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
Singapore regional bureau international organization office
New York liaison office international organization office
Permanent Court of International Justice international court
Brussels liaison office international organization office
Pacific Community (SPC)
surface form: Pacific Community
German–Korean Forum international forum
Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures international body
AfCFTA Secretariat treaty implementation body
Egmont Group Secretariat coordinating body
Knowledge and Innovation Communities European Union initiative
World Health Organization Member States intergovernmental organization membership collective
League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees international organization office
Commission on Development and Exchanges international commission
Court of Justice of CEMAC international court
UDEAC
Eurasian Intergovernmental Council intergovernmental body
Council of Australian Governments
Commonwealth of Independent States regional intergovernmental organization
Regional Fisheries Management Organizations
surface form: Regional Fisheries Management Organization
CIDI intergovernmental organization body
Argo Steering Team coordination body
Benelux Court of Justice international court
Southern African Development Community
Group of Ten intergovernmental group
International Agency for Research on Cancer
Indian Ocean Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control
GFMD Steering Group intergovernmental body
ICSID Secretary-General international organization office
Council of Europe (Strasbourg)
surface form: Council of Europe
Benelux Committee of Ministers intergovernmental decision-making body
Committee of Permanent Representatives to UNEP intergovernmental body
IIA
surface form: International Institute of Agriculture
Inter-Regional Coordination Committee coordination body
International Oceanographic Commission
Committee for Environmental Protection (Antarctic Treaty) international environmental body
OECD Centre for Tax Policy and Administration international tax policy body
Renovation Wave initiative European Union initiative
International Turkic Academy
Committee of Governors of the Central Banks of the Member States of the EEC intergovernmental monetary committee
United Nations Environment Programme United Nations programme
Chesapeake Bay Program
ICWM
United Nations (as regional arrangement under Chapter VIII of the UN Charter via OSCE)
surface form: United Nations
World Programme of Action for Youth United Nations programme
Adesina
surface form: African Development Bank
multilateral development bank
World Trade Organization
ACS
EAEC
surface form: East African Examinations Council
intergovernmentalOrganization
International Whaling Commission
SADC member states group of sovereign states