international organization

An international organization is an institutional entity formed by multiple countries or global actors to coordinate policies, manage shared interests, and address transnational issues through cooperative frameworks and agreements.

Aliases (50)

• regional organization ×54
• international financial institution ×28
• United Nations body ×26
• organ of an international organization ×17
• humanitarian organization ×16
• specialized agency of the United Nations ×14
• human rights organization ×10
• international sports federation ×9
• Jewish organization ×8
• United Nations regional commission ×7
• international organization organ ×7
• global health initiative ×6
• global health partnership ×5
• international association ×5
• international organization committee ×5
• specialized body of the Organization of American States ×5
• supranational organization ×5
• trade bloc ×5
• IMO body ×4
• institution of the European Union ×4
• interparliamentary organization ×4
• Commonwealth of Nations institution ×3
• Commonwealth organization ×3
• global health organization ×3
• intelligence alliance ×3
• international political organization ×3
• international sports governing body ×3
• European organization ×2
• anti-tuberculosis organization ×2
• arbitral institution ×2
• counter-terrorist financing organization ×2
• global humanitarian network ×2
• human rights institution ×2
• international communist organization ×2
• international ecclesiastical organization ×2
• organ of the World Trade Organization ×2
• pan-European organization ×2
• proposed international organization ×2
• specialized organization of the Organization of American States ×2
• European integration arrangement ×1
• IMO organ ×1
• Internet standards organization ×1
• Jewish national institution ×1
• United Nations grouping ×1
• United Nations specialized agency secretariat ×1
• cultural exchange organization ×1
• defunct international organization ×1
• disarmament organization ×1
• institution of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ×1
• inter-agency coordination body ×1

Instances (481)

• Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World
• United Nations Security and Safety Service ("United Nations body")
• European Coal and Steel Community ("supranational organization")
• Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne
• Court of Justice of the European Union ("international organization organ")
• Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency ("international financial institution")
• Internet Engineering Task Force ("Internet standards organization")
• International Olympic Committee
• Dutch Language Union
• European Court of Auditors
• International Monetary Fund ("international financial institution")
• NATO Parliamentary Assembly ("interparliamentary organization")
• African Continental Free Trade Area ("trade bloc")
• Egmont Group
• League of Nations
• UNESCO ("specialized agency of the United Nations")
• International Civil Aviation Organization ("specialized agency of the United Nations")
• World Meteorological Organization ("specialized agency of the United Nations")
• International Maritime Organization ("specialized agency of the United Nations")
• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ("human rights organization")
• Non-Aligned Movement
• Union Cycliste Internationale ("international sports governing body")
• Organisation for the Prohibition of Biological Weapons (conceptually related regimes) ("proposed international organization")
• CPLP
• International Centre for Theoretical Physics
• International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes ("international arbitration institution")
• American Red Cross ("humanitarian organization")
• Council of Ministers of the CPLP ("organ of an international organization")
• Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs ("disarmament organization")
• International Seabed Authority
• International Council on Monuments and Sites
• Center for Global Health ("global health organization")
• Inter-American Council for Integral Development ("specialized body of the Organization of American States")
• UNTC ("United Nations body")
• Governing Body ("organ of an international organization")
• International Institute of Agriculture
• Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources
• Helsinki Commission
• Association of Caribbean States ("regional organization")
• APRU
• Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf ("United Nations body")
• Union for the Mediterranean
• United Nations Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea ("United Nations body")
• Shanghai Cooperation Organisation ("regional organization")
• Pan American Union
• European Central Bank ("supranational organization")
• United Nations system ("intergovernmental organizational system")
• World Bank ("international financial institution")
• WIPO Coordination Committee ("international organization committee")
• Comintern
• Andean Community
• Committee on World Food Security ("United Nations body")
• Bank for International Settlements ("international financial institution")
• European Stability Mechanism ("international financial institution")
• CARE (humanitarian organization) ("humanitarian organization")
• Euro‑Atlantic Partnership Council
• Central American Integration System ("regional organization")
• United Nations Human Rights Council ("United Nations body")
• Memorial (human rights group) ("human rights organization")
• Amnesty International ("human rights organization")
• GRAIN (organization)
• International Baby Food Action Network
• Reporters Without Borders
• Advance Market Commitment for pneumococcal vaccines ("global health initiative")
• GFATM
• Global Vaccine Action Plan ("global health initiative")
• Rotary International
• United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
• Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention
• UN regional commissions ("United Nations body")
• General Council of the World Trade Organization ("international organization organ")
• International Fund for Agricultural Development ("specialized agency of the United Nations")
• East African Community ("regional organization")
• International Committee of the Red Cross ("humanitarian organization")
• International Organization for Migration
• UNECA ("United Nations regional commission")
