International Organisations

In this post, we will look at some famous International organizations their full forms, the location of its headquarters, their year of establishment, and also their logo.




Acronym

Full-Form

Headquarters

Year

Logo

ICRC

International Committee of the Red Cross

Geneva (Switzerland)

1863

 

ILO

International Labor Organization

Geneva (Switzerland)

1919

 

IFRC

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

Geneva (Switzerland)

1919

 

IHO

International Hydrographic Organization

Monaco

1921

 

 

INTERPOL

International Criminal Police Organization

Lyon (France)

1923

 

UNO

United Nations Organization

New York (USA)

1945

 



UNESCO

United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization

Paris (France)

1945

 

 

IMF

International Monetary Fund

Washington DC (USA)

1945

 

 

WB

World Bank

Washington DC (USA)

1945

 

 

ICJ

International Court of Justice

The Hague (Netherlands)

1945

 

FAO

Food and Agricultural Organization

Rome (Italy)

1945

 

UNAEC

United Nations Atomic Energy Commission

New York (USA)

1946

 

UNICEF

United Nations Children’s Fund

New York (USA)

1946

 

ISO

International Organization for Standardization

Geneva (Switzerland)

1947

 

IUCN

International Union for Conservation of Nature

Gland (Switzerland)

1948

 

WHO

World Health Organization

Geneva (Switzerland)

1948

 

NATO

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Brussels (Belgium)

1949

 

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Colombo Plan

Colombo (Sri Lanka)

1950

 

UNHCR

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Geneva (Switzerland)

1950

 

WMO

World Meteorological Organization

Geneva (Switzerland)

1950

 

IOM

International Organization of Migration

Geneva (Switzerland)

1951

 

IAEA

International Atomic Energy Agency

Vienna (Austria)

1957

 

IMO

International Maritime Organization

London (UK)

1959

 

ATS

Antarctic Treaty System

Washington DC(USA)

1959

 

OPEC

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

Vienna (Austria)

1960

 

AI

Amnesty International

London (UK)

1961

 

WWF

World Wide Fund for Nature

Gland, Vaud (Switzerland)

1961

 

UNCTAD

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

Geneva (Switzerland)

1964

 

UNDP

United Nations Development Programme

New York (USA)

1965

 

ICOMOS

International Council for Monuments and Sites

Paris (France)

1965

 

WIPO

World Intellectual Property Organization

Geneva (Switzerland)

1967

 

ASEAN

Association of South East Asian Nations

Jakarta (Indonesia)

1967

 

OIC

Organization of Islamic Cooperation

Jeddah (Saudi Arabia)

1969

 

WEF

World Economic Forum

Cologny (Switzerland)

1971

 

UNEP

United Nations Environment Programme

Nairobi (Kenya)

1972

 

UNWTO

United Nations World Tourism Organization

Madrid (Spain)

1974

 

UN-Habitat

United Nations Human Settlements Programme

Nairobi (Kenya)

1978

 

SAARC

South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

Kathmandu (Nepal)

1985

 

UNIDO

United Nations Industrial Development Organization

Vienna (Austria)

1985

 

IGAD

International Authority on Development

Djibouti City

1986

 

APEC

Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation

Singapore

1989

 

ICMPD

International Centre for Migration Policy Development

Vienna (Austria)

1993

 

WTO

World Trade Organization

Geneva (Switzerland)

1995

 

UNAIDS

Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS

Geneva (Switzerland)

1996

 

OPCW

Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

The Hague (Netherlands)

1997

 

UNODC

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

Vienna (Austria)

1997

 

ICC

International Criminal Court

The Hague (Netherlands)

1998

 

UNISDR

United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction

Geneva (Switzerland)

2000

 

WTO

World Toilet Organization

Singapore

2001

 

IRENA

International Renewable Energy Agency

Abu Dhabi (UAE)

2009

 

 

 

 

 

 



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