List of intergovernmental organizations

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A ministerial conference of the World Trade Organization, in the Palace of Nations (Geneva, Switzerland).

The following is a list of the major existing intergovernmental organizations (IGOs).

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). A 2020 academic dataset on international organizations included 561 intergovernmental organizations between 1815–2015; more than one-third of those IGOs ended up defunct.[2]

United Nations and agencies[]

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
  • 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:

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

Agricultural research organizations[]

Fisheries organizations[]

Maritime organizations[]

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

Financial, trade, and customs organizations[]

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

Regional organizations[]

Main articles: Regional organization and Continental union
Organisations grouping almost all the countries in their respective continents. Note that Russia is a 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[]

Asia[]

Transcontinental[]

Africa[]

Americas[]

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

Cultural, ethnic, linguistic, and religious organizations[]

Educational organizations and universities[]

Law enforcement cooperation[]

See also: Law enforcement agency and police
  • International Criminal Court (ICC)
  • International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)
  • Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)

Transport[]

Humanitarian organizations[]

Environmental organizations[]

See also: List of supranational environmental agencies

Arms control[]

Main articles: Arms control and weapon of mass destruction
See also: List of weapons of mass destruction treaties and Naval conference (disambiguation)

Energy organizations[]

Multi sector organizations[]

Nuclear power organizations[]

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

Sustainable energy organizations[]

See also: CERN and International Commission on Radiological Protection

Digital organizations[]

  • Digital 9 (D9)

Military alliances[]

Ideological and political groupings[]

See also: Warsaw Pact

(disbanded)

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

Other[]

Defunct[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Union of International Associations (ed.), Yearbook of international organizations, Leiden: Brill (six volumes in print format, plus online, subscription-based edition)
  2. ^ Eilstrup-Sangiovanni, Mette (2020). "Death of international organizations. The organizational ecology of intergovernmental organizations, 1815–2015". The Review of International Organizations. 15 (2): 339–370. doi:10.1007/s11558-018-9340-5. hdl:1814/60598. ISSN 1559-744X.
  3. ^ German Foreign Ministry, retrieved 6 July 2011
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