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International Organizations Headquarter President/ General Secretary

1. Asian Infrastructure
Beijing, China JinLiqun
Investment Bank (AIIB)

2. New Development
Bank (BRICS Development Shanghai, China K.V. Kamath
Bank)

3. Asian Development
Manila, Philippines Takehiko Nakao
Bank (ADB)

4. International Monetary
Washington DC, US Christine Lagarde
Fund (IMF)

5. World Bank Washington DC, US Jim Yong Kim

6. United Nations
New York, US Ban Ki – moon
Organization (UN)

7. United Nations
New York, US Sven Jurgenson
Children’s Fund (UNICEF)

8. United Nations
New York, US Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin
Populations Fund (UNFPA)

9. United Nations
Conference on Trade & Geneva, Switzerland MukhisaKituyi
Development (UNCTAD)

10. World Health

Geneva, Switzerland Margaret Chan
Organization (WHO)

11. World Economic Forum Geneva, Switzerland Klaus Schwab

12. International
Geneva, Switzerland Guy Ryder
LabourOrganisation (ILO)

13. World Trade

Geneva, Switzerland Roberto Azevedo
Organisation

14. World Meteorological

Geneva, Switzerland Petteri Taalas (Secretary-General)
Organisation

15. World Intellectual

Geneva, Switzerland Francis Gurry
Property Organisation

16. International Committee

Geneva, Switzerland Peter Maurer
of the Red Cross

17. United Nations

Education Scientific &
Paris, France Irina Bokova
Cultural Organisation
(UNESCO)

18. Organisation for

Economic Cooperation & Paris, France Jose Angel Gurria
Development (OECD)
International Organizations Headquarter President/ General Secretary

19. United Nations

Industrial Development Vienna, Austria Li Yong
Organisation (UNIDO)

20. International Atomic

Vienna, Austria Yukiya Amano
Agency

21. Organisation of
Petroleum Exporting Vienna, Austria Diezani Alison-Madueke
Countries (OPEC)

22. Amnesty International London, UK Salil Shetty

23. International Maritime

London, UK Koji Sekimizu
Organisation

24. Commonwealth of Head – Queen Elizabeth II

London, UK
Nations Secretary-General-Kamalesh Sharma

25. South Asian Association

for Regional Cooperation Kathmandu, Nepal Arjun Bahadur Thapa (Secretary-General)
(SAARC)

26. Association of South

Jakarta, Indonesia Le Loung Minh
East Nations (ASEAN)

27. Asia Pacific Economic

Singapore Dr. Alan Bollard
Cooperation (APEC)

28. North Atlantic Treaty Jens Stoltenberg

Brussels, Belgium
Organisation (NATO) (Secretary-General)

29. International Cricket

Dubai, UAE Zaheer Abbas
Council (ICC)

30. Food & Agricultural

Rome, Italy José Graziano da Silva
Organisation (FAO)

31. International Court of

The Hague, The Netherland Ronny Abraham
Justice

32. International Olympic

Lausanne, Switzerland Thomas Bach
Committee

33. The Fédération

Internationale de Football Zurich, Switzerland Gianni infantino
Association (FIFA)

34. The Organization for the

Prohibition of Chemical The Hague, The Netherlands Ahmet Üzümcü
Weapons (OPCW)

35. World Wide Fund for Avenue du Mont-Blanc, Gland,

Yolanda Kakabadse
Nature (WWF) Vaud, Switzerland
 List of UN Organizations
Organizations Name Abbreviation Headquarters Formation

United Nations UN New York City, USA 1945

Palazzo FAO, Rome,

Food and Agriculture Organization FAO 1945
Italy

International Labour Organization ILO Geneva, Switzerland 1919

Montreal, Quebec,
International Civil Aviation Organization ICAO 1947
Canada

International Maritime Organization IMO London, United Kingdom 1959

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR Geneva, Switzerland 1950

Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS UNAIDS Geneva, Switzerland 1996

United Nations Atomic Energy Commission UNAEC New York City, USA 1946

United Nations Capital Development Fund UNCDF New York City, USA

United Nations Children’s Fund UNICEF New York City, USA 1946

United Nations Development Programme UNDP New York City, USA 1965

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural

UNESCO Paris, France 1946
Organization

United Nations Environment Programme UNEP Nairobi, Kenya 1972

United Nations Human Settlements Programme UN-Habitat Nairobi, Kenya 1978

United Nations Industrial Development Organization UNIDO Vienna, Austria 1985

United Nations International Strategy for Disaster

UNISDR Geneva, Switzerland 2000
Reduction

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime UNODC Vienna, Austria 1997

Universal Postal Union UPU Bern, Switzerland 1874

World Health Organization WHO Geneva, Switzerland 1948

World Intellectual Property Organization WIPO Geneva, Switzerland 1967

World Food Programme WFP Rome, Italy 1961

World Meteorological Organization WMO Geneva, Switzerland 1950

World Tourism Organization UNWTO Madrid, Spain 1957

New York City, United

International Rescue Committee IRC 1933
States

International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA Vienna, Austria 1957

International Telecommunication Union ITU Geneva, Switzerland 1947

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights OHCHR Geneva, Switzerland 1993
Rule 1: If the name of any Organization starts with “World or International” and ends with
“Organization”, their headquarters will be in “Geneva, Switzerland”.
Remember: [ W_O & I_O ] —- Geneva, Switzerland
[ W_O]
 World Health Organisation
 World Intellectual Property Organization
 World Meteorological Organization
 World Trade Organization
[ I_O]- Except IMO
 International Labour Organization
 International Committee for Red Cross Organization
 International Standardization Organization [ISO] —-originally International Organization for
Standardization
 United Nation Conference on Trade And Development

Rule 2: Trick for Organizations whose headquarters are in London

Remember: I Am a Common man in London
 I – International Maritime Organization (IMO)
 Am – Amnesty International
 Common – Commonwealth of Nations
 Common – Commonwealth Telecommunication Organization

Rule 3: If any Organization is related to “International Money or Monetary organization”, its

headquarters will be in Washington DC.
 International Monetary fund
 World Bank

Rule 4: If any Organization is related to “Industrial Development/ Petroleum/ Atomic”, its

headquarter will be in “Vienna, Austria”
 United Nations Industrial Development Organization
 International Atomic Energy Agency
 Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries

Rule 5: For Headquarters of Organizations located in Newyork, remember – “UN Child Emergency
in Newyork”
 UN Child Emergency in Newyork
 United Nations Organization
 United Nation International Children Emergency Fund

Rule 6: If any Organization is related to the term “Economic & Educational”, its headquarter will be
located in Paris
 Organization for Economic Co-Operation Development
 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
 Trick to Remember the Headquarters of some other International Organizations
 ASIAN Development Bank [ ADB ]–Manila, Philippines [ ASIAN MANila ]
 Association of South East Nations [ ASEAN ]– Jakarta, Indonesia [ ACE JACK ] –Remember
Playing cards
 FOOD Agriculture Organisation [ FAO ]–Rome, ITALY [ FOOD IDLY ]
 International COURT of JUSTICE– The HAGUE, Netherlands [ Remember COURT given JUSTICE
HANG]
 South Asian Association For Regional Cooperation [ SAARC ]–Kathmandu, Nepal