United Nations UN Organizations
An organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security
Organizations Name |
Abbreviation |
Headquarters |
Formation |
United Nations |
UN |
New York City, USA |
1945 |
Food and Agriculture Organization |
FAO |
Palazzo FAO, Rome, Italy |
1945 |
International Labour Organization |
ILO |
Geneva, Switzerland |
1919 |
International Civil Aviation Organization |
ICAO |
Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
1947 |
International Maritime Organization |
IMO |
London, United Kingdom |
1959 |
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
UNHCR |
Geneva, Switzerland |
1950 |
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS |
UNAIDS |
Geneva, Switzerland |
1996 |
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission |
UNAEC |
New York City, USA |
1946 |
United Nations Capital Development Fund |
UNCDF |
New York City, USA |
|
United Nations Children’s Fund |
UNICEF |
New York City, USA |
1946 |
United Nations Development Programme |
UNDP |
New York City, USA |
1965 |
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
UNESCO |
Paris, France |
1946 |
United Nations Environment Programme |
UNEP |
Nairobi, Kenya |
1972 |
United Nations Human Settlements Programme |
UN-Habitat |
Nairobi, Kenya |
1978 |
United Nations Industrial Development Organization |
UNIDO |
Vienna, Austria |
1985 |
United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction |
UNISDR |
Geneva, Switzerland |
2000 |
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime |
UNODC |
Vienna, Austria |
1997 |
Universal Postal Union |
UPU |
Bern, Switzerland |
1874 |
World Health Organization |
WHO |
Geneva, Switzerland |
1948 |
World Intellectual Property Organization |
WIPO |
Geneva, Switzerland |
1967 |
World Food Programme |
WFP |
Rome, Italy |
1961 |
World Meteorological Organization |
WMO |
Geneva, Switzerland |
1950 |
World Tourism Organization |
UNWTO |
Madrid, Spain |
1957 |
International Rescue Committee |
IRC |
New York City, United States |
1933 |
International Atomic Energy Agency |
IAEA |
Vienna, Austria |
1957 |
International Telecommunication Union |
ITU |
Geneva, Switzerland |
1947 |
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights |
OHCHR |
Geneva, Switzerland |
1993 |
Political and Economic Organizations
Organizations Name |
Abbreviation |
Headquarters |
Formation |
European Union |
EU |
Brussels |
1958 |
African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States |
ACP |
Brussels – Belgium |
1975 |
African Union |
AU |
Addis Ababa,Johannesburg |
2001y |
Andean Community |
CAN |
Lima, Peru. |
1969 |
Arab League(League of Arab States) |
– |
Cairo |
1905y |
Arab Maghreb Union |
AMU |
Rabat, Morocco |
1956 |
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation |
APEC |
Singapore |
1905y |
Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
ASEAN |
Jakarta, Indonesia |
1967 |
Caribbean Community |
CARICOM |
Georgetown, Guyana. |
1973 |
Central American Parliament |
PARLACEN |
Guatemala City |
1980 |
Common Market of East and Southern Africa |
COMESA |
Lusaka, Zambia |
1994 |
Commonwealth of Nations (British Commonwealth) |
– |
London, United Kingdom |
1926 |
Commonwealth of Independent States (Russian Commonwealth) |
CIS |
Moscow,Russian |
1991 |
Council of Europe |
CoE |
Strasbourg, France |
1949 |
East African Community |
EAC |
Arusha |
1967 |
Economic Community of West African States |
ECOWAS |
Abuja, Nigeria |
1975 |
European Free Trade Association |
EFTA |
Geneva, Switzerland |
1960 |
Gulf Cooperation Council |
GCC |
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
1981 |
Indian Ocean Commission |
IOC |
Port Louis, Mauritius |
1982 |
Non-Aligned Movement |
NAM |
New York City, USA |
1961 |
Nordic Council |
– |
Copenhagen, Denmark |
1952 |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
OECD |
Paris, France |
1948 |
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe |
OSCE |
Vienna, Austria |
1973 |
Organization of American States |
OAS |
Washington, D.C. |
1948 |
Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States |
OECS |
