List of International Organisations and Headquarters
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Candidates who are going to write the competitive exams like CDS, NDA, AFCAT and from other fields, can read the list of international organization and their headquarters including their abbreviation and formation date. In most of the competitive exams, a famous international organization will be asked, the questions could be asked to choose the headquarter location or their abbreviation etc.
Aspirants can find the list of important international organisations and their headquarters in PDF format below.
UN Organizations
| Organizations Name | Abbreviation | Headquarters | Formation |
| United Nations | UN | New York City, USA | 1945 |
| Food and Agriculture Organization | FAO | Palazzo FAO, Rome, Italy | 1945 |
| International Labour Organization | ILO | Geneva, Switzerland | 1919 |
| International Civil Aviation Organization | ICAO | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | 1947 |
| 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 Organization | UNESCO | Paris, France | 1946 |
| 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 Reduction | UNISDR | Geneva, Switzerland | 2000 |
| 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 |
| International Rescue Committee | IRC | New York City, United States | 1933 |
| 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 |
Political and Economic Organizations
| Organizations Name | Abbreviation | Headquarters | Formation |
| European Union | EU | Brussels | 1958 |
| African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States | ACP | Brussels – Belgium | 1975 |
| African Union | AU | Addis Ababa, Johannesburg | 2001y |
| Andean Community | CAN | Lima, Peru. | 1969 |
| Arab League(League of Arab States) | – | Cairo | 1905y |
| Arab Maghreb Union | AMU | Rabat, Morocco | 1956 |
| Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation | APEC | Singapore | 1905y |
| Association of Southeast Asian Nations | ASEAN | Jakarta, Indonesia | 1967 |
| Caribbean Community | CARICOM | Georgetown, Guyana. | 1973 |
| Central American Parliament | PARLACEN | Guatemala City | 1980 |
| Common Market of East and Southern Africa | COMESA | Lusaka, Zambia | 1994 |
| Commonwealth of Nations (British Commonwealth) | – | London, United Kingdom | 1926 |
| Commonwealth of Independent States (Russian Commonwealth) | CIS | Moscow, Russian | 1991 |
| Council of Europe | CoE | Strasbourg, France | 1949 |
| East African Community | EAC | Arusha | 1967 |
| Economic Community of West African States | ECOWAS | Abuja, Nigeria | 1975 |
| European Free Trade Association | EFTA | Geneva, Switzerland | 1960 |
| Gulf Cooperation Council | GCC | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 1981 |
| Indian Ocean Commission | IOC | Port Louis, Mauritius | 1982 |
| Non-Aligned Movement | NAM | New York City, USA | 1961 |
| Nordic Council | – | Copenhagen, Denmark | 1952 |
| Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development | OECD | Paris, France | 1948 |
| Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe | OSCE | Vienna, Austria | 1973 |
| Organization of American States | OAS | Washington, D.C. | 1948 |
| Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States | OECS | Castries, Saint Lucia | 1981 |
| Organisation of Islamic Cooperation | OIC | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | 1969 |
| Secretariat of the Pacific Community | SPC | Nouméa | 1947 |
| Pacific Islands Forum | – | Suva, Fiji | 1971 |
| South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | SAARC | Kathmandu, Nepal | 1985 |
| Southern African Development Community | SADC | Gaborone, Botswana | 1992 |
| Union of South American Nations | USAN | Quito, Ecuador | 2004 |
| Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization | UNPO | The Hague, Netherlands | 1991 |
| World Trade Organization | WTO | Geneva, Switzerland | 1995 |
| Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific | ESCAP | Bangkok, Thailand | 1947 |
Military Organizations
| Organizations Name | Abbreviation | Headquarters | Formation |
| North Atlantic Treaty Organisation | NATO | Brussels, Belgium | 1949 |
| European Security and Defence Policy | ESDP | Paris | |
| Shanghai Cooperation Organisation | SCO | Beijing, China | 1996 |
| Collective Security Treaty Organization | CSTO | Moscow, Russia | 1992 |
| Peace and Security Council | PSC | Addis Ababa |
Financial Organizations
