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Aninternationalorganizationisanorganizationwithan
internationalmembership,scope,orpresence.Therearetwo
maintypes:[2]
Internationalnongovernmentalorganizations(INGOs):
nongovernmentalorganizations(NGOs)thatoperate
internationally.Theseincludeinternationalnonprofit
organizationsandworldwidecompaniessuchastheWorld
OrganizationoftheScoutMovement,International
CommitteeoftheRedCrossandMdecinsSans
Frontires.

TheheadquartersoftheInternational
CommitteeoftheRedCross.Geneva
(Switzerland)isthecitythathoststhe
highestnumberofinternational

Intergovernmentalorganizations,alsoknownas
internationalgovernmentalorganizations(IGOs):thetype
oforganizationmostcloselyassociatedwiththeterm
organizationsintheworld. [1]
'internationalorganization',theseareorganizationsthatare
madeupprimarilyofsovereignstates(referredtoas
memberstates).NotableexamplesincludetheUnitedNations(UN),OrganisationforEconomic
CooperationandDevelopment(OECD),OrganizationforSecurityandCooperationinEurope
(OSCE),CouncilofEurope(COE),andWorldTradeOrganization(WTO).TheUNhasusedthe
term"intergovernmentalorganization"insteadof"internationalorganization"forclarity.[3]
ThefirstandoldestintergovernmentalorganizationistheCentralCommissionforNavigationonthe
Rhine,createdin1815bytheCongressofVienna.
Theroleofinternationalorganizationsarehelpingtosettheinternationalagenda,mediatingpolitical
bargaining,providingplaceforpoliticalinitiativesandactingascatalystsforcoalitionformation.
Internationalorganizationsalsodefinethesalientissuesanddecidewhichissuescanbegrouped
together,thushelpgovernmentalprioritydeterminationorothergovernmentalarrangements.

Seealso
Listofintergovernmentalorganizations
Listofregionalorganizationsbypopulation
Listoftradeblocs
RegionalEconomicCommunities
Regionalintegration
Regionalorganization
Supranationalunion

Notesandreferences
1.(French) FranoisModoux,"LaSuisseengagera300millionspourrnoverlePalaisdesNations",LeTemps,
Friday28June2013,page9.

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2.ThePenguinDictionaryofInternationalRelationsdividesmoderninternationalorganizationsintotwo"basic
types,the'public'varietyknownasintergovernmentalorganizations(IGOs)andthe'private'variety,the
internationalnongovernmentalorganization(INGOs)."(Evans,Graham,andRichardNewnham.Penguin
DictionaryofInternationalRelations(https://books.google.com/books?id=hUACAAAACAAJ).Penguin,
1998,p.270.)
3."Intergovernmentalorganizationshavingreceivedastandinginvitationtoparticipateasobserversinthe
sessionsandtheworkoftheGeneralAssemblyandmaintainingpermanentofficesatHeadquarters
(http://www.un.org/members/intergovorg.shtml)."UnitedNationsDepartmentofPublicInformation,United
NationsSecretariat.

Externallinks
HeadquartersofInternationalOrganisation
(http://www.thegeneralknowledge.in/2015/03/headquartersofinternational.html)Listof
InternationalOrganisationandtheirHeadquarters
Proceduralhistoryandrelateddocuments(http://legal.un.org/avl/ha/ario/ario.html)ontheArticles
ontheResponsibilityofInternationalOrganizationsintheHistoricArchives
(http://legal.un.org/avl/historicarchives.html)oftheUnitedNationsAudiovisualLibraryof
InternationalLaw
WorldNewsrelateddocuments(http://snn.co.in/worldnews.html)ontheWorldNewsrelated
documents
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