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
European Civil Aviation Conference
Commission for Conventional Armaments intergovernmental organization body
Central Bank Governors’ Club of West African Monetary Zone
African Union Development Agency-NEPAD
African Union judicial organs
surface form: African Court of Justice
international court
CIC Plata
Committee on Hemispheric Security intergovernmental organization committee
Gas Exporting Countries Forum
WHO Regional Office for Europe WHO regional office
Joint Inspection Unit intergovernmental organization body
IFSB
ACU
surface form: Asian Clearing Union
Specialised Committee on separation provisions international governance body
International Commission for the Protection of the Rhine
Intergovernmental Authority on Development
Colorado River Commission intergovernmental body
Federal Council of Governors of Argentina intergovernmental body
Council of Education Ministers (South Africa) intergovernmental body
COMSATS
International Civil Service Commission
Commonwealth Foundation
States Parties to ICCROM group of sovereign states
WMO Hydrological Assembly intergovernmental body
Regional Association III Management Group coordination body
Regional Association III working groups coordination body
Regional Association VII (Antarctica) intergovernmental body
Regional Association IV Management Group coordination body
Council for German Orthography
Howardian Hills AONB Partnership coordinating body
GEO
GEO Secretariat coordinating body
ICES
North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission
Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas regional intergovernmental organization
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO
ACB
surface form: ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity
Peace Implementation Council intergovernmental body
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
East African Revenue Authorities forum
surface form: East African Revenue Authorities Forum
General Assembly of the States Parties to the 2003 Convention intergovernmental body
General Assembly of the States Parties to the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage intergovernmental body
Conference of the Parties
surface form: Conference of the Parties (CITES)
international decision-making body
Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization
European Southern Observatory
UNSD United Nations programme
Development Committee intergovernmental organization committee
WE Charity international development organization
Council of the Federation
Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community group of sovereign states