| Organizations Name | Abbreviation | Headquarters | Formation |
| World Bank | – | Washington D.C., United States | 1944 |
| African Development Bank | AfDB | Abidjan, Ivory Coast(statutory) & Tunis, Tunisia (temporary) | 1963 |
| Asian Development Bank | ADB | Metro Manila, Philippines | 1966 |
| European Bank for Reconstruction and Development | EBRD | London | 1991 |
| Inter-American Development Bank | IDB | Washington, D.C. | 1959 |
| International Monetary Fund | IMF | Washington, D.C | 1945 |
| Islamic Development Bank | IDB | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | 1973 |
| International Monetary Fund | IMF | Washington, D.C., United States | 1945 |
| International Fund for Agricultural Development | IFAD | Rome, Italy | 1977 |
| Bank for International Settlements | BIS | Basel, Switzerland | 1930 |
| Black Sea Trade and Development Bank | BSTDB | Thessaloniki, Greece | 1997 |
| Caribbean Development Bank | CDB | Bridgetown, Barbados | 1969 |
| Nordic Development Fund | NDF | Helsinki, Finland. | 1989 |
| Nordic Investment Bank | NIB | Helsinki, Finland. | 1970 |
| European Central Bank | ECB | Frankfurt, Germany | 1998 |
Sports Federations
| Organizations Name | Abbreviation | Headquarters | Formation |
| Asian Football Confederation | AFC | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 1954 |
| Confederation of African Football | CAF | 6th of October City, Egypt. | 1957 |
| Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football | CONCACAF | Miami, Florida, U.S. | 1961 |
| South American Football Confederation | CONMEBOL | Luque, Paraguay | 1916 |
| Oceania Football Confederation | OFC | Auckland, New Zealand | 1966 |
| Union of European Football Associations | UEFA | Nyon, Switzerland | 1954 |
| World Chess Federation(Fédération Internationale des Échecs ) | FIDE | Athens, Greece | 1924 |
| International Federation of Association Football(Fédération Internationale de Football Association) | FIFA | Zürich, Switzerland | 1904 |
| International Cricket Council | ICC | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 1909 |
| International Olympic Committee | IOC | Lausanne, Switzerland | 1894 |
| International Paralympic Committee | IPC | Bonn, Germany | 1989 |
| World Rugby(International Rugby Football Board) | IRFB | Dublin,Ireland | 1886 |
| Commonwealth Games Federation | CGF | London, United Kingdom | 1930 |
| International Tennis Federation | ITF | London, UK | 1913 |
| Badminton World Federation | BWF | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 1934 |
| International Hockey Federation | FIH | Lausanne, Switzerland | 1924 |
Financial Organizations :
| Organizations Name | Abbreviation | Headquarters | Formation |
| European Space Agency | ESA | Paris,France | 1975 |
| Indian Space Research Organisation | ISRO | Bangalore, India | 1969 |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | NASA | Washington, D.C. , USA | 1958 |
| United Kingdom Space Agency | UKSA | Swindon, Wiltshire | 2010 |
| China National Space Administration | CNSA | Beijing, China | 1993 |
| Russian Federal Space Agency | Roscosmos | Moscow, Russia | 1992 |
| French Space Agency | CNES | Paris, France | 1961 |
| Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency | JAXA | Tokyo, Japan | 2003 |
| German Aerospace Center | DLR | Cologne | 1969 |
| Italian Space Agency | ASI | Rome, Italy | 1988 |
Other Important Organization :
| Organizations Name | Abbreviation | Headquarters | Formation |
| Colombo Plan | – | Colombo, Sri Lanka | 1950 |
| Antarctic Treaty System | ATS | Washington, D.C., USA | 1959 |
| Intergovernmental Authority on Development | IGAD | Djibouti City | 1986 |
| International Committee of the Red Cross | ICRC | Geneva, Switzerland | 1863 |
| International Court of Justice | ICJ | The Hague, Netherlands | 1945 |
| International Criminal Court | ICC | The Hague, Netherlands | 1998 |
| International Criminal Police Organization | INTERPOL | Lyon, France | 1923 |
| International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies | IFRC | Geneva, Switzerland | 1919 |
| International Organization for Migration | IOM | Geneva, Switzerland | 1951 |
| International Centre for Migration Policy Development | ICMPD | Vienna, Austria | 1993 |
| Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons | OPCW | The Hague, Netherlands | 1997 |
| Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries | OPEC | Vienna, Austria | 1960 |
| World Toilet Organization | WTO | Singapore | 2001 |
