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Intergovernmental Organizations
A list of some Intergovernmental Organizations is the following:
- Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization ( CTBTO )
- Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO )
- Global Environment Facility ( GEF )
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC )
- International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA )
- International Bank for Reconstruction and Development ( IBRD )
- International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes ( ICSID )
- International Civil Aviation Organization ( ICAO )
- International Criminal Police Organization ( INTERPOL )
- International Development Association ( IDA )
- International Finance Corporation ( IFC )
- International Fund for Agricultural Development ( IFAD )
- International Labour Organization ( ILO )
- International Maritime Organization ( IMO )
- International Monetary Fund ( IMF )
- International Refugee Organization ( IRO )
- International Telecommunication Union ( ITU )
- International Union for Conservation of Nature ( IUCN )
- Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency ( MIGA )
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD )
- Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons ( OPCW )
- United Nations ( U.N. )
- United Nations Children’s Fund ( UNICEF )
- United Nations Development Programme ( UNDP )
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO )
- United Nations Environment Programme ( UNEP )
- United Nations Industrial Development Organization ( UNIDO )
- Universal Postal Union ( UPU )
- World Bank Group ( WBG )
- World Customs Organization ( WCO )
- World Health Organization ( WHO )
- World Intellectual Property Organization ( WIPO )
- World Meteorological Organization ( WMO )
- World Tourism Organization ( UNWTO )
- World Trade Organization ( WTO )
Intergovernmental Council of Cop-Per Exporting Countries
See the International Commodity Organization.
Intergovernmental Organizations (IGOs) in relation with International Trade
In the context of trade organizations, Christopher Mark (1993) provided the following definition of Intergovernmental Organizations (IGOs): A term designating international organizations outside the United Nations system through which nations cooperate on a governmental level.
Intergovernmental Organizations
Embracing mainstream international law, this section on intergovernmental organizations explores the context, history and effect of the area of the law covered here.
Intergovernmental Organizations
Embracing mainstream international law, this section on intergovernmental organizations explores the context, history and effect of the area of the law covered here.
Resources
See Also
- International Organization
- Foreign Relations
- Organization
Resources
Further Reading
- The entry “organizations, international, intergovernmental” in the Parry and Grant Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law (currently, the Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law, 2009), Oxford University Press
Resources
Further Reading
- The entry “intergovernmental organizations” in the Parry and Grant Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law (currently, the Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law, 2009), Oxford University Press
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