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
Intergovernmental Committee for the 2005 Convention treaty implementation body
William Graham
surface form: International Maritime Organization
ISA
surface form: International Seabed Authority
TÜRKSOY
Council of Heads of Supreme Audit Institutions of the CIS Member States
The Secretariat
International Commission for Air Navigation
ECO
surface form: Economic Cooperation Organization
International Renewable Energy Agency
International Energy Forum
Baltic Sea States Subregional Co-operation
Union of American Republics
Pacific Islands Forum
BIMSTEC
ECOWAS Community Court of Justice international court
Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights OSCE institution
High Commissioner on National Minorities OSCE institution
Representative on Freedom of the Media OSCE institution
Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community international organization office
CCIR
Disarmament Commission of the League of Nations intergovernmental organization body
Slavery Commission of the League of Nations international commission
National Council of the Resistance as main consultative forum at national level
surface form: National Council of the Resistance
coordinating body
IUCEA
Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community intergovernmental decision-making body
Technical Committees of FAO intergovernmental body group
South Bay Cities Council of Governments
International Coordinating Council coordination body
Commission for Agricultural Meteorology intergovernmental organization body
European Union (via Hungary)
surface form: European Union
political and economic union
West African Economic and Monetary Union
European space and defense agencies intergovernmental organizations
ESA
surface form: European Space Agency
Egmont Committee coordinating body
NRO Number Council coordination body
Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission
Empowered Community Administration coordinating body
TLG
surface form: Technical Liaison Group
coordinating body
Commonwealth of Nations
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
Council of Europe
Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna
United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs intergovernmental organization body
Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization
Sargasso Sea Commission
World Food Programme United Nations specialized agency
WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean WHO regional office
Nairobi regional bureau international organization office
Harare regional bureau international organization office
Bangkok regional bureau international organization office