• MERCOSUR
• RCRC Movement ("global humanitarian network")
• Permanent Court of Arbitration ("arbitral institution")
• Caribbean Community ("regional organization")
• Pacific Alliance ("regional organization")
• International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies ("humanitarian organization")
• Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty ("international broadcasting organization")
• South Pacific Commission
• SPC ("regional organization")
• ACP Group of States
• Pacific Regional Environment Programme ("regional organization")
• Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units
• Council of Regional Organisations in the Pacific ("regional organization")
• United Nations Volunteers ("humanitarian organization")
• OKFN
• European Academies Science Advisory Council ("European organization")
• United Nations Population Fund
• FIBA ("international sports federation")
• FIFA ("international sports governing body")
• Heads of Medicines Agencies ("intergovernmental organization network")
• Division of Regional Operations ("United Nations body")
• Human Rights Protection Committee ("human rights organization")
• Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
• Community of Portuguese Language Countries
• Caribbean Football Union ("regional organization")
• Ministerial Conference ("organ of the World Trade Organization")
• United Nations system (observer relationship, not specialized agency) ("interorganizational relationship category")
• UN
• ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights ("human rights institution")
• World Bank Group ("international financial institution")
• LAS ("regional organization")
• International Joint Commission
• OECS ("regional organization")
• ASALE
• Council of Administration ("organ of an international organization")
• RBM ("global health partnership")
• STBP ("global health partnership")
• TB REACH ("global health initiative")
• AMRO ("international public health organization")
• Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission
• Trusteeship Council ("United Nations body")
• International Labour Organization
• Food and Agriculture Organization ("specialized agency of the United Nations")
• International Telecommunication Union ("specialized agency of the United Nations")
• World Intellectual Property Organization ("specialized agency of the United Nations")
• World Tourism Organization ("specialized agency of the United Nations")
• UNICEF
• United Nations Economic Commission for Africa ("United Nations regional commission")
• Organization of Ibero-American States
• International Union of Crystallography ("international scientific union")
• United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism ("Jewish organization")
• International Development Association ("international financial institution")
• Latin American Reserve Fund ("international financial institution")
• Nordic Council ("regional organization")
• Special Olympics ("international sports organization")
• International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement ("international humanitarian movement")
• General Conference of UNIDO ("organ of an international organization")
• United Nations Office at Geneva (through academic partnerships) ("international organization facility")
• Układ Warszawski
• Antarctic Treaty Secretariat
• African Development Bank ("international financial institution")
• European Parliament ("institution of the European Union")
• Arab Monetary Fund ("international financial institution")
• Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
• Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance ("global health partnership")
• Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria ("international financing organization")
• Expanded Programme on Immunization ("global health initiative")
• Global Polio Eradication Initiative ("global health initiative")
• Secretariat ("United Nations specialized agency secretariat")
• United Nations Development Group ("inter-agency coordination body")
• UNICA – Network of Universities from the Capitals of Europe ("international association")
• Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme ("United Nations body")
• Charter of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ("international organization charter")
• IGAD ("regional organization")
• General Secretariat ("organ of an international organization")
• Islamic Solidarity Fund ("institution of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation")
• Islamic Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture
• Mae Tao Clinic ("humanitarian organization")
• SAARC Development Fund ("international financial institution")
• SAARC Arbitration Council ("regional organization")
• UNASUL ("regional organization")
• Council of Heads of State and Government ("organ of an international organization")
• General Secretariat ("organ of an international organization")
• SAARC Disaster Management Centre ("regional organization")
• Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs ("organ of an international organization")
• United Nations
• Second Committee (Economic and Financial) ("United Nations body")
• G7
• Financial Stability Board ("international financial institution")
• Pan-African Parliament
• Pacific Community ("regional organization")
• Pacific Islands Forum (observer) ("regional organization")
• Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) ("United Nations body")
• IDU ("international political organization")
• IDU Standing Committees ("organizational structure of the International Democrat Union")
• Alliance of Conservatives and Christian Democrats (paraphrased; verify exact wording) ("international political organization")
• Community of Latin American and Caribbean States ("regional organization")
• ICCROM
• TCC ("international organization committee")
• Secretariat ("organ of an international organization")
• Sixth Committee ("United Nations body")
• IMO Secretariat ("organ of an international organization")
• United Nations Technical Assistance Board ("United Nations body")
• NATO International Military Staff ("international military organization component")
• COL ("Commonwealth organization")
• FVEY ("intelligence alliance")
• Association of Southeast Asian Nations ("regional organization")
• Allied Control Council ("international administrative body")
