intergovernmental organization

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.

Observed surface forms (74)

• intergovernmental organization body ×19
• United Nations specialized agency ×17
• United Nations agency ×12
• international court ×12
• multilateral development bank ×10
• regional intergovernmental organization ×10
• intergovernmental body ×9
• international organization office ×9
• United Nations programme ×6
• World Health Organization regional office ×6

• intergovernmental organization organ ×6
• group of sovereign states ×5
• WHO regional office ×4
• coordinating body ×4
• international commission ×4
• European Union initiative ×3
• OSCE institution ×3
• collective defense organization ×3
• counter-terrorism body ×3
• intergovernmental decision-making body ×3
• intergovernmental financial institution ×3
• intergovernmental organization committee ×3
• Arab organization ×2
• United Nations-related entity ×2
• United Nations-related organization ×2
• anti-money laundering organization ×2
• coordination body ×2
• international body ×2
• international forum ×2
• organ of the World Health Organization ×2
• regional integration organization ×2
• subregional organization ×2
• treaty implementation body ×2
• treaty-based organization ×2
• CARICOM institution ×1
• CELAC body ×1
• ITU organ ×1
• Intergovernmental body ×1
• NATO organ ×1
• binational military organization ×1
• development aid agency ×1
• economic cooperation organization ×1
• economic integration arrangement ×1
• group of international organizations ×1
• intergovernmental body group ×1
• intergovernmental military alliance ×1
• intergovernmental monetary committee ×1
• intergovernmental organization coordination mechanism ×1
• intergovernmental organization membership collective ×1
• intergovernmental standards-setting body ×1
• international civil service body ×1
• international climate programme ×1
• international decision-making body ×1
• international development organization ×1
• international environmental body ×1
• international governing body ×1
• international health organization office ×1
• international organization of states ×1
• international organization sector ×1
• international political body ×1
• international river commission ×1
• international student assessment program ×1
• international tax policy body ×1
• multinational police force ×1
• political and economic union ×1
• political association of states ×1
• regional economic organization ×1
• regional human rights body ×1
• regional integration ×1
• regional intergovernmental body ×1
• regional organization in Oceania ×1
• regional security body ×1
• regional security organization ×1
• supranational political body ×1

Instances (352)

• Council of Australian Governments
• Commonwealth of Independent States via concept surface "regional intergovernmental organization"
• CIDI via concept surface "intergovernmental organization body"
• Benelux Court of Justice via concept surface "international court"
• Southern African Development Community
• International Agency for Research on Cancer
• Council of Europe (Strasbourg)
  surface form: Council of Europe
• Benelux Committee of Ministers via concept surface "intergovernmental decision-making body"
• IIA
  surface form: International Institute of Agriculture
• Inter-Regional Coordination Committee via concept surface "coordination body"
• International Oceanographic Commission
• Committee for Environmental Protection (Antarctic Treaty) via concept surface "international environmental body"
• OECD Centre for Tax Policy and Administration via concept surface "international tax policy body"
• Committee of Governors of the Central Banks of the Member States of the EEC via concept surface "intergovernmental monetary committee"
• United Nations Environment Programme via concept surface "United Nations programme"
• Chesapeake Bay Program
• World Trade Organization
• ACS
• International Whaling Commission
• Organization of American States
• Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
• Asian Development Bank via concept surface "multilateral development bank"
• OSPAR Commission
• Allied Supreme War Council via concept surface "international political body"
• ITU Council via concept surface "ITU organ"
• Western European Union
• IHO Secretariat via concept surface "coordinating body"
• Groupe d’action financière
• GAFI
• WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific via concept surface "WHO regional office"
• Mekong River Commission
• Overseas Countries and Territories Association of the European Union (pre-Brexit via UK)
• European Court of Human Rights via concept surface "international court"
• European Space Research Organisation
• European Launcher Development Organisation
• Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States
• Arab Air Carriers Organization via concept surface "Arab organization"
• Council of Europe member states via concept surface "group of sovereign states"
• Court of Justice of the Andean Community via concept surface "international court"
• Andean Development Corporation via concept surface "multilateral development bank"
• CAN via concept surface "regional integration organization"
• North/South Ministerial Council via concept surface "intergovernmental body"
• British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference via concept surface "intergovernmental body"
• Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures via concept surface "intergovernmental organization committee"
• ESM via concept surface "intergovernmental financial institution"
  surface form: European Stability Mechanism
• European Financial Stability Facility via concept surface "intergovernmental financial institution"
• Permanent Secretariat of the League of Nations via concept surface "international civil service body"
• UNDP Executive Board via concept surface "intergovernmental body"
• Association of Arab Universities
• CERN member states via concept surface "group of sovereign states"