International Organizations and their Headquarters

Most of the competitive exams carry atleast one or two questions based on International organizations, these are mainly asked because the students must be aware of how and why the organizations control a nation based on certain principles.

Here we will discuss a few of those organizations to keep ourselves updated on the important org’s.

 

Heads & Established of Organizations:

1. World Trade Organization (WTO) –

• Headquarters – Geneva, Switzerland
• Head – Roberto Azevedo
• Founded on – 1 January, 1995

2. World Health Organization (WHO) –

• Headquarters – Geneva, Switzerland
• Head – Dr Margaret Chan
• Founded on – 7 April, 1948

3. World Economic Forum (WEF) –

• Headquarters – Geneva, Switzerland
• Head – Klaus Schwab
• Founded on – 1971

5. International Labour Organisation (ILO) – 

• Headquarters – Geneva, Switzerland
• Head – Guy Ryder
• Founded on – 1919

6. United Nations Conference on Trade & Development (UNCTAD) –

• Headquarters – Geneva, Switzerland
• Head – MukhisaKituyi
• Founded on – 1964

7. World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) –

• Headquarters – Geneva, Switzerland
• Head – Michel Jarraud
• Founded on – 1950

8. International Monetary Fund (IMF) –

• Headquarters – Washington DC, US
• Head – Christine Lagarde
• Founded on – 27 December, 1945

9. The World Bank –

• Headquarters – Washington DC, US
• Founded on – July, 1944
• President- Jim Young Kim

10. United Nations Organization (UN) –

• Headquarters – New York, US
• Secretary general– Ban Ki-moon
• Founded on – 1945

11. United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) –

• Headquarters – New York, US
• Head – Anthony Lake
• Founded on – December, 1946

12. United Nations Education Scientific & Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) –

• Headquarters – Paris, France
• Head – Irina Bokova
• Founded on – 16 November, 1945

13. Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD) –

• Headquarters – Paris, France
• Head – Jose Angel Gurria
• Founded on – 30 September, 1961

14. North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) –

• Headquarters – Brussels, Belgium
• Head – Philip M. Breedlove
• Founded on – 4 April, 1949

15. International Maritime Organisation (IMO) –

• Headquarters – London, UK
• Head – Ki Tack Lim
• Founded on – 1959

16. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) –

• Headquarters – Vienna, Austria
• Head – Yukiya Amano
• Founded on – July 29, 1957

17. Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) –

• Headquarters – Vienna, Austria
• Head – Diezani Alison-Madueke
• Founded on – 1961-62

18. International Olympic Committee (IOC) –

• Headquarters – Lausanne, Switzerland 
• Head – Thomas Bach
• Founded on – 23 June, 1894

19. Food & Agricultural Organisation (FAO) –

• Headquarters – Rome, Italy
• Head – Jose Graziano da Silva
• Founded on -16 October, 1945

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