Important International Organizations And Their Headquarters

Dear aspirants, here all the important International Organisations with their headquarters are given for your competitive government examinations such as IAS UPSC, Railway, Banking, SSC, CGL, etc. You need to remember all the short and full forms of all important international organizations.

Read: GK> Countries with Their Capital and Currency Name – List [PDF]

Here I have also included a set of multiple-choice questions or MCQs from International Organisations with answers. Do not forget to take a quiz.

# Important List of International organizations Abbreviation Headquarters Date of Establishment

Abbreviation	Full-Form of International Organizations	Headquarters	Established
UNO	United Nations Organisation	New York	1945
UNESCO	United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation	Paris	1945
UNICEF	United Nations children’s’ Fund	New York	1945
	World Bank	Washington DC	1944
IAEA	International Atomic Energy Agency	Vienna	1957
	International Court Of Justice	Hague	1945
FAO	Food and Agricultural Organisation	Rome	1945
NATO	North Atlantic Treaty Organisation	Brussels, Belgium	1949
ASEAN	Association of South-East Asian Nations	Jakarta, Indonesia	1967
WHO	World Health Organisation	Geneva	1948
WTO	World Trade Organisation	Geneva	1995
IUCN	International Union for Conservation of Nature	Gland, Switzerland	1948
ICANN	Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers	Los Angeles	1998
CN	Commonwealth of Nations	London	1931
APEC	Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation	Singapore	1989
WEF	World Economic Forum	Geneva	1971
OECD	Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development	Paris	1961
UNDP	United Nations Development Program	New York	1965
IRC	International Rescue Committee	New York	1933
ADB	Asian Development Bank	Manila, Philippines	1966

Note: The above table provides very very important organizations with full form HQ and year. However, if you are preparing for the govt job competitive exam, then the table given above is sufficient to remember. Basically, the questions of these types are subject to current events. For example, a remarkable event happens in a country, then the question coming into an exam regarding that country has a greater chance.

Read: GK> Significant Battles / Wars In The World History

There are few more international organizations in the world that are not included or updated in this list. We just have mentioned those which are more important for competitive exams.

Here, we have categorized the international organizations as various departments, so that readers can easily remember them.

United Nation Organizations Full-Forms Headquarters

Abbreviation	Organizations Name Full-Form	Headquarters	Country	Established
UN	United Nations	New York	USA	1945
FAO	Food and Agriculture Organization	Rome	Italy	1945
ILO	International Labour Organization	Geneva	Switzerland	1919
ICAO	International Civil Aviation Organization	Montreal	Canada	1947
IMO	International Maritime Organization	London	United Kingdom	1959
UNHCR	United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees	Geneva	Switzerland	1950
UNAIDS	Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS	Geneva	Switzerland	1996
UNAEC	United Nations Atomic Energy Commission	New York	USA	1946
UNCDF	United Nations Capital Development Fund	New York	USA
UNICEF	United Nations Children’s Fund	New York	USA	1946
UNDP	United Nations Development Programme	New York	USA	1965
UNESCO	United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization	Paris	France	1946
UNEP	United Nations Environment Programme	Nairobi	Kenya	1972
UN-Habitat	United Nations Human Settlements Programme	Nairobi	Kenya	1978
UNIDO	United Nations Industrial Development Organization	Vienna	Austria	1985
UNISDR	United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction	Geneva	Switzerland	2000
UNODC	United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime	Vienna	Austria	1997
UPU	Universal Postal Union	Bern	Switzerland	1874
WHO	World Health Organization	Geneva	Switzerland	1948
WIPO	World Intellectual Property Organization	Geneva	Switzerland	1967
WFP	World Food Programme	Rome	Italy	1961
WMO	World Meteorological Organization	Geneva	Switzerland	1950
UNWTO	World Tourism Organization	Madrid	Spain	1957
IRC	International Rescue Committee	New York	USA	1933
IAEA	International Atomic Energy Agency	Vienna	Austria	1957
ITU	International Telecommunication Union	Geneva	Switzerland	1947
OHCHR	Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights	Geneva	Switzerland	1993

List of Political/Economic Organizations

Abbreviation	Organizations Name	Headquarters	Country	Formation
EU	European Union	Brussels	Belgium	1958
ACP	African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States	Brussels	Belgium	1975
AU	African Union	Johannesburg	South Africa	2001y
CAN	Andean Community	Lima	Peru	1969
LAS	League of Arab States	Cairo	Egypt	1905y
AMU	Arab Maghreb Union	Rabat	Morocco	1956
APEC	Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation	Singapore		1905y
ASEAN	Association of Southeast Asian Nations	Jakarta	Indonesia	1967
CARICOM	Caribbean Community	Georgetown	Guyana	1973
PARLACEN	Central American Parliament	Guatemala		1980
COMESA	Common Market of East and Southern Africa	Lusaka	Zambia	1994
CoN	Commonwealth of Nations (British)	London	United Kingdom	1926
CIS	Commonwealth of Independent States (Russian)	Moscow	Russia	1991
CoE	Council of Europe	Strasbourg	France	1949
EAC	East African Community	Arusha		1967
ECOWAS	Economic Community of West African States	Abuja	Nigeria	1975
EFTA	European Free Trade Association	Geneva	Switzerland	1960
GCC	Gulf Cooperation Council	Riyadh	Saudi Arab	1981
IOC	Indian Ocean Commission	Port Louis,	Mauritius	1982
NAM	Non-Aligned Movement	New York	USA	1961
NC	Nordic Council	Copenhagen	Denmark	1952
OECD	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development	Paris	France	1948
OSCE	Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe	Vienna	Austria	1973
OAS	Organization of American States	Washington, D.C.	USA	1948
OECS	Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States	–	Saint Lucia	1981
OIC	Organisation of Islamic Cooperation	Jeddah	Saudi Arabia	1969
SPC	Secretariat of the Pacific Community	Nouméa	New Caledonia	1947
PIF	Pacific Islands Forum	Suva	Fiji	1971
SAARC	South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation	Kathmandu	Nepal	1985
SADC	Southern African Development Community	Gaborone	Botswana	1992
USAN	Union of South American Nations	Quito	Ecuador	2004
UNPO	Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization	The Hague	Netherlands	1991
WTO	World Trade Organization	Geneva	Switzerland	1995
ESCAP	Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific	Bangkok	Thailand	1947

