International Organizations

Flag/ Organization Abbreviation WWW Headquarters/Secretariate Established/In No. of Member India’s Membership
Emblem operation Countries/States (Y for Yes/N for No)

African Development Bank AfDB http://www.afdb.org/ Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire 1964 78 Y

African Union AU http://www.au.int/ Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 1999 54 N
Andean Community CAN http://www.comunidadandina.org/endex.htm Lima, Peru 1969 4 N
Arab League … http://www.arableagueonline.org/ Cairo, Egypt 1945 22 N
Arctic Council AC http://www.arctic-council.org/ ... 1996 8 N
Asia Cooperation Dialogue ACD http://www.acd-dialogue.org/ … 2002 34 Y
Asian Development Bank ADB http://www.adb.org/ Manila, Philippines 1966 67 Y
APEC http://www.apecsec.org.sg/ Singapore 1989 21 N
Association of Caribbean States ACS http://www.acs-aec.org/ Port of Spain, Trinidad and 1994 25 (+11 Associate N
Tobago members)
Association of Southeast Asian Nations ASEAN http://www.asean.org/ Jakarta, Indonesia 1967 10 N
Bank for International Settlements BIS http://www.bis.org/ Basel, Switzerland 1930 60 Y
BRICS Business Council BRICS http://www.brics-info.org/ ... 2009 5 Y
Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation BSEC http://www.bsec-organization.org/ Istanbul, Turkey 1992 12 N
Caribbean Community CARICOM http://www.caricom.org/ Georgetown, Guyana 1973 15 (+5 Associate N
members)
The Colombo Plan CPS http://www.colombo-plan.org/ Colombo, Sri Lanka 1950/1951 27 Y
Commission for Environmental Cooperation CEC http://www.cec.org/ Montreal, Canada 1994 3 N

Commonwealth of Nations … http://www.thecommonwealth.org/ London, UK 1949 53 Y

Commonwealth of Independent States CIS http://www.cisstat.com/eng/cis.htm Minsk, Belarus 1991 12 N

Council of Europe COE http://www.coe.int/ Strasbourg, France 1949 47 N

Economic Community of West African States ECOWAS http://www.ecowas.int/ Abuja, Nigeria 1975 15 N
Economic Cooperation Organization ECO http://www.ecosecretariat.org/ Tehran, Iran 1985 10 N
Eurasian Economic Center EAEC http://www.eurasian-ec.com Geneva, Switzerland 2000 6 (+ 3 Observers) N
European Environment Agency EEA http://www.eea.europa.eu/ Copenhagen, Denmark 1994 33 (+ 3 Cooperating N
countries
European Free Trade Association EFTA http://www.efta.int/ Geneva, Switzerland 1960 4 N
European Union EU http://europa.eu/index_en.htm Brussels, Belgium 1958, 1993 28 N

Intergovernmental Authority on Development IGAD http://www.igad.org/ Djibouti City, Djibouti 1986/1996 7 N

International Hydrographic Organization IHO http://www.iho.int/ Monaco 1921 85 maritime states Y
International Seabed Authority ISA http://www.isa.org.jm/ Kingston, Jamaica 1982, 1994 167 Y
INTERPOL INTERPOL http://www.interpol.int/ Lyon, France 1914, 1923 190 Y
Latin American Integration Association ALADI http://www.aladi.org/ Montevideo, Uruguay 1980 13 N
Non-Aligned Movement NAM http://www.nam.gov.za/ New York, USA 1955 115 Y
North Atlantic Treaty Organization NATO http://www.nato.int/ Brussels, Belgium 1949 28 (+22 Partner N
countries)
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OECD http://www.oecd.org/ Paris, France 1960 34 N
Organization of Eastern Caribbean States OECS http://www.oecs.org/ Castries, St Lucia 1981 (+2 Associate N
members)
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe OSCE http://www.osce.org/ Vienna, Austria 1975/1994 57 (+11 Associate N
members)
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons OPCW http://www.opcw.org/ The Hague, The Netherlands 1997 192 Y
Organization of American States OAS http://www.oas.org/ Washington, DC, USA 1948/1951 35 N

Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries OPEC http://www.opec.org/opec_web/en/index.htm Vienna, Austria 1960 13 N
Organization of the Islamic Cooperation OIC http://www.oic-oci.org/ Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 1969 57 N
PIF http://www.forumsec.org/ Suva, Fiji 1971 16 N

SPREP http://www.sprep.org/ Apia, Samoa 1993 26 N

SPC http://www.spc.int/ Naumea, New Caledonia 1947 26 N

South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation SAARC http://www.saarc-sec.org/ Katmandu, Nepal 1985 8 Y
Southern African Development Community SADC http://www.sadc.int/ Gaborone, Botswana 1980 15 N
Unión Latina … http://www.unilat.org/ Paris, France 1954 36 (+4 Observers) N
United Nations UN http://www.un.org/ New York, USA 1945 193 (+2 Observers) Y
Food and Agriculture Organization FAO http://www.fao.org/home/en/ Rome, Italy 1945 194 Y
International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA http://www.iaea.org/ Vienna, Austria 1957 168 Y
International Civil Aviation Organization ICAO http://www.icao.int/ Montreal, Canada 1944 191 Y
International Fund for Agricultural Development IFAD http://www.ifad.org/ Rome, Italy 1977 173 Y
International Labour Organization ILO http://www.ilo.org/ Geneva, Switzerland 1919 186 Y
International Maritime Organization IMO http://www.imo.org/ London, UK 1948 171 (3 Associate Y
members)
International Monetary Fund IMF http://www.imf.org/ Washington, DC, USA 1945 188 Y
International Telecommunication Union ITU http://www.itu.int/ Geneva, Switzerland 1865 193 Y

UNESCO http://www.unesco.org/ Paris, France 1945 195 (10 Associate Y

members)
United Nations Children’s Fund UNICEF http://www.unicef.org/ New York, USA 1946 191 Y
United Nations Industrial Development Organization UNIDO http://www.unido.org/ Vienna, Austria 1966 170 Y
United Nations World Tourism Organization UNWTO http://www.unwto.org/ Madrid, Spain 1946 157 (6 Associate Y
members)
Universal Postal Union UPU http://www.upu.int/ Berne, Switzerland 1874 192 Y
World Health Organization WHO http://www.who.int/ Geneva, Switzerland 1948 194 Y

World Intellectual Property Organization WIPO http://www.wipo.int/ Geneva, Switzerland 1967 188 Y
World Meteorological Organization WMO http://public.wmo.int/en Geneva, Switzerland 1950 191 Y
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe UNECE http://www.unece.org/ Geneva, Switzerland 1947 56 N
United Nations Environment Programme UNEP http://www.unep.org/ Nairobi, Kenya 1972 213 Y
World Bank Group WB http://web.worldbank.org/ Washington, DC, USA 1944 188 Y
World Trade Organization WTO http://www.wto.org/ Geneva, Switzerland 1995 162 Y