Castries, Saint Lucia |
1981 |
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation |
OIC |
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
1969 |
Secretariat of the Pacific Community |
SPC |
Nouméa |
1947 |
Pacific Islands Forum |
– |
Suva, Fiji |
1971 |
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation |
SAARC |
Kathmandu, Nepal |
1985 |
Southern African Development Community |
SADC |
Gaborone, Botswana |
1992 |
Union of South American Nations |
USAN |
Quito, Ecuador |
2004 |
Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization |
UNPO |
The Hague, Netherlands |
1991 |
World Trade Organization |
WTO |
Geneva, Switzerland |
1995 |
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific |
ESCAP |
Bangkok, Thailand |
1947 |
Military Organizations
Financial Organizations
Organizations Name |
Abbreviation |
Headquarters |
Formation |
World Bank |
– |
Washington D.C., United States |
1944 |
African Development Bank |
AfDB |
Abidjan, Ivory Coast(statutory) & Tunis, Tunisia (temporary) |
1963 |
Asian Development Bank |
ADB |
Metro Manila, Philippines |
1966 |
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
EBRD |
London |
1991 |
Inter-American Development Bank |
IDB |
Washington, D.C. |
1959 |
International Monetary Fund |
IMF |
Washington, D.C |
1945 |
Islamic Development Bank |
IDB |
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
1973 |
International Monetary Fund |
IMF |
Washington, D.C., United States |
1945 |
International Fund for Agricultural Development |
IFAD |
Rome, Italy |
1977 |
Bank for International Settlements |
BIS |
Basel, Switzerland |
1930 |
Black Sea Trade and Development Bank |
BSTDB |
Thessaloniki, Greece |
1997 |
Caribbean Development Bank |
CDB |
Bridgetown, Barbados |
1969 |
Nordic Development Fund |
NDF |
Helsinki, Finland. |
1989 |
Nordic Investment Bank |
NIB |
Helsinki, Finland. |
1970 |
European Central Bank |
ECB |
Frankfurt, Germany |
1998 |
Sports Federations
Organizations Name |
Abbreviation |
Headquarters |
Formation |
Asian Football Confederation |
AFC |
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
1954 |
Confederation of African Football |
CAF |
6th of October City, Egypt. |
1957 |
Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football |
CONCACAF |
Miami, Florida, U.S. |
1961 |
South American Football Confederation |
CONMEBOL |
Luque, Paraguay |
1916 |
Oceania Football Confederation |
OFC |
Auckland, New Zealand |
1966 |
Union of European Football Associations |
UEFA |
Nyon, Switzerland |
1954 |
World Chess Federation(Fédération Internationale des Échecs ) |
FIDE |
Athens, Greece |
1924 |
International Federation of Association Football(Fédération Internationale de Football Association) |
FIFA |
Zürich, Switzerland |
1904 |
International Cricket Council |
ICC |
Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
1909 |
International Olympic Committee |
IOC |
Lausanne, Switzerland |
1894 |
International Paralympic Committee |
IPC |
Bonn, Germany |
1989 |
World Rugby(International Rugby Football Board) |
IRFB |
Dublin,Ireland |
1886 |
Commonwealth Games Federation |
CGF |
London, United Kingdom |
1930 |
International Tennis Federation |
ITF |
London, UK |
1913 |
Badminton World Federation |
BWF |
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
1934 |
International Hockey Federation |
FIH |
Lausanne, Switzerland |
1924 |
Financial Organizations :
Organizations Name |
Abbreviation |
Headquarters |
Formation |
European Space Agency |
ESA |
Paris,France |
1975 |
Indian Space Research Organisation |
ISRO |
Bangalore, India |
1969 |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
NASA |
Washington, D.C. , USA |
1958 |
United Kingdom Space Agency |
UKSA |
Swindon, Wiltshire |
2010 |
China National Space Administration |
CNSA |
Beijing, China |
1993 |
Russian Federal Space Agency |
Roscosmos |
Moscow, Russia |
1992 |
French Space Agency |
CNES |
Paris, France |
1961 |
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency |
JAXA |
Tokyo, Japan |
2003 |
German Aerospace Center |
DLR |
Cologne |
1969 |
Italian Space Agency |
ASI |
Rome, Italy |
1988 |