• International Court of Arbitration for the Flower Trade ("arbitral institution")
• AU ("regional organization")
• Outreach Division ("United Nations body")
• Arab League
• Trust Fund for Victims
• General Council ("international organization organ")
• World Wide Web Consortium
• Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ("international human rights organization")
• EEC ("regional organization")
• Common Market ("regional organization")
• Interpol
• International Workingmen's Association
• United Nations Industrial Development Organization ("specialized agency of the United Nations")
• European Union ("supranational organization")
• NAFTA ("trade bloc")
• Council of Ministers of the East African Community ("organ of an international organization")
• CIM ("specialized organization of the Organization of American States")
• CGF ("international sports federation")
• Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute
• International Bank for Reconstruction and Development ("international financial institution")
• Union for Reform Judaism ("Jewish organization")
• EUPJ (European Union for Progressive Judaism) ("Jewish organization")
• OPEC Secretariat ("organ of an international organization")
• ECAFE ("United Nations regional commission")
• Islamic Development Bank ("international financial institution")
• Counter-Terrorism Committee ("international organization committee")
• Military Staff Committee ("United Nations body")
• Partners In Health ("global health organization")
• OPEC Fund for International Development ("multilateral development finance institution")
• New Development Bank ("international financial institution")
• Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (associate member) ("regional organization")
• Association of Academies of the Spanish Language
• Universal Postal Union ("specialized agency of the United Nations")
• Roll Back Malaria ("global health partnership")
• Stop TB Partnership ("global health partnership")
• World Rugby ("international sports governing body")
• Central Committee of the World Council of Churches ("organ of an international organization")
• Cominform ("international communist organization")
• Collective Security Treaty Organization
• United Nations Sanctions Committees ("United Nations body")
• International Ice Hockey Federation ("international sports federation")
• Economic Community of Central African States ("regional organization")
• European Atomic Energy Community
• German Confederation
• MSC ("IMO body")
• United Nations Environment Assembly ("United Nations body")
• EPCglobal
• Allied Council for Japan ("international advisory body")
• German Customs Union ("trade bloc")
• Eurasian Economic Union
• BRICS ("international alliance")
• South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ("regional organization")
• Organization of Turkic States
• UCEI ("Jewish organization")
• African Union ("regional organization")
• Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
• United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine ("United Nations body")
• UN Truth Commission for El Salvador ("international investigative body")
• Bureau International des Expositions
• Sochnut ("Jewish organization")
• CPA ("interparliamentary organization")
• ACC ("international ecclesiastical organization")
• International Democrat Union ("international political organization")
• Inter-Parliamentary Union
• Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference ("Commonwealth of Nations institution")
• T.I.M.E. Association ("international association")
• Union of South American Nations ("regional organization")
• Communist League
• First International
• CIS
• Council of Ministers ("institution of the European Union")
• the Council ("institution of the European Union")
• Inter-American Development Bank ("international financial institution")
• League of Nations Assembly ("international organization organ")
• Internet Society
• Secretariat ("international organization organ")
• Committee on Trade in Financial Services ("international organization committee")
• Commission of national representatives
• United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
• ERRC ("human rights organization")
• World Zionist Congress ("international legislative body")
• United Nations General Assembly committees ("United Nations body")
• G77 ("United Nations grouping")
• UNESCO Creative Cities Network ("international city network")
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ("United Nations body")
• IMO ("specialized agency of the United Nations")
• Technical Cooperation Committee ("IMO body")
• Facilitation Committee ("IMO body")
• CITEL ("specialized body of the Organization of American States")
• ADB ("international financial institution")
• Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank ("international financial institution")
• Parliamentary Assembly of the Western European Union ("international organization organ")
• Gulf of Guinea Commission ("regional organization")
• Trilateral Commission
• Free Software Foundation Latin America ("regional organization")
• Commonwealth of Learning ("Commonwealth organization")
• Black Sea Economic Cooperation ("regional organization")
• UK–US Fulbright Commission ("cultural exchange organization")
• Five Eyes alliance ("intelligence alliance")
• British–Irish Council
• UN Special Commission ("United Nations body")
• Far Eastern Commission
• World Baseball Softball Confederation ("international sports federation")
• Mont Pelerin Society
• International Chamber of Commerce
• ALBA ("regional organization")
• International Commission of Jurists ("human rights organization")
• Quaker Peace and Social Witness ("human rights organization")
• Association of International Criminal Law Institutions
• European Economic Community
• World Customs Organization
• International Ski and Snowboard Federation ("international sports federation")
• International Paralympic Committee ("international sports federation")
• European Broadcasting Union
• Anti-Slavery and Aborigines Protection Society ("humanitarian organization")
• G20 Schools ("international educational association")
• NAM
• World Health Organization ("specialized agency of the United Nations")
• International Sports Federations
• UNHCR ("humanitarian organization")
