intergovernmental organization

C280
concept

An intergovernmental organization is a formal entity created by sovereign states through treaties or agreements to cooperate on common interests, coordinate policies, and address international issues.

All labels observed (110)

Label Occurrences
intergovernmental organization canonical 473
intergovernmental body 84
intergovernmental organization body 61

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: intergovernmental organization
Generated description
An intergovernmental organization is a formal entity created by sovereign states through treaties or agreements to cooperate on common interests, coordinate policies, and address international issues.

Instances (1,008)

Instance Via concept surface
CICAD intergovernmental organization body
NTU
surface form: Nederlandse Taalunie
Commission mixte internationale international commission
Commission for Environmental Cooperation
Organisation internationale de la Francophonie
CF
surface form: Commonwealth Foundation
International Committee for Future Accelerators coordinating body
Conference of Lieutenant Governors of Canada
G77
Arab League member states group of sovereign states
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IMO
surface form: International Maritime Organization
IMCO United Nations specialized agency
CARICOM IMPACS CARICOM institution
IMPACS CARICOM institution
Caribbean Regional Intelligence Fusion Centre regional security organization
Association of Caribbean Commissioners of Police
Caribbean Customs Law Enforcement Council
CITEL
ADB
surface form: Asian Development Bank
multilateral development bank
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank multilateral development bank
United States–Thailand relations
surface form: Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
collective defense organization
AMMTC international forum
Gulf of Guinea Commission
International Atomic Energy Agency
PISA international student assessment program
Dutch–Indonesian Union
Commonwealth of Learning
Black Sea Economic Cooperation
Conference of Cantonal Governments
British–Irish Council
IANC
Oil-for-Food Programme United Nations programme
IORA
IOR-ARC
Committee of Senior Officials coordinating body
Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries
ALBA
Member States of the Organization of African Unity group of sovereign states
Specialized Technical Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs intergovernmental body
African Union Commission on International Law intergovernmental organization organ
Secretary-General of the Arab Maghreb Union international organization office
Southern African Development Community Standby Force multinational police force
African Union Advisory Board on Corruption intergovernmental organization body
African Civil Aviation Commission
CFM is commonly used as an abbreviation for Council of Foreign Ministers
surface form: Council of Foreign Ministers
intergovernmental body
United Nations (through the state of Zambia)
surface form: United Nations
ACHPR regional human rights body
STC on Labour, Employment and Social Affairs intergovernmental body
Council for Peace and Security in Central Africa regional security organization