International and Multinational Organizations
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International, Regional and Multinational organization are very significant and helps tremendously in achieving their goals for betterment of the region and the world as a whole and thus they holds a significant place in world affairs. These organizations take care of a wide range of issues that transcend from local to global boundaries. A basic information about these organizations are asked frequently in most of the competitive exams, thus, we are providing here a comprehensive list of some of the most important oraganisations and groupings along with their establishment years and headquarters. This is not an exhaustive list but it contains only most important ones.
Important international and multinational organizations
| Organization | Year | Head Quarters | Head |
| United Nations Organization (UNO) | 1945 | New York | Secretary‑General – António Guterres
President of UN General Assembly – María Fernanda Espinosa |
| United Nations Children’s’ Fund (UNICEF) | 1946 | New York | CEO – Henrietta Holsman Fore |
| United Nations Environment Programme or UN United Nations Environment (UNEP) | 1972 | Nairobi | |
| United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) | 1969 | New York | |
| United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) | 1964 | Geneva | |
| World Health Organization (WHO) | 1948 | Geneva | Director-General – Tedros Adhanom |
| International Labor Organization (ILO) | 1919 | Geneva | |
| International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) | 1863 | Geneva | |
| World Trade Organization (WTO) | 1995 | Geneva | Director-General – Roberto Azevêdo |
| World Meteorological Organization (WMO) | 1950 | Geneva | |
| World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) | 1967 | Geneva | |
| International Organization for Standardization (ISO) | 1947 | Geneva | |
| United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) | 1945 | Paris | |
| UN Women (UW) | 2010 | New York | |
| Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) | 1961 | Paris | |
| United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) | 1966 | Vienna | |
| International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) | 1957 | Vienna | |
| Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) | 1960 | Vienna | |
| International Monetary Fund (IMF) | 1945 | Washington DC | CEO – Christine Lagarde |
| World Bank (WB) | 1944 | Washington DC | President – Jim Yong Kim |
| Asian Development Bank (ADB) | 1966 | Metro Manila | President – Takehiko Nakao |
| Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) | 2016 | Beijing | President – Jin Liqun |
| Amnestry International (AI) | 1961 | London | |
| International Maritime Organization (IMO) | 1959 | London | |
| Commonwealth of Nations (CWN) | 1926 | London | |
| International Court Of Justice (ICJ) | 1945 | The Hague | |
| Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) | 1945 | Rome | |
| World Food Programme | 1961 | Rome | |
| North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) | 1949 | Brussels | |
| Transparency International (TI) | 1993 | Berlin | |
| International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) | 2009 | Abu Dhabi | |
| South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) | 1985 | Kathmandu | Secretary-General – Amjad Hussain Sial |
| New Development Bank (NDB) | 2015 | Shanghai | President – K. V. Kamath |
| Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) | 1967 | Jakarta | |
| Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) | 1989 | Singapore | |
| Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) | 1969 | Jeddah | |
| Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IORA) | 1997 | Ebene, Mauritius | |
| Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) | 1997 | The Hague, The Netherlands | |
| International Olympic Committee (IOC) | 1894 | Lausanne, Switzerland | |
| Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) | 1961 | Gland, Switzerland | |
| International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry IUPAC | 1919 | Zurich, Switzerland | |
| World Economic Forum (WEF) | 1971 | Geneva, Switzerland | Founder – Klaus Schwab |
| Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) | 1924 | Zurich, Switzerland | |
| International Cricket Council (ICC) | 1909 | Dubai, UAE | |
| International Hockey Federation (FIH) | 1924 | Lausanne, Switzerland | |
| Federation international des échecs or World Chess Federation (FIDE) | 1924 | Athens, Greece | |
| International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) | 1948 | Gland, Switzerland | |
| Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) | 1998 | Los Angeles, USA | |
| Médecins Sans Frontières or Doctors without Borders (MSF) | 1971 | Geneva, Switzerland |
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