List of intergovernmental organizations

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 c25,000 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 49th edition, 2012/13).

United Nations and agencies

The UN has six principal organs:

The UN also includes various Funds, Programmes and specialized agencies:

The UN also includes subsidiary organs:

Environmental organizations

Fisheries organizations

Migration organizations

Maritime organizations

Arms control

Missing Persons

Energy organizations

Multi sector organizations

Sustainable energy organizations

Nuclear power organizations

Financial, trade, and customs organizations

Law enforcement cooperation

Regional organizations

Main articles: Regional organization, Continental organization, and Continental union
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). see also continental organization.
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

Educational organizations and universities

Digital organizations

Cultural, ethnic, linguistic, and religious organizations

Ideological and political groupings

See also: Warsaw Pact

Other

Defunct

See also

References

  1. Union of International Associations (ed.), Yearbook of international organizations, Leiden: Brill (five volumes in print format, plus online, subscription-based edition)
  2. German Foreign Ministry, retrieved 6 July 2011
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