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International Organizations And Their Headquarters

Important International Organizations

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Important International Organizations

United Nations Organization (UN)

*India is a founding member.

HeadquarterNew York, USA
Established on24th October 1945
Secretary-GeneralAntonio Guterres

Important International Organizations In Which India Is A Member Country

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)

*India is a founding member.

HeadquarterNew York, USA
Established on11th December 1946
Current HeadCatherine M. Russell

United Nations Education Scientific & Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

*India is a founding member.

HeadquarterParis, France
Established in16 November 1945
Current HeadAudrey Azoulay

World Health Organization (WHO)

*India is a founding member.

HeadquarterGeneva, Switzerland
Established on7 April 1948
Current HeadDirector-General – Tedros Adhanom

World Economic Forum

HeadquarterCologny, Switzerland
Established onJanuary 1971
Current HeadKlaus Schwab

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

*India is a founder member.

HeadquarterWashington, D.C., United States
Established on27 December 1945
Current HeadMD – Kristalina Georgieva
Gita GopinathFirst Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)

World Bank

*India is a founding member.

HeadquarterWashington, D.C., United States
Established inJuly 1944
Current HeadDavid Malpass

World Trade Organization 

*India is a founding member.

HeadquarterGeneva, Switzerland
Established in1 January 1995
Current HeadNgozi Okonjo-Iweala (She became both the first woman and the first African to hold this position.)

South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)

*India is a founding member.

HeadquarterKathmandu, Nepal
Established in8 December 1985, (in Dhaka, Bangladesh)
Current HeadSecretary-General – Esala Ruwan Weerakoon

Association of South East Nations (ASEAN)

HeadquarterJakarta, Indonesia
Established in8 August 1967
Current HeadLim Jock Hoi Mon

Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD)

HeadquarterParis, France
Established in30 September 1961
Current HeadMathias Cormann

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)

*India is a founding member.
*Urjit Patel was appointed as vice president of AIIB on February 1, 2022.

HeadquarterBeijing, China
Established inJanuary 2016 (began operations)
Current HeadJin Liqun

New Development Bank (BRICS Development Bank)

*India is a founding member.

HeadquarterShanghai, China
Established in15 July 2014
Current HeadMarcos Prado Troyjo

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

*India is a founding member.

HeadquarterManila, Philippines
Established in19 December 1966
Current HeadMasatsugu Asakawa

International Solar Alliance

*India is a founding member.

HeadquarterGurugram, Haryana, India
Established in30 November 2015
Current HeadAjay Mathur

SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organisation)

  • Established in April 1996
  • Headquartered in Beijing, China
  • Secretary – General : Zhang Ming
  • India is a founding member

OPCW- Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

  • Established in April 1997
  • Headquartered in Hague, Netherland
  • Director-General : Fernando Arias
  • India is an active member

FAO – Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

  • Established on 16 October 1945
  • Headquartered in Rome, Italy
  • Director-General : Qu Dongyu
  • India is a founding member

World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)

HeadquarterGland, Switzerland
Established in29 April 1961
Current HeadPresident : Pavan Sukhdev

A list of Important International Organizations is tabulated below :

