South Centre
- World Organisation for Animal Health
- Forum for India-Pacific Islands cooperation (FIPIC)
- U-Report
Defunct
- Allied Control Council
- Arab Cooperation Council
- Central Treaty Organization
- Comecon
- Council of Ambassadors
- Customs and Economic Union of Central Africa
- Delian League
- 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
- Peloponnesian League
- Organisation of African Unity
- Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
- Union of African States
References
- Union of International Associations (ed.), Yearbook of international organizations, Leiden: Brill (six volumes in print format, plus online, subscription-based edition)
- German Foreign Ministry, retrieved 6 July 2011
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