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
Council of Foreign Ministers of the Arab Maghreb Union intergovernmental body
Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation intergovernmental organ
African Union (through the state of Zambia)
surface form: African Union
Organization of African Unity
United Nations (through the state of Kenya)
surface form: United Nations
ICDT
CIDC
NATO (politically and later militarily via air support)
surface form: NATO
intergovernmental military alliance
SACU Secretariat coordinating body
Court of Justice of the African Union international court
Council of Ministers for the Environment intergovernmental environmental body
Council of Ministers for Education and Research
Council of Ministers for Fisheries and Aquaculture, Agriculture, Food and Forestry
Norræna ráðherranefndin
Allied Supreme Council
Member States of UNIDO intergovernmental organization membership collective
African Commission
surface form: African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
regional human rights body
Southern Governors' Association
World Customs Organization
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission international commission
Anglo-Russian boundary commission international commission
Commission on the League of Nations international commission
United States Agency for International Development development aid agency
Sault Ste. Marie Bridge Authority bi-national agency
Western Governors' Association
Financial Fund for the Development of the River Plate Basin multilateral development bank
International Commission for the Protection of Lake Constance
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
World Health Organization
UNLU coordinating body
International Court of Justice international court
World Climate Programme international climate programme
UNHCR United Nations specialized agency
West African Development Bank multilateral development bank
Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance United Nations programme
UNCHR
surface form: United Nations Commission on Human Rights
intergovernmental organization body
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
GCC
surface form: Gulf Cooperation Council
regional intergovernmental organization
GCC Patent Office intergovernmental organization body
GCC Standardization Organization
Council of Ministers
surface form: Council of Ministers (SAARC)
intergovernmental body
OIC member states group of sovereign states
OPEC
EAC
surface form: East African Community
G5 Sahel
Inter-American Commission of Women
MWCOG
CSW intergovernmental body
Arab Maghreb Union
JAA