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 edit

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 edit

Fisheries organizations edit

Maritime organizations edit

Financial, trade, and customs organizations edit

Regional organizations edit

 
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 colours indicate observer/associate or candidate countries.

Europe edit

Asia edit

Transcontinental edit

Africa edit

Americas edit

Military alliances edit

Cultural, ethnic, linguistic, and religious organizations edit

Educational organizations and universities edit

Law enforcement cooperation edit

Transport edit

Humanitarian organizations edit

Environmental organizations edit

Arms control edit

Energy organizations edit

Multi sector organizations edit

Nuclear power organizations edit

Sustainable energy organizations edit

Digital organizations edit

Ideological and political groupings edit

(disbanded)

Other edit

Defunct edit

See also edit

References edit

  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