Important International Organizations | GK for MBA Entrance Exams
General Awareness is an important section in the MBA exams such as TISSNET, CMAT, IIFT, XAT etc. There are a wide range of topics one should prepare from. One of those most important topics is the ‘International Organizations’. Every year questions are asked based on the International Organisations, their Headquarters, Member Nations etc. In this article, we will look at the list of some of the most important International Organizations.
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International Organizations
Many of these organisations have their Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. So, firstly we have listed out the list of important organisations with their headquarters located in Geneva.
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| Organisation | Headquarters | Established |
| World Health Organization (WHO) | Geneva, Switzerland | 1948 |
| World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) | Geneva, Switzerland | 1967 |
| World Meteorological Organization (WMO) | Geneva, Switzerland | 1950 |
| Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) | Geneva, Switzerland | 1994 |
| United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Geneva, Switzerland | 1950 |
| International Organization for Standardization (ISO) | Geneva, Switzerland | 1947 |
| International Labour Organization (ILO) | Geneva, Switzerland | 1919 |
| World Trade Organization (WTO) |
Geneva, Switzerland |
1995 |
| International Trade Centre (ITC) | Geneva, Switzerland | 1964 |
| International Organization for Migration (IOM) | Geneva, Switzerland | 1951 |
| World Organization Against Torture (OMCT) | Geneva, Switzerland | 1985 |
| International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) | Geneva, Switzerland | 1863 |
| G-15 Summit | Geneva, Switzerland | 1990 |
| European Free Trade Association (EFTA) | Geneva, Switzerland | 1960 |
| International Organization for Standardization
(ISO) |
Geneva, Switzerland | 1947 |
| International Peace Bureau (IPB) | Geneva, Switzerland | 1891 |
| International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) | Geneva, Switzerland | 1984 |
| Inter-Parliamentary Union | Geneva, Switzerland | 1889 |
| United Nations Institute for DisarmamentÂ
Research (UNIDIR) |
Geneva, Switzerland | 1980 |
| International Telecommunication Union (ITU) | Geneva, Switzerland | 1865 |
| United Nations Institute for Training andÂ
Research (UNITAR) |
Geneva, Switzerland | 1963 |
| United Nations Conference on Trade andÂ
Development (UNCTAD) |
Geneva, Switzerland | 1964 |
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Now, let us look at the list of some of the most important International Organisations present in other locations.
| Organisation | Headquarters | Established |
| United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) | New York City, USA | 1965 |
| United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) | Nairobi, Kenya | 1972 |
| United Nations Population Fund (UNPF) | New York City, USA | 1969 |
| United Nations Human Settlement Programme (UN-Habitat) | Nairobi, Kenya | 1978 |
| United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) | New York City, USA | 1946 |
| World Food Programme (WFP) | Rome, Italy | 1961 |
| Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) | Rome, Italy | 1945 |
| The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) | Jakarta, Indonesia | 1961 |
| International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) | Rome, Italy | 1977 |
| International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington, DC, USA | 1944 |
| International Maritime Organization (IMO) | London, United Kingdom | 1948 |
| United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) | Paris, France | 1945 |
| United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) | Vienna, Austria | 1966 |
| World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) | Madrid, Spain | 1974 |
| Transparency International | Berlin, Germany | 1993 |
| United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) | New York | 1966 |
| Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) | Jakarta, Indonesia | 1967 |
| African Union (AU) | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | 2002 |
| Amnesty International (AI) | London, United Kingdom | 1961 |
| Arctic Council | Tromso, Norway | 1996 |
| Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) | Queenstown, Singapore | 1989 |
| Asian Development Bank (ADB) | Mandaluyong, Philippines | 1966 |
| Association of Caribbean States (ACS) | Port of Spain, Trinidad, Tobago | 1994 |
| Association of European Parliamentarians with Africa (AWEPA) | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 1984 |
| Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) | Dhaka, Bangladesh | 1997 |
| South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) | Kathmandu, Nepal | 1985 |
| United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) | Nairobi, Kenya | 1972 |
| United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) | Rome, Italy | 1945 |
| United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) | Geneva, Switzerland and New York City, USA | 1993 |
| United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) | Vienna, Austria | 1997 |
| United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW) | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | 1975 |
| International Olympic Committee (IOC) | Lausanne, Switzerland | 1894 |
| North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) |  Brussels, Belgium | 1949 |
| Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) | Paris, France | 1961 |
| Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) | Vienna, Austria | 1975 |
| Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) | Kuwait, Middle East | 1968 |
| Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) | Vienna, Austria | 1960 |
| United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) | Bangkok, Thailand | 1947 |
| International Finance Corporation (IFC) | Washington, DC, USA | 1956 |
| United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC) | Turin, Italy | 2002 |
| United Nations University (UNU) | Tokyo, Japan | 1973 |
| UN Women | New York City, USA | 2010 |
| International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) | Vienna, Austria | 1957 |
| Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) | The Hague, Netherlands | 1997 |
| United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) | Bonn, Germany | 1994 |
| World Bank | Washington, DC, USA | 1944 |
| Western European Union (WEU) | Paris, France | 1954 |
| World Federation of United Nations Associations (WFUNA) | New York City, USA, and
Geneva, Switzerland  |
1946 |
| World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) | Gland, Switzerland | 1961 |
| Bank for International Settlements (BIS) | Basel, Switzerland | 1930 |
| Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) | Istanbul, Turkey | 1992 |
| Central American Bank for Economic Integration | Tegucigalpa, Honduras | 1960 |
| Commonwealth Secretariat | London, United Kingdom | 1965 |
| Council of Europe | Strasbourg, France | 1949 |
| Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) | Stockholm, Switzerland | 1992 |
| European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) | London, United Kingdom | 1991 |
| European Central Bank (ECB) | Frankfurt, Germany | 1998 |
| European Space Agency (ESA) | Paris, France | 1975 |
| European Union (EU) | Brussels, Belgium | 1993 |
| Group of Eight (G8) | New York, USA | 1975 |
| Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) | Washington, DC, USA | 1959 |
| International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) | Vienna, Austria | 1957 |
| International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) | Montreal, Canada | 1947 |
| International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) | Paris, France | 1919 |
| International Court of Justice (ICJ) | The Hague, Netherlands | 1945 |
| International Development Association (IDA) | Washington, DC, USA | 1960 |
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