International Headquarters

International Headquarters International organisations

International organisations were founded to assist in the setting of the international agenda, strengthening political relationships, and providing a platform for development projects, among other things. International organisations, with their global reach and presence, play an important role in world affairs. These organisations have a significant impact on countries, legislation, and even worldwide prices.

For instance, Amnesty International is concerned with global peacekeeping, OPEC ensures global oil demand and supply stability, and the International Court of Justice serves as the World Court’s headquarters.

As a result, these organisations deal with a wide range of challenges that cut over international borders and local legislation.

In this article, we will learn more about the international organisations and their headquarters with the years they were established.

International Organisations and their Headquarters

Organisation Name

Headquarters

Established In

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

New York City, USA

1965

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Nairobi, Kenya

1972

United Nations Population Fund (UNPF)

New York City, USA

1969

United Nations Human Settlement Programme (UN-Habitat)

Nairobi, Kenya

1978

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)

New York City, USA

1946

World Food Programme (WFP)

Rome, Italy

1961

Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)

Rome, Italy

1945

International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO)

Montreal, Canada

1947

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

Rome, Italy

1977

International Labour Organisation (ILO)

Geneva, Switzerland

1919

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Washington, DC, USA

1944

International Maritime Organisation (IMO)

London, United Kingdom

1948

International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

Geneva, Switzerland

1865

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)

Paris, France

1945

United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO)

Vienna, Austria

1966

World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO)

Madrid, Spain

1974

Universal Postal Union (UPU)

Bern, Switzerland

1874

World Health Organisation (WHO)

Geneva, Switzerland

1948

World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)

Geneva, Switzerland

1967

World Meteorological Organisation (WMO)

Geneva, Switzerland

1950

World Bank

Washington, DC, USA

1944

Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)

Geneva, Switzerland

1994

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Geneva, Switzerland

1950

United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)

Geneva, Switzerland

1980

United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)

Geneva, Switzerland

1963

United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)

Copenhagen, Denmark

1973

United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA)

Amman, Jordan

1949

United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC)

Turin, Italy

2002

United Nations University (UNU)

Tokyo, Japan

1973

UN Women

New York City, USA

2010

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

Vienna, Austria

1957

International Organisation for Migration (IOM)

Geneva, Switzerland

1951

Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)

The Hague, Netherlands

1997

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

Bonn, Germany

1994 (Signed in 1993)

World Trade Organisation (WTO)

Geneva, Switzerland

1995

International Trade Centre (ITC)

Geneva, Switzerland

1964

African Development Bank Group

Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire

1964

African Union (AU)

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

2002

Amnesty International (AI)

London, United Kingdom

1961

Andean Community 

Lima, Peru

1969

Arctic Council

Tromso, Norway

1996

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)

Queenstown, Singapore

1989

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Mandaluyong, Philippines

1966

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

Jakarta, Indonesia

1967

Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC)

Istanbul, Turkey

1992

Caribbean Community (CARICOM)

Georgetown, Guyana

1973

Central American Bank for Economic Integration 

Tegucigalpa, Honduras

1960

Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)

Lusaka, Zambia

1994

Commonwealth Secretariat

London, United Kingdom

1965

Council of Europe

Strasbourg, France

1949

Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR)

Geneva, Switzerland

1951

Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS)

Stockholm, Switzerland

1992

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)

Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria

1975

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

London, United Kingdom

1991

European Central Bank (ECB)

Frankfurt, Germany

1998

European Free Trade Association (EFTA)

Geneva, Switzerland

1960

Association of European Parliamentarians with Africa (AWEPA)

Amsterdam, Netherlands

1984

European Space Agency (ESA)

Paris, France

1975

European Union (EU)

Brussels, Belgium

1993

Group of Eight (G8)

New York, USA

1975

G-15 Summit

Geneva, Switzerland

1990

Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)

Washington, DC, USA

1959

Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)

Djibouti, Djibouti

1986

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

Vienna, Austria

1957

International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO)

Montreal, Canada

1947

International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)

Paris, France

1919

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

Geneva, Switzerland

1863

International Court of Justice (ICJ)

The Hague, Netherlands

1945

International Development Association (IDA)

Washington, DC, USA

1960

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)

Geneva, Switzerland

1919

International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Washington, DC, USA

1956

International Labour Organisation (ILO)

Geneva, Switzerland

1919

International Olympic Committee (IOC)

Lausanne, Switzerland

1894

International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO)

Geneva, Switzerland

1947

International Peace Bureau (IPB)

Geneva, Switzerland

1891

International Seabed Authority (ISA)

Kingston, Jamaica

1994

International Service for Human Rights (ISHR)

Geneva, Switzerland

1984

Inter-Parliamentary Union

Geneva, Switzerland

1889

League of Arab States

Cairo, Egypt

1945

Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)

Washington, DC, USA

1988

The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)

Central Jakarta, Indonesia

1961

Nordic Council of Ministers

Copenhagen, Denmark

1971

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)

Washington, DC, USA

1949

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Paris, France

1961

Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)

Vienna, Austria

1975

Organisation of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC)

Kuwait, Middle East

1968

Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC)

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

1969

Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

Vienna, Austria

1960

Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC)

Noumea, New Caledonia

1947

South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)

Kathmandu, Nepal

1985

Unión Latina

Paris, France

1954

United Cities & Local Governments (UCLG)

Barcelona, Spain

2004

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)

Bangkok, Thailand

1947

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)

Beirut, Lebanon

1973

United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP)

Nairobi, Kenya

1972

United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)

Rome, Italy

1945

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR)

Geneva, Switzerland and New York City, USA

1993

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

Vienna, Austria

1997

United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW)

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

1975

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)

Geneva, Switzerland and New York City, USA

1991

United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)

Amman, Jordan

1949

Western European Union (WEU)

Paris, France

1954

World Federation of United Nations Associations (WFUNA)

Geneva, Switzerland and New York City, USA

1946

World Organization Against Torture (OMCT)

Geneva, Switzerland

1985

World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)

Gland, Switzerland

1961

Conclusion

International headquarters situated in different countries with their global reach and presence plays an important role in world affairs. These organisations have a significant impact on countries, legislation, and even worldwide prices. 

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