• West African Development Bank ("international financial institution")
• United Nations treaty bodies ("United Nations body")
• United Nations Economic Commission for Europe ("United Nations regional commission")
• Partnership for Peace countries ("participants in international security program")
• GCC Standardization Organization ("regional organization")
• Anglo-American intelligence cooperation ("intelligence alliance")
• OPEC
• EAC ("regional organization")
• G5 Sahel ("regional organization")
• Inter-American Commission of Women
• Commonwealth Games Federation ("international sports federation")
• Arab Maghreb Union ("regional organization")
• Gas Exporting Countries Forum
• Intergovernmental Authority on Development ("regional organization")
• Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission
• WTO Appellate Body ("organ of the World Trade Organization")
• Caribbean Development Bank ("international financial institution")
• Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting ("Commonwealth of Nations institution")
• Commonwealth Foundation ("Commonwealth organization")
• European Roma Rights Centre ("human rights organization")
• Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas
• Moynier ("humanitarian organization")
• United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific ("United Nations regional commission")
• United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean ("United Nations regional commission")
• iSchools consortium
• Fellowship of Reconciliation
• IMO Council ("organ of the International Maritime Organization")
• ISA
• ECO ("regional organization")
• Union of American Republics
• Commonwealth Secretariat Board of Governors ("Commonwealth of Nations institution")
• Pacific Islands Forum ("regional organization")
• Secretariat of the International Seabed Authority ("organ of an international organization")
• FXB Center for Health and Human Rights ("human rights organization")
• BIMSTEC ("regional organization")
• CharIN e.V. ("international association")
• Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights ("human rights organization")
• Universal Esperanto Association
• ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development ("international financial institution")
• Commonwealth Parliamentary Association ("interparliamentary organization")
• Anglican Consultative Council ("international ecclesiastical organization")
• OSCE Permanent Council ("international organization organ")
• West African Economic and Monetary Union ("regional organization")
• AUF ("international association")
• UNESCO associate member ("international organization associate membership")
• European Investment Fund ("international financial institution")
• International Trade Organization ("proposed international organization")
• Friends Service Council ("humanitarian organization")
• EG
• EAO
• World Anti-Doping Agency
• Conference on Disarmament
• Commonwealth of Nations
• United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia ("United Nations regional commission")
• Council of Europe
• European Association of Councils of State and Supreme Administrative Jurisdictions
• Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization
• International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River
• Benelux Parliament
• World Food Programme ("humanitarian organization")
• World Athletics ("international sports federation")
• Worldwide Universities Network
• AfCFTA Secretariat
• UCI ("international sports federation")
• AFSC ("humanitarian organization")
• Inter-American Telecommunication Commission
• League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ("refugee agency")
• Union internationale des transports publics ("international association")
• Commonwealth of Independent States
• CIDI ("specialized body of the Organization of American States")
• Southern African Development Community ("regional organization")
• Council of Europe (Strasbourg)
• IIA
• International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities
• Arctic Council
• The Elders
• Maritime Safety Committee ("IMO body")
• EIT Digital ("European organization")
• Parliamentary Assembly of the CPLP ("interparliamentary organization")
• World Trade Organization
• ACS ("regional organization")
• Central European Free Trade Agreement
• CLCS ("United Nations body")
• OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
• Venerable Order of St John ("humanitarian organization")
• Organization of American States ("regional organization")
• Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
• Asian Development Bank ("international financial institution")
• Médecins Sans Frontières ("humanitarian organization")
• OSPAR Commission
• AP ("trade bloc")
• Business Council ("regional organization")
• UDC Consortium
• Western European Union ("defunct international organization")
• Schengen Area ("European integration arrangement")
• European Commission ("supranational organization")
• IHO Secretariat ("organ of an international organization")
• Groupe d’action financière ("counter-terrorist financing organization")
• Guinea Worm Eradication Program ("global health initiative")
• International Baccalaureate Organization
• FAO Secretariat ("organ of an international organization")
• Bnei Moshe ("Jewish organization")
• Third International ("international communist organization")
• Jewish Agency for Palestine ("Jewish national institution")
• World Zionist Organization
• Association of Pacific Rim Universities
• Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States
• European Young Conservatives
• Arab Air Carriers Organization ("regional organization")
• Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe ("humanitarian organization")
• Andean Development Corporation ("international financial institution")
• CFS ("United Nations body")
• BIS ("international financial institution")
• Irving Fisher Committee on Central Bank Statistics
• ESM ("international financial institution")
• WMO Secretariat ("organ of an international organization")
• Marine Environment Protection Committee ("IMO organ")
• Nordic–Baltic Eight
• APEC Business Advisory Council
• Committee on the Global Financial System
• NATO-Ukraine Commission (political dialogue context) ("joint NATO-Ukraine institution")
• SICA ("regional organization")
• International Finance Corporation ("international financial institution")