Important International Organizations and
their Headquarter
Organization
|
Abbreviation
|
Year
|
Head Quarters
|
Head
|
United Nations
Organization
|
UNO
|
1945
|
New York
|
Antonio
Guterres
|
United Nations Children’s’ Fund
|
UNICEF
|
1946
|
New
York
|
Anthony Lake
|
United Nations
Population Fund
|
UNFPA
|
1969
|
New York
|
Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin
|
United Nations Conference on Trade and
Development
|
UNCTAD
|
1964
|
Geneva, Switzerland
|
MukhisaKituyi
|
World Health
Organization
|
WHO
|
1948
|
Geneva,
Switzerland
|
TedrosAdhanom
|
International Labor Organization
|
ILO
|
1919
|
Geneva, Switzerland
|
Guy
Ryder
|
International Committee
of the Red Cross
|
ICRC
|
1863
|
Geneva,
Switzerland
|
Peter
Maurer
|
World Trade Organization
|
WTO
|
1995
|
Geneva, Switzerland
|
Roberto
Azevedo
|
World Meteorological
Organization
|
WMO
|
1950
|
Geneva,
Switzerland
|
Secretary-General:
Petteri Taalas
President
– David Grimes
|
World Intellectual Property
Organization
|
WIPO
|
1967
|
Geneva, Switzerland
|
Francis Gurry
|
International
Organization for Standardization
|
ISO
|
1947
|
Geneva,
Switzerland
|
|
United Nations Educational Scientific
and Cultural Organization
|
UNESCO
|
1945
|
Paris, France
|
Irina Bokova
|
Organization for
Economic Cooperation and Development
|
OECD
|
1961
|
Paris,
France
|
Jose
Angel Gurria
|
United Nations Industrial Development
Organization
|
UNIDO
|
1966
|
Vienna,
Austria
|
Li
Yong
|
International Atomic
Energy Agency
|
IAEA
|
1957
|
Vienna, Austria
|
Yukiya Amano
|
Organization of Petroleum Exporting
Countries
|
OPEC
|
1961-1962
|
Vienna,
Austria
|
Mohammed
Barkindo
|
International Monetary
Fund
|
IMF
|
1945
|
Washington DC
|
Christine
Lagarde
|
World Bank
|
WB
|
1944
|
Washington
DC
|
Dr. Jim Yong Kim
|
International Maritime
Organization
|
IMO
|
1959
|
London
|
Kitack
Lim
|
Commonwealth of Nations
|
CWN
|
1926
|
London
|
Queen Elizabeth II
|
International Court
ofJustice
|
ICJ
|
1945
|
The Hague
|
Ronny Abraham
|
Universal Postal Union
|
UPU
|
1874
|
Berne
|
|
Food and Agricultural
Organization
|
FAO
|
1945
|
Rome
|
Jose Graziano da Silva
|
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
|
NATO
|
1949
|
Brussels,
Belgium
|
Jens Stoltenberg
|
Transparency
International
|
TI
|
1993
|
Berlin
|
Chairman
José Ugaz
|
International Renewable Energy Agency
|
IRENA
|
2009
|
Abu
Dhabi (UAE)
|
Director-General: Adnan
Amin
|
South Asian Association
for Regional Cooperation
|
SAARC
|
1985
|
Kathmandu
|
Arjun Bahadur Thapa
|
Association of South East Asian Nations
|
ASEAN
|
1967
|
Jakarta
|
Chairman
Rodrigo
Duterte
Secretary
General
Le
Luong Minh
|
Asia Pacific Economic
Cooperation
|
APEC
|
1989
|
Singapore
|
Dr.
Alan Bollard
|
Organization of Islamic Cooperation
|
OIC
|
1969
|
Jeddah
|
Secretary
General
Yousef
Al-Othaimeen
|
Organization for the
Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
|
OPCW
|
1997
|
The Hague, The
Netherlands
|
Director-GeneralAhmet Üzümcü
|
International Olympic Committee
|
IOC
|
1894
|
Lausanne,
Switzerland
|
Thomas
Bach
|
Worldwide Fund for
Nature
|
WWF
|
1961
|
Gland, Switzerland
|
|
International Union of Pure and Applied
Chemistry
|
IUPAC
|
1919
|
Zurich,
Switzerland
|
|
World Economic Forum
|
WEF
|
1971
|
Geneva, Switzerland
|
Klaus Schwab
|
Federation Internationale de Football
Association
|
FIFA
|
1904
|
Zurich,
Switzerland
|
Gianni Infantino
|
International Cricket
Council
|
ICC
|
1909
|
Dubai, UAE
|
David Richardson
|
International Hockey Federation
|
FIH
|
1924
|
Lausanne,
Switzerland
|
|
Federation
international des échecs or World Chess Federation
|
FIDE
|
1924
|
Athens, Greece
|
|
International Union for Conservation of
Nature
|
IUCN
|
1948
|
Gland,
Switzerland
|
|
Internet Corporation
for Assigned Names and Numbers
|
ICANN
|
1998
|
Los Angeles, USA
|
|
New Development Bank
|
BRICS Development Bank
|
2015
|
Shanghai, China
|
K. V. Kamath
|
Asian Infrastructure
Investment Bank
|
AIIB
|
2014
|
Beijing,
China
|
Jin
Liqun
|
Asian Development Bank
|
ADB
|
1966
|
Manila,
Philippines
|
Takehiko
Nakao
|
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