INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND THERE HEADQUARTERS

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND THERE HEADQUARTERS

Abidjan 

• African Development Bank

Addis Ababa 

• Organization of African Unity

Anchorage 

• Northern Forum

Arusha 

• International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)

Bangkok

• Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO)

Barbados

• Caribbean Export Development Agency

Basel

• Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

Berne

• Universal Postal Union (UPU) 

Brussels

• European Union (See Index for details)
• NATO Parliamentary Assembly
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
• Western European Union (WEU)
• World Customs Organization

Copenhagen

• International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)
• Nordic Council / Nordic Council of Ministers

Ciudad Juarez (Mexico)

• Border Environment Cooperation Commission ( BECC )

Dhaka

• Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP)

Frankfurt am Main

• European Central Bank (ECB)

Gaborone (Botswana)

• Southern African Development Community (SADC)

Georgetown (Guyana)

• Caribbean Community

 Geneva

• Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora Secretariat (CITES)
• European Free Trade Association (EFTA)
• European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
• International Civil Defence Organisation (ICDO)
• Inter-Governmental Consultations on Asylum, Refugee and Migration Policies in Europe, North America and Australia Secretariat (IGC)
• International Labour Organization (ILO)
• International Organization for Migration (IOM)
• International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
• International Trade Centre (ITC) (UNCTAD/WTO)
• Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
• South Centre (an intergovernmental body of developing countries)
• World Health Organization (WHO)
• World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
• World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
• World Trade Organization (WTO)

Gland (Switzerland)

• World Conservation Union (IUCN)

Heidelberg

• European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)

Helsinki

• Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission (HELCOM)

Jakarta

• Asian and Pacific Coconut Community (APCC)
• Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

Jeddah

• Islamic Development Bank

Kathmandu

• South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)

Kingston

• International Seabed Authority

Lima

• Andean Community

London

• Commonwealth Secretariat
• European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
• International Coffee Organization
• International Maritime Organisation (IMO)
• International Mobile Satellite Organization (INMARSAT)
• International Rubber Study Group
• OSPAR Commission for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic

Lusaka

• Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)

Luxembourg

• European Union 

Lyon

• International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL)
• International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)

Madrid

• World Tourism Organization (WTO)

Manila

• Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Mexico City

• North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Secretariat (Mexican Section)

Monaco

• International Hydrographic Organization (IHO)

Montevideo

• Latin American Integration Association (ALADI)
• Southern Cone Common Market (MERCOSUR)

Montréal

• North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation (NAFTA agency)
• Convention on Biological Diversity
• International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)

Munich

• European Patent Office (EPO)
• European Southern Observatory (ESO) : Garching

New York

• Commission on the Status of Women (UN division)
• Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) (UN division)
• Group of 77
• United Nations (See Index for details)

Noumea

• Secretariat of the Pacific Community

Oslo

• Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP)

Ottawa

• International Joint Commission (IJC) (Canadian Section)
• North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Secretariat (Canadian Section)

Paris

• European Space Agency (ESA)
• European Telecommunications Satellite Organization (EUTELSAT)
• La Francophonie
• International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR)
• Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) : Issy-les-Moulineaux
• Office International des Epizooties (OIE)
• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Riga

• Baltic Assembly

Riyadh

• Arab Satellite Communications Organization (ARABSAT)

Roma

• Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO)
• International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
• International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT)
• World Food Programme (WFP)

Safat (Kuwait)

• Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC)

San Antonio, TX

• North American Development Bank

Singapore

• Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)

Strasbourg

• Council of Europe
• European Court of Human Rights (ECHR)
• European Union (See Index for details)

Suva (Fiji Islands)

• South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC)
• South Pacific Forum Secretariat

The Hague

• International Court of Justice (ICJ)
• International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
• Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)

Tokyo

• Asian Productivity Organization (APO)

Toronto

• G8 Information Centre

Vienna

• International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
• Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
• Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

Wallingford (UK)

• CAB International

Washington, DC

• Arctic Council
• Commission for Labor Cooperation (NAFTA Agency)
• Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
• Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest (CGAP) (World Bank Group)
• Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
• International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC)
• International Development Association (IDA) (World Bank Group)
• International Finance Corporation (IFC) (World Bank Group)
• International Joint Commission (IJC) (United States Section)
• International Monetary Fund (IMF)
• International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (INTELSAT)
• Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) (World Bank Group)
• North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Secretariat (United States Section)
• Organization of American States (OAS)
• Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO)
• World Bank Group

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