List of intergovernmental organizations

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A ministerial conference of the World Trade Organization, in the Palace of Nations (Geneva, Switzerland). Geneva Ministerial Conference 18-20 May 1998 (9305956531).jpg
A ministerial conference of the World Trade Organization, in the Palace of Nations (Geneva, Switzerland).

The following is a list of the major existing intergovernmental organizations (IGOs).

Contents

For a more complete listing, see the Yearbook of International Organizations , [1] which includes 25,000 international non-governmental organizations (INGOs), excluding for-profit enterprises, about 5,000 IGOs, and lists dormant and dead organizations as well as those in operation (figures as of the 400th edition, 2012/13). A 2020 academic dataset on international organizations included 561 intergovernmental organizations between 1815 and 2015; more than one-third of those IGOs ended up defunct. [2]

United Nations and agencies

The UN has six principal organs:

The UN also includes various Funds, Programmes and specialized agencies:

The UN also includes subsidiary organs:

Agricultural research organizations

Fisheries organizations

Maritime organizations

Financial, trade, and customs organizations

Regional organizations

Organisations grouping almost all the countries in their respective continents. Note that Cuba is a suspended member of the Organization of American States (OAS). Continental Orgs Map.png
Organisations grouping almost all the countries in their respective continents. Note that Cuba is a suspended member of the Organization of American States (OAS).
Several smaller regional organizations with non-overlapping memberships. Regional Organizations Map.png
Several smaller regional organizations with non-overlapping memberships.
Several non-overlapping large alliances. Softer colors indicate observer/associate or candidate countries. Alliances expansive Map.png
Several non-overlapping large alliances. Softer colors indicate observer/associate or candidate countries.

Europe

Asia

Transcontinental

Africa

Americas

Military alliances

Cultural, ethnic, linguistic, and religious organizations

Educational organizations and universities

Law enforcement cooperation

Transport

Humanitarian organizations

Environmental organizations

Arms control

Energy organizations

Multi sector organizations

Nuclear power organizations

Sustainable energy organizations

Digital organizations

Ideological and political groupings

(disbanded)

Other

Defunct

See also

References

  1. ↑ Union of International Associations, ed. (1998), Yearbook of international organizations, Leiden: Brill (six volumes in print format, plus online, subscription-based edition)
  2. ↑ Eilstrup-Sangiovanni, Mette (2020). "Death of international organizations. The organizational ecology of intergovernmental organizations, 1815–2015". The Review of International Organizations. 15 (2): 339–370. doi:10.1007/s11558-018-9340-5. hdl: 1814/60598 . ISSN   1559-744X. S2CID   158698033.
  3. ↑ German Foreign Ministry, retrieved 6 July 2011
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