International Organizations Master List

A complete list of major international organizations, financial institutions, regional bodies, and global groupings, including their establishment years, headquarters, and current heads.

United Nations (UN)

Established 1945; Headquarters: New York, USA; Head: António Guterres — Secretary-General

World Health Organization (WHO)

Established 1948; Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland; Head: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus — DG

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

Established 1945; Headquarters: Paris, France; Head: Khaled El-Enany — DG

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

Established 1946; Headquarters: New York, USA; Head: Catherine Russell — Executive Director

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Established 1950; Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland; Head: Filippo Grandi — High Commissioner

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Established 1965; Headquarters: New York, USA; Head: Achim Steiner — Administrator

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Established 1972; Headquarters: Nairobi, Kenya; Head: Inger Andersen — Executive Director

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

Established 1969; Headquarters: New York, USA; Head: Diene Keita — Executive Director

UN Women

Established 2010; Headquarters: New York, USA; Head: Sima Sami Bahous — Executive Director

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

Established 1964; Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland; Head: Rebeca Grynspan — Secretary-General

United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

Established 1966; Headquarters: Vienna, Austria; Head: Gerd Müller — DG

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Established 1945; Headquarters: Rome, Italy; Head: Qu Dongyu — DG

International Labour Organization (ILO)

Established 1919; Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland; Head: Gilbert F. Houngbo — DG

International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)

Established 1944; Headquarters: Montreal, Canada; Head: Juan Carlos Salazar — Secretary-General

International Maritime Organization (IMO)

Established 1959; Headquarters: London, UK; Head: Arsenio Dominguez — Secretary-General

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

Established 1967; Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland; Head: Daren Tang — DG

World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

Established 1950; Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland; Head: Celeste Saulo — Secretary-General

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

Established 1977; Headquarters: Rome, Italy; Head: Alvaro Lario — President

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

Established 1957; Headquarters: Vienna, Austria; Head: Rafael Mariano Grossi — DG

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Established 1944; Headquarters: Washington, D.C.; Head: Kristalina Georgieva — MD

World Bank Group (WBG)

Established 1944; Headquarters: Washington, D.C.; Head: Ajay Banga — President

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)

Established 1944; Headquarters: Washington, D.C.; Head: Ajay Banga

International Development Association (IDA)

Established 1960; Headquarters: Washington, D.C.; Head: Ajay Banga

International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Established 1956; Headquarters: Washington, D.C.; Head: Makhtar Diop — MD

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Established 1966; Headquarters: Manila, Philippines; Head: Masato Kanda — President

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)

Established 2015; Headquarters: Beijing, China; Head: Zou Jiayi — President

New Development Bank (NDB)

Established 2015; Headquarters: Shanghai, China; Head: Dilma Rousseff — President

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Established 1961; Headquarters: Paris, France; Head: Mathias Cormann — Secretary-General

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

Established 1949; Headquarters: Brussels, Belgium; Head: Mark Rutte — Secretary-General

International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL)

Established 1923; Headquarters: Lyon, France; Head: Valdecy Urquiza — Secretary-General

Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

Established 1989; Headquarters: Paris, France; Head: Elisa de Anda Madrazo — President

International Criminal Court (ICC)

Established 2002; Headquarters: The Hague, Netherlands; Head: Tomoko Akane — President

Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)

Established 1899; Headquarters: The Hague, Netherlands; Head: Marcin Czepelak — Secretary-General

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

Established 1863; Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland; Head: Mirjana Spoljaric — President

European Union (EU)

Established 1993; Headquarters: Brussels, Belgium; Head: António Costa — European Council President

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

Established 1967; Headquarters: Jakarta, Indonesia; Head: Kao Kim Hourn — Secretary-General

South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)

Established 1985; Headquarters: Kathmandu, Nepal; Head: Md. Golam Sarwar — Secretary-General

BIMSTEC

Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation established 1997; Headquarters: Dhaka, Bangladesh; Head: Indra Mani Pandey — Secretary-General

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)

Established 2001; Headquarters: Beijing, China; Head: Nurlan Yermekbayev — Secretary-General

Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)

Established 1981; Headquarters: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Head: Jassem Mohamed Albudaiwi — Secretary-General

League of Arab States (Arab League)

Established 1945; Headquarters: Cairo, Egypt; Head: Ahmed Aboul Gheit — Secretary-General

Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)

Established 1969; Headquarters: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Head: Hissein Brahim Taha — Secretary-General

Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA)

Established 1997; Headquarters: Ebene, Mauritius; Head: Sanjiv Ranjan — Secretary-General

Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

Established 1960; Headquarters: Vienna, Austria; Head: Haitham Al Ghais — Secretary-General

International Energy Agency (IEA)

Established 1974; Headquarters: Paris, France; Head: Fatih Birol — Executive Director

International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)

Established 2009; Headquarters: Abu Dhabi, UAE; Head: Francesco La Camera — DG

International Energy Forum (IEF)

Established 1991; Headquarters: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Head: Joseph McMonigle — Secretary-General

International Trade Centre (ITC)

Established 1964; Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland; Head: Pamela Coke-Hamilton — Executive Director

International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)

Established 1919; Headquarters: Paris, France; Head: John W.H. Denton — Secretary-General

World Trade Organization (WTO)

Established 1995; Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland; Head: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala — DG

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

Established 1988; Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland; Head: Jim Skea — Chair

International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

Established 1948; Headquarters: Gland, Switzerland; Head: Razan Al Mubarak — President

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

Established 1992; Headquarters: Bonn, Germany; Head: Simon Stiell — Executive Secretary

International Solar Alliance (ISA)

Established 2015; Headquarters: Gurugram, India; Head: Ashish Khanna — DG

World Food Programme (WFP)

Established 1961; Headquarters: Rome, Italy; Head: Cindy McCain

World Economic Forum (WEF)

Established 1971; Headquarters: Cologny, Switzerland; Head: Mirek Dušek — Managing Director

Transparency International (TI)

Established 1993; Headquarters: Berlin, Germany; Head: François Valérian — Chair

Amnesty International (AI)

Established 1961; Headquarters: London, UK; Head: Sacha Deshmukh — Secretary-General

International Olympic Committee (IOC)

Established 1894; Headquarters: Lausanne, Switzerland; Head: Kirsty Coventry — President

Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)

Established 1904; Headquarters: Zürich, Switzerland; Head: Gianni Infantino — President

International Cricket Council (ICC)

Established 1909; Headquarters: Dubai, UAE; Head: Jay Shah — Chairman

Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)

Established 1961; No permanent HQ; Key fact: Presidency rotates

Group of Seven (G7)

Started 1975; No permanent HQ; Key fact: Presidency rotates

Group of Twenty (G20)

Started 1999; No permanent HQ; Key fact: Presidency rotates

BRICS

Started 2009; No permanent HQ; Key fact: Presidency rotates

Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD)

Started 2007; No permanent HQ; Key fact: Includes India, USA, Japan, Australia

AUKUS Partnership

Started 2021; No permanent HQ; Key fact: Partnership between Australia, UK, and USA

I2U2 Group

Started 2021; No permanent HQ; Key fact: Includes India, Israel, UAE, USA

Global Biofuels Alliance (GBA)

Started 2023; No permanent HQ; Key fact: India-led initiative