Major International Organizations of the World:
In the 20th century, many institutions/organizations have been established in the social, political and economic fields. Some institutions such as the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund have been established to deal with monetary issues, the United Nations to deal with political issues and the European Union to deal with social and commercial issues. Many questions related to these organizations and institutions are asked in various competitive exams. Let us know about the names, establishment years and headquarters of the world's major international institutions:-
List of world's major international organizations/institutions and their headquarters:
| Establishment year | Names of Major International Organizations/Institutions | Headquarters (Location) |
| 23 June 1894 | International Olympic Committee (IOC) | Lausanne, Switzerland |
| July 29, 1957 | International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) | Vienna Capital of Austria |
| 1945 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington D.C. Capital of America |
| 1958 | African Economic Commission (ECA) | Addis Ababa Capital of Ethiopia |
| 25 May 1963 | Organization of African Unity (OAU) | Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia |
| 30 April 1948 | Organization of American States (OAS) | Washington D.C.Capital of America |
| 22 March 1945 | Arab League | Cairo Capital of Egypt |
| September 1961 | Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development | Paris (Capital of France) |
| 1923 | INTERPOL | Paris Capital of France |
| July 1961 | Amnesty International | London Capital of England |
| 28 March 1947 | Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) | Bangkok (Bangkok) Capital of Thailand |
| 22 August 1966 | Asian Development Bank (ADB) | Manila Capital of the Philippines |
| 30 October 1947 | General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) | Geneva, Switzerland's second largest city |
| 8 August 1967 | Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) | Jakarta capital of Indonesia |
| 4 April 1949 | NATO | Brussels the capital of Belgium |
| 5 January 1949 | Mutual Economic Assistance Council (COMECON) | Moscow Capital of Russia |
| 1941 | Western Asia Economic Commission (ECWA) | Baghdad Capital of Iraq |
| September 1960 | Organization of the Petroleum Producing Countries (OPEC) | Vienna Capital of Austria |
| December 1946 | UNICEF | New York America's largest city |
| 16 November 1945 | UNESCO | Paris Capital of France |
| 1 January 1958 | European Atomic Energy Community (EURATON) | Brussels Capital of Belgium |
| 1964 | European Space Research Organization (ESRO) | Paris (Capital of France) |
| 1958 | European Economic Community (EEC) | Geneva, Switzerland |
| - | European Energy Commission (EEC) | Geneva, Switzerland |
| 1969 | European Common Market (ECM) | Geneva, Switzerland |
| 1998 | European Free Trade Association (ECTA) | Geneva, Switzerland |
| 1928 | Commonwealth | London Capital of England |
| 1973 | Commonwealth Heads of State Conference (CHOGM) | Strasbourg |
| 1863 | Red Cross | Geneva, Switzerland |
| 1948 | World Council of Churches (WCC) | Geneva, Switzerland |
| 29 April 1961 | World Wildlife Conservation Fund (WWF) | City of Gland, Switzerland |
| 1944 | World Bank | Washington DC Capital of America |
| 1 January 1995 | World Trade Organization (WTO) | Geneva Switzerland |
| 17 November 1966 | United Nations Organization for Industrial Development (UNIDO) | Vienna capital of Austria |
| 5 June 1972 | United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) | Nairobi Capital of Kenya |
| 1964 | United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) | Geneva, Switzerland |
| 14 December 1950 | United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) | Geneva, Switzerland |
| 8 December 1985 | SAARC | Kathmandu Capital of Nepal |
| 07 April 1948 | World Health Organization (WHO) | Geneva, Switzerland |
| September 18, 1998 | Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) | Los Angeles, California, United States |
| October 1975 | United Nations World Tourism Organization | Madrid the capital of Spain |
| 22 December 1999 | United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) | Geneva, Switzerland |
| 14 July 1967 | World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) | Geneva, Switzerland |
| 1988 | Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) | Washington D.C. Capital of America |
| 16 November 1994 | International Sea Surface Authority (ISA) | Kingston Capital of Jamaica |
| 17 May 1865 | International Telecommunication Union (ITU) | Geneva Switzerland |
| 1969 | United Nations Population Fund (UNPF) | New York Largest city in America |
| 1997 | United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) | Vienna Capital of Austria |
| 9 October 1874 | Universal Postal Union (UPU) | Bern Switzerland |
| July 1961 | Amnesty International | (London) Capital of England |
| 1965 | International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) | Paris Capital of France |
| 16 October 1945 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) | Palazzo FAO, Rome, Italy |
| July 2014 | New Development Bank (NDB) | Shanghai, China |
| 29 April 1961 | World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) | Avenue du Mont-Blanc, Gland, Vaud, Switzerland |
| 1945 | International Court of Justice (ICJ) | The Hague, Netherlands |
| 29 April 1997 | Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) | The Hague, Netherlands |
| 1974 | Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) | - |
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