SIGNIFICANT INTERNATIONAL

INSTITUTIONS/ORGANISATIONS
United Nations (UN)

World Bank
The World Bank is an international
financial institution that provides
loans to developing countries for
capital programs.

The United Nations (UN) is an

intergovernmental organization to
promote international cooperation.
Establishment Year

1945

1945

Establishment Year

Headquarter New York City (U.S.A)

Headquarter Washington, D. C. (USA)

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an organization of 188 countries, working to
foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international
trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce
poverty around the world.
Establishment Year

1945

Headquarter Washington, D. C. (USA)

United Nations Educational, Scientific And Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)

UNESCO was created in order to respond to the firm belief of nations, forged by
two world wars in less than a generation, that political and economic agreements
are not enough to build a lasting peace. Peace must be established on the basis of
humanitys moral and intellectual solidarity.
1946

Establishment Year

SAARC

Headquarter Paris (France)

BIMSTEC

SAARC coordinates and monitors

implementation
of
activities,
prepares
for
and
services
meetings, and serves as a channel
of communication between the
Association and its Member
States as well as other regional
organisations.

The Bay of Bengal Initiative for

Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic
Cooperation (BIMSTEC) is a regional
organization comprising seven Member
States lying in the littoral and adjacent
areas of the Bay of Bengal constituting
a contiguous regional unity.
The regional group constitutes a
bridge between South and South East
Asia and represents a reinforcement of
relations among these countries.

SAARC promotes development

of economical and regional
integration.
Today, there are nine Observers to
SAARC as follows:

Establishment Year

1997

(i) Australia (ii) China

Headquarter Dhaka (Bangladesh)

(iii) European Union (iv) Iran

Members

(v) Japan (vi) Republic of Korea

Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri

Lanka, India, Thailand, Myanmar

(vii) Mauritius (viii) Myanmar

(ix) USA
Establishment Year

BRICS

1945

BRICS is the acronym for an

association of five major emerging
national economies which constitute its
members. The grouping was originally
known as BRIC before the inclusion
of South Africa in 2011.

Headquarter Kathmandu (Nepal)

Members
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan,
India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan,
Sri Lanka.

Establishment Year

2008

Members
Brazil, Russia, India, China,
South Africa

World Health Organisation (WHO)

The World Health Organization (WHO) is an agency of the United Nations which is
concerned with international public health.
The WHO is reponsible for the World Health Report.
1948

Establishment Year

Headquarter Geneva (Switzerland)

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is a multilateral development bank
(MDB). It is a China-led international financial institution. AIIB will also play a growing
role in fostering regional economic integration including a rise in intra-regional trade
and investment.
1997

Establishment Year

Headquarter Beijing (China)

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

The IAEA is the worlds center of cooperation in the nuclear field. The Agency works
with its Member States and multiple partners worldwide to promote safe, secure and
peaceful nuclear technologies.
1957

Establishment Year

Headquarter Vienna (Austria)

Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT)

The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) is a multilateral treaty by which
states agree to ban all nuclear explosions in all environments, for military or civilian
purposes.
1996

Establishment Year

Headquarter Vienna (Austria)

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

The World Intellectual Property Organization is one of the 17 specialized agencies
of the United Nations. WIPO was created in 1967 to encourage creative activity, to
promote the protection of intellectual property throughout the world.
1967

Establishment Year

Headquarter Geneva (Switzerland)

International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

It is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) that is responsible for issues that
concern information and communication technologies.
1865

Establishment Year

Universal Postal Union (UPU)

The Universal Postal Union is a specialized
agency of the United Nations that coordinates
postal policies among member nations, in
addition to the worldwide postal system.
Establishment Year

1874

Headquarter Bern (Switzerland)

Headquarter Geneva (Switzerland)

World Trade Organisation (WTO)

The World Trade Organization (WTO) is
an intergovernmental organization which
regulates international trade. The WTO
officially commenced on 1 January 1995
under the Marrakesh Agreement, signed by
123 nations on 15 April 1994, replacing the
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
(GATT), which commenced in 1948.
Establishment Year

1995

Headquarter Geneva (Switzerland)

International Labour Organisation (ILO)

The International Labour Organization (ILO) is a United Nations agency dealing with
labour issues, particularly international labour standards, social protection, and work
opportunities for all.
1919

Establishment Year

Headquarter Geneva (Switzerland)

United Nation World of Tourism Organisation (UNWTO)

The objectives of the UNWTO are to promote and develop sustainable tourism so as to
contribute to economic development, international understanding, peace, prosperity
and universal respect for, and observance of, human rights and fundamental freedoms
for all, without distinction as to race, sex, language or religion.
1957

Establishment Year

Headquarter Madrid (Spain)

International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is a UN specialized agency,
established by States in 1944 to manage the administration and governance of the
Convention on International Civil Aviation (Chicago Convention).
1944

Establishment Year

Headquarter Montreal (Canada)

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Its three main goals are: the eradication of hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition;
the elimination of poverty and the driving forward of economic and social progress for
all; and, the sustainable management and utilization of natural resources, including
land, water, air, climate and genetic resources for the benefit of present and future
generations.
1945

Establishment Year

Headquarter Rome (Italy)

International Maritime Organisation (IMO)

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is a UN specialized agency,
established by States in 1944 to manage the administration and governance of the
Convention on International Civil Aviation (Chicago Convention).
1948

Establishment Year

Headquarter London (Britain)

World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is a specialized agency of the United
Nations. It is the UN systems authoritative voice on the state and behaviour of the
Earths atmosphere, its interaction with the oceans, the climate it produces and the
resulting distribution of water resources.
Establishment Year

1948

Headquarter Geneva (Switzerland)

United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO)

UNIDO is the specialized agency of the United Nations that promotes industrial
development for poverty reduction, inclusive globalization and environmental
sustainability.
Establishment Year

1966

Headquarter Vienna (Austria)

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is a UN specialized agency,
established by States in 1944 to manage the administration and governance of the
Convention on International Civil Aviation (Chicago Convention).
Establishment Year

1976

Headquarter Rome (Italy)

Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)

The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons is the implementing body
of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), which entered into force in 1997. As of
today OPCW has 192 Member States, who are working together to achieve a world free
of chemical weapons.
Establishment Year

1997

Headquarter The Hague (Netherland)

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