List of intergovernmental organizations

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

A ministerial conference of the World Trade Organization, in the Palace of Nations (Geneva, Switzerland).

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

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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

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Fisheries organizations

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Maritime organizations

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Financial, trade, and customs organizations

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Regional organizations

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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.
 
Several non-overlapping large alliances. Softer colors indicate observer/associate or candidate countries.

Europe

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Asia

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Transcontinental

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Africa

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Americas

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Military alliances

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Cultural, ethnic, linguistic, and religious organizations

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Educational organizations and universities

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Law enforcement cooperation

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Transport

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Humanitarian organizations

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Environmental organizations

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Arms control

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Energy organizations

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Multi sector organizations

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Nuclear power organizations

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Sustainable energy organizations

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Digital organizations

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Ideological and political groupings

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(disbanded)

Other

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Defunct

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See also

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References

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  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