International organization

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Not to be confused with Supranational union.
For the academic journal, see International Organization.

The headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross. Geneva

(Switzerland) is the city that hosts the highest number of international
organizations in the world.[1]
An international organization is an organization with an international membership,
scope, or presence. There are two main types:[2]

International nongovernmental organizations (INGOs): non-governmental organizations

(NGOs) that operate internationally. These include international non-profit
organizations and worldwide companies such as the World Organization of the Scout
Movement, International Committee of the Red Cross and M�decins Sans Frontieres.
Intergovernmental organizations, also known as international governmental
organizations (IGOs): the type of organization most closely associated with the
term 'international organization', these are organizations that are made up
primarily of sovereign states (referred to as member states). Notable examples
include the United Nations (UN), Organization for Security and Co-operation in
Europe (OSCE), Council of Europe (COE), International Labour Organization (ILO) and
International Police Organization (INTERPOL). The UN has used the term
"intergovernmental organization" instead of "international organization" for
clarity.[3]
The first and oldest intergovernmental organization is the Central Commission for
Navigation on the Rhine, created in 1815 by the Congress of Vienna.

The role of international organizations is helping to set the international agenda,

mediating political bargaining, providing place for political initiatives and
acting as catalysts for coalition- formation. International organizations also
define the salient issues and decide which issues can be grouped together, thus
help governmental priority determination or other governmental arrangements.

Not all international organizations seek economic, political and social cooperation
and integration.

See also[edit]
List of intergovernmental organizations
List of regional organizations by population
List of trade blocs
Regional Economic Communities
Regional integration
Regional organization
Supranational union
Notes and references[edit]
Jump up ^ (in French) Fran�ois Modoux, "La Suisse engagera 300 millions pour
r�nover le Palais des Nations", Le Temps, Friday 28 June 2013, page 9.
Jump up ^ The Penguin Dictionary of International Relations divides modern
international organizations into two "basic types, the 'public' variety known as
intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) and the 'private' variety, the international
non-governmental organization (INGOs)." (Evans, Graham, and Richard Newnham.
Penguin Dictionary of International Relations. Penguin, 1998, p. 270.)
Jump up ^ "Intergovernmental organizations having received a standing invitation to
participate as observers in the sessions and the work of the General Assembly and
maintaining permanent offices at Headquarters." United Nations Department of Public
Information, United Nations Secretariat.
External links[edit]
Headquarters of International Organisation List of International Organisation and
their Headquarters
Procedural history and related documents on the 'Articles on the Responsibility of
International Organizations in the Historic Archives of the United Nations
Audiovisual Library of International Law
World News related documents on the World News related documents
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International organizations
Intergovernmental
organizations
Non-cultural IGOs
International Criminal Court International Monetary Fund International Seabed
Authority Inter-Parliamentary Union Interpol New Development Bank Organisation for
the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons United Nations World Bank Group World Trade
Organization
Cultural IGOs
Commonwealth of Nations Community of Portuguese Language Countries Organisation
internationale de la Francophonie
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