Military Organizations Headquarters Abbreviation

Abbreviation	Organizations Name	Headquarters	Country	Formation
NATO	North Atlantic Treaty Organisation	Brussels	Belgium	1949
ESDP	European Security and Defence Policy	Paris	France	1999
SCO	Shanghai Cooperation Organisation	Beijing	China	1996
CSTO	Collective Security Treaty Organization	Moscow	Russia	1992
PSC	Peace and Security Council	Addis Ababa	South Africa	2004

Financial Organizations Headquarters Abbreviation

Abbreviation	Organizations Name	Headquarters	Country	Formation
WB	World Bank	Washington	USA	1944
AfDB	African Development Bank	Abidjan	Côte d’Ivoire	1963
ADB	Asian Development Bank	Metro Manila	Philippines	1966
EBRD	European Bank for Reconstruction and Development	London	United Kingdom	1991
IDB	Inter-American Development Bank	Washington	USA	1959
IMF	International Monetary Fund	Washington	USA	1945
IDB	Islamic Development Bank	Jeddah	Saudi Arabia	1973
IFAD	International Fund for Agricultural Development	Rome	Italy	1977
BIS	Bank for International Settlements	Basel	Switzerland	1930
BSTDB	Black Sea Trade and Development Bank	Thessaloniki	Greece	1997
CDB	Caribbean Development Bank	Bridgetown	Barbados	1969
NDF	Nordic Development Fund	Helsinki	Finland	1989
NIB	Nordic Investment Bank	Helsinki	Finland	1970
ECB	European Central Bank	Frankfurt	Germany	1998

Sports Federations Organizations Headquarters Abbreviation

Abbreviation	Organizations Name	Headquarters	Country	Formation
AFC	Asian Football Confederation	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	1954
CAF	Confederation of African Football	Giza .	Egypt	1957
CONCACAF	Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football	Florida	U.S	1961
CONMEBOL	South American Football Confederation	Luque	Paraguay	1916
OFC	Oceania Football Confederation	Auckland	New Zealand	1966
UEFA	Union of European Football Associations	Nyon	Switzerland	1954
FIDE	World Chess Federation(Fédération Internationale des Échecs )	Athens	Greece	1924
FIFA	International Federation of Association Football (Fédération Internationale de Football Association)	Zürich	Switzerland	1904
ICC	International Cricket Council	Dubai	UAE	1909
IOC	International Olympic Committee	Lausanne	Switzerland	1894
IPC	International Paralympic Committee	Bonn	Germany	1989
IRFB	World Rugby(International Rugby Football Board)	Dublin	Ireland	1886
CGF	Commonwealth Games Federation	London	UK	1930
ITF	International Tennis Federation	London	UK	1913
BWF	Badminton World Federation	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	1934
FIH	International Hockey Federation	Lausanne	Switzerland	1924

SPACE Organizations Headquarters Abbreviation

Abbreviation	Organizations Name	Headquarters		Formation
ESA	European Space Agency	Paris	France	1975
ISRO	Indian Space Research Organisation	Bangalore	India	1969
NASA	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Washington	USA	1958
UKSA	United Kingdom Space Agency	Swindon	Wiltshire	2010
CNSA	China National Space Administration	Beijing	China	1993
Roscosmos	Russian Federal Space Agency	Moscow	Russia	1992
CNES	French Space Agency	Paris	France	1961
JAXA	Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency	Tokyo	Japan	2003
DLR	German Aerospace Center	Cologne	Germany	1969
ASI	Italian Space Agency	Rome	Italy	1988

Few More Important Organization Headquarters Full-Forms

Abbreviation	Organizations Name	Headquarters	Country	Formation
CLMBP	Colombo Plan	Colombo,	Sri Lanka	1950
ATS	Antarctic Treaty System	Washington	USA	1959
IGAD	Intergovernmental Authority on Development	Djibouti City	Djibouti	1986
ICRC	International Committee of the Red Cross	Geneva,	Switzerland	1863
ICJ	International Court of Justice	The Hague,	Netherlands	1945
ICC	International Criminal Court	The Hague, Netherlands		1998
INTERPOL	International Criminal Police Organization	Lyon,	France	1923
IFRC	International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies	Geneva,	Switzerland	1919
IOM	International Organization for Migration	Geneva, Switzerland	Switzerland	1951
ICMPD	International Centre for Migration Policy Development	Vienna,	Austria	1993
OPCW	Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons	The Hague,	Netherlands	1997
OPEC	Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries	Vienna,	Austria	1960
WTO	World Toilet Organization	–	Singapore	2001

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Why International Organizations headquaters are important?

Remembering some international organizations’ headquarters, locations, and abbreviations are useful in the civil service examinations.
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International organizations are important for any competitive exam.

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