List of International Organizations: Headquarters & Heads
International Organizations | Headquarter | President/ Heads |
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) | Beijing, China | Jin Liqun |
New Development Bank (BRICS Development Bank) | Shanghai, China | Marcos Troyjo |
Asian Development Bank (ADB) | Mandaluyong, Philippines | Masatsugu Asakawa |
International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington DC, US | Kristalina Georgieva (MD) |
World Bank (WB) | Washington DC, US | David Malpass |
United Nations Organization (UN) | New York, US | António Guterres (Secretary-General) |
United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) | New York, US | Abdulla Shahid (Maldives) |
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) | New York, US | Henrietta Fore (Executive Director) |
United Nations Conference on Trade & Development (UNCTAD) | Geneva, Switzerland | Rebeca Grynspan (Secretary-General) |
World Health Organization (WHO) | Geneva, Switzerland | Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (Director- General) |
World Economic Forum (WEF) | Geneva, Switzerland | Klaus Schwab |
International Labour Organisation (ILO) | Geneva, Switzerland | Guy Ryder (Director- General) |
World Trade Organisation (WTO) | Geneva, Switzerland | Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala |
World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) | Geneva, Switzerland | Gerhard Adrian |
World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) | Geneva, Switzerland | Daren Tang |
International Committee of the Red Cross | Geneva, Switzerland | Peter Maurer |
United Nations Educational Scientific & Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) | Paris, France | Audrey Azoulay (Director- General) |
Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD) | Paris, France | Mathias Cormann (Secretary-General) |
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) | Vienna, Austria |
Rafael Mariano Grossi |
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) | Vienna, Austria | HE Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo (Secretary General) |
Amnesty International | London, UK | Dr Agnès Callamard (Secretary General) |
International Maritime Organisation (IMO) | London, UK | Kitack Lim (Secretary General) |
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) | Kathmandu, Nepal | Esala Ruwan Weerakoon (Secretary-General) |
Association of South East Nations (ASEAN) | Jakarta, Indonesia | Secretary-General- Dato Lim Jock Hoi |
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) | Singapore | Chairperson: Jacinda Ardern Executive Director: Rebecca Fatima Santa Maria |
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) | Brussels, Belgium | Jens Stoltenberg (Secretary-General) |
International Cricket Council (ICC) | Dubai, UAE | Greg Barclay (Acting Chairman) |
Food & Agricultural Organisation (FAO) | Rome, Italy | Qu Dongyu (Director- General) |
International Court of Justice (ICJ) | The Hague, The Netherland | Joan E. Donoghue |
International Olympic Committee (IOC) | Lausanne, Switzerland | Thomas Bach |
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) | Zurich, Switzerland | Gianni Infantino |
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) | Avenue du Mont-Blanc, Gland, Vaud, Switzerland | Carter Roberts |
Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) | Dhaka, Bangladesh | Sri Lanka holds its present Chairmanship |
World Anti-Doping Agency | Montreal, Canada | Sir Craig Collins Reedie |
Bank for International Settlements (BIS) | Basel, Switzerland | Agustín Carstens (Chaiman) |
Tricks to Remember Headquarters of Organizations
Rule 1: If the name of any Organization starts with "World or International" and ends with "Organization", their headquarters will be in "Geneva, Switzerland".
Remember: [ W_O & I_O ] ---- Geneva, Switzerland
[ W_O]
- World Health Organisation
- World Intellectual Property Organization
- World Meteorological Organization
- World Trade Organization
[ I_O]- Except IMO
- International Labour Organization
- International Committee for Red Cross Organization
- International Standardization Organization [ISO] ----originally International Organization for Standardization
- United Nation Conference on Trade And Development
Rule 2: Trick for Organizations whose headquarters are in London
Remember: I Am a Common man in London
- I - International Maritime Organization (IMO)
- Am - Amnesty International
- Common - Commonwealth of Nations
- Common - Commonwealth Telecommunication Organization
Rule 3: If any Organization is related to "International Money or Monetary organization", its headquarters will be in Washington DC.
- International Monetary fund
- World Bank
Rule 4: If any Organization is related to "Industrial Development/ Petroleum/ Atomic", its headquarter will be in "Vienna, Austria"
- United Nations Industrial Development Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency
- Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
Rule 5: For Headquarters of Organizations located in Newyork, remember - "UN Child Emergency in Newyork"
- UN Child Emergency in Newyork
- United Nations Organization
- United Nation International Children Emergency Fund
Rule 6: If any Organization is related to the term "Economic & Educational", its headquarter will be located in Paris
- Organization for Economic Co-operation Development
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
- Trick to Remember the Headquarters of some other International Organizations
- ASIAN Development Bank [ ADB ]--Manila, Philippines [ ASIAN MANila ]
- Association of South East Nations [ ASEAN ]-- Jakarta, Indonesia [ ACE JACK ] --Remember Playing cards
- FOOD Agriculture Organisation [ FAO ]--Rome, ITALY [ FOOD IDLY ]
- International COURT of JUSTICE-- The HAGUE, Netherlands [ Remember COURT given JUSTICE HANG]
- South Asian Association For Regional Cooperation [ SAARC ]--Kathmandu, Nepal
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