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
Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Länder in the Federal Republic of Germany
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
Organization of Ibero-American States
North Atlantic Council NATO organ
Arab Labor Organization
IDB
surface form: Inter-American Development Bank
multilateral development bank
BIE
Eurocontrol
Council of Arab Ministers of Interior
IPBES Secretariat coordinating body
Council for Trade in Goods intergovernmental organization organ
Group of Friends of the UN Charter intergovernmental organization coalition
CICTE intergovernmental organization body
Rat für deutsche Rechtschreibung zwischenstaatliches Gremium
SEATO
CIS Council of Foreign Ministers intergovernmental organization body
UNFPA Executive Board intergovernmental body
Council of Heads of Government of the CIS intergovernmental body
Programme and Budget Committee intergovernmental body
GGC
Black Sea Trade and Development Bank multilateral development bank
BSEC regional intergovernmental organization
TOC
surface form: Tri-State Oversight Committee
States Parties to the World Heritage Convention group of sovereign states
Health Organization of the League of Nations intergovernmental organization body
UN Office of the Iraq Programme United Nations programme
BIC
surface form: British-Irish Council
Association of Small Island States
International Organization of Legal Metrology
Energy Community treaty-based organization
MRU
surface form: Mano River Union
Nordic Defence Cooperation
European gendarmerie forces
surface form: European Gendarmerie Force
multinational police force
African Development Bank multilateral development bank
Regional Cooperation for Development
ECO Trade and Development Bank multilateral development bank
ECO Science Foundation
Arab Monetary Fund
PAU
Council for National Security and Law Enforcement regional security body
Executive Board
surface form: Executive Board (World Health Organization)
organ of the World Health Organization
Visegrad Patent Institute
WHO Regional Office for Africa World Health Organization regional office
WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia WHO regional office
CSCE Conflict Prevention Centre OSCE institution
CSCE Office for Free Elections international organization office
Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme intergovernmental body
HCR
surface form: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
United Nations specialized agency
UNECE Inland Transport Committee intergovernmental body
UN peacekeepers multinational police force