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
Inter-American Naval Conference
Council of Arab Ministers
Indian Ocean Rim Association
Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf intergovernmental organization organ
Union for the Mediterranean
WIPO General Assembly intergovernmental body
International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea international court
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
Pan American Union
Council of Foreign Ministers of the Allied powers international diplomatic body
Multinational Force and Observers
SAARC regional centres intergovernmental organization body
STAC
AfCHPR international court
STC on Health, Population and Drug Control intergovernmental body
STC on Education, Science and Technology intergovernmental body
STC on Gender and Women’s Empowerment intergovernmental body
Regional Economic Communities in Africa economic cooperation organization
African Economic Community
IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre
IGAD Centre for Pastoral Areas and Livestock Development IGAD institution
UMA
surface form: Arab Maghreb Union
regional intergovernmental organization
COMESSA
Secretary-General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation international organization office
CFM
surface form: Council of Foreign Ministers
intergovernmental organization body
OIC Council of Foreign Ministers intergovernmental body
international commission for navigation of the Danube
surface form: International Commission for Navigation of the Danube
international river commission
African Investment Bank multilateral development bank
United Nations system United Nations-related entity
Financial Action Task Force
Committee on Technology and Armaments intergovernmental organization body
Inter-Allied Commission for Upper Silesia international commission
World Bank
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Nordic Council of Ministers
Caribbean Community Secretariat
ITU Radiocommunication Sector international organization sector
Universities Bureau of the British Empire coordinating body
Commonwealth countries political association of states
Conference of Committee Chairs coordinating body
AMF
surface form: Arab Monetary Fund
FAO Council intergovernmental organization body
ECA Subregional Office for North Africa international organization office
UNASUR
Economic Cooperation Organization (observer)
ICESCO
Andean Community regional economic organization
European Stability Mechanism intergovernmental financial institution
Secretary‑General of the Union of South American Nations international organization office