Organization HeadquartersEstablished
International Solar Alliance Gurugram, India2015
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)The Hague, Netherlands1997
International Court of Justice (ICJ)The Hague, Netherlands1945
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)New York City, USA1965
United Nations Population Fund (UNPF)New York City, USA1969
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)New York City, USA1946
UN WomenNew York City, USA2010
Group of Eight (G8)New York City, USA1975
United Nations Human Settlement Programme (UN-Habitat)Nairobi, Kenya1978
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)Nairobi, Kenya1972
World Food Programme (WFP)Rome, Italy1961
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)Rome, Italy1945
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)Rome, Italy1977
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)Montreal, Canada1947
International Monetary Fund (IMF)Washington, DC, USA1944
World BankWashington, DC, USA1944
International Maritime Organization (IMO)London, United Kingdom1948
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)Paris, France1945
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)Vienna, Austria1966
World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)Madrid, Spain1974
Universal Postal Union (UPU)Bern, Switzerland1874
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)Geneva, Switzerland1865
International Labour Organization (ILO)Geneva, Switzerland1919
World Health Organization (WHO)Geneva, Switzerland1948
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)Geneva, Switzerland1967
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)Geneva, Switzerland1950
United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)Geneva, Switzerland1994
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)Geneva, Switzerland1950
United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)Geneva, Switzerland1980
United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)Geneva, Switzerland1963
International Trade Centre (ITC)Geneva, Switzerland1964
World Trade Organization (WTO)Geneva, Switzerland1995
United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)Copenhagen, Denmark1973
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA)Amman, Jordan1949
United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC)Turin, Italy2002
United Nations University (UNU)Tokyo, Japan1973
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)Vienna, Austria1957
International Organization for Migration (IOM)Geneva, Switzerland1951
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)Bonn, Germany1994 (Signed in 1993)
African Development Bank GroupAbidjan, Cote d’Ivoire1964
African Union (AU)Addis Abab, Ethiopia2002
Amnesty International (AI)London, United Kingdom1961
Andean Community Lima, Peru1969
Arctic CouncilTromso, Norway1996
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)Queenstown, Singapore1989
Asian Development Bank (ADB)Mandaluyong (Manila), Philippines1966
Association of Caribbean States (ACS)Port of Spain, Trinidad, Tobago1994
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)Jakarta, Indonesia1967
Bank for International Settlements (BIS)Basel, Switzerland1930
Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC)Istanbul, Turkey1992
Caribbean Community (CARICOM)Georgetown, Guyana1973
Central American Bank for Economic Integration Tegucigalpa, Honduras1960
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)Lusaka, Zambia1994
Commonwealth SecretariatLondon, United Kingdom1965
Council of EuropeStrasbourg, France1949
Council of Europian Municipalities and Regions (CEMR)Geneva, Switzerland1951
Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS)Stockholm, Switzerland1992
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria1975
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)London, United Kingdom1991
European Central Bank (ECB)Frankfurt, Germany1998
European Free Trade Association (EFTA)Geneva, Switzerland1960
Association of European Parliamentarians with Africa (AWEPA)Amsterdam, Netherlands1984
European Space Agency (ESA)Paris, France1975
European Union (EU)Brussels, Belgium1993
G-15 SummitGeneva, Switzerland1990
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)Washington, DC, USA1959
Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)Djibouti, Djibouti1986
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)Paris, France1919
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)Geneva, Switzerland1863
International Development Association (IDA)Washington, DC, USA1960
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Socities (IFRC)Geneva, Switzerland1919
International Finance Corporation (IFC)Washington, DC, USA1956
International Olympic Committee (IOC)Lausanne, Switzerland1894
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)Geneva, Switzerland1947
International Peace Bureau (IPB)Geneva, Switzerland1891
International Seabed Authority (ISA)Kingston, Jamaica1994
International Service for Human Rights (ISHR)Geneva, Switzerland1984
Inter-Parliamentary UnionGeneva, Switzerland1889
League of Arab StatesCairo, Egypt1945
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)Washington, DC, USA1988
The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)Central Jakarta, Indonesia1961
Nordic Council of MinistersCopenhagen, Denmark1971
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)Washington, DC, USA1949
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)Paris, France1961
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)Vienna, Austria1975
Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC)Kuwait, Middle East1968
Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC)Jeddah, Saudi Arabia1969
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)Vienna, Austria1960
Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC)Noumea, New Caledonia1947
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)Kathmandu, Nepal1985
United Cities & Local Governments (UCLG)Barcelona, Spain2004
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)Bangkok, Thailand1947
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)Beirut, Lebanon1973
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR)Geneva, Switzerland and New York City, USA1993
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)Vienna, Austria1997
United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW)Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic1975
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)Geneva, Switzerland and New York City, USA1991
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)Amman, Jordan1949
World Federation of United Nations Associations (WFUNA)Geneva, Switzerland and New York City, USA1946
World Organization Against Torture (OMCT)Geneva, Switzerland1985
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)Gland, Switzerland1961
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