World Organisations: Mostly Asked Questions From Past Papers

ICJ

International Court of Justice
Formation: 26th June, 1945
Headquarters: The Hague, Netherlands
Judges: 15-Term 9 years

IMF

International Monetary Fund
Formation: 27th Dec, 1945
Headquarters: Washington DC
Manager Director: Kristalina Georgieva
Member Countries: 189

ADB

The Asian Development Bank
Formation: 19th December, 1966
Headquarters: Mandaluyong, Philippines 
President: Masatsugu Asakawa

WHO

World Health Organization
Formation: 7th April, 1948
Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland
President: Tedros Adhanom
Member Countries: 68

WB

World Bank Formation: 1944
Headquarters: Washington DC
President: Davis Malpass
Member Countries: 189

UNO

United Nations Organization
Formation: 24th Oct, 1945
Headquarters: New York, San Francisco
Secretary General: Antonio Guterres

NASA

The National Aeronautics & Space Administration.
Formation: 29th July, 1958
Headquarters: Washington DC
Founder: Dwight D. Eisenhower.

SCO

Shanghai Cooperation Organization
Formation: 26th April, 1996
Headquarters: Beijing, China
Secretary General: Vladmir Norov
Members: 8 (Pakistan Joined on 9th June, 2017

OIC

Organization of Islamic Cooperation
Formation: Sept 25, 1969
Headquarters: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Members: 57

SAARC

The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
Formation: 8th December, 1985
Headquarters: Kathmandu, Nepal 
Member Countries: 8

ICC

The International Cricket Council
Formation: 15th June, 1909
Headquarters: Dubai, UAE 
Chairman: Shashank Manohar

FIFA

The Federation International Football Association
Formation: 21th May, 1909 in France, Paris
Headquarters: Zurich, Switzerland.
President: Gianni Infantino

ASEAN

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations
Formation: 8th August, 1967
Headquarters: Jakarta, Indonesia
Members: 10

IAEA

International Atomic Energy Agency
Formation: July 29th, 1957
Headquarters: Vienna, Austria
Head: Rafael Grossi
Members:171

TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL

Transparency International
Formation:4th May, 1993
Headquarters: Berlin, Germany
Managing Director: Patricia, Moreira

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

Amnesty International
Formation: July, 1961
Headquarters: London, UK
Secretary General Kumi Naidu

IOC

The International Olympic Committee
Formation: 23rd June, 1894
Headquarters: Lausanne, Switzerland
President: Thomas Bach

COMMON WEALTH NATIONS

Commonwealth of Nations
Formation: 11th Dec, 1931
Headquarters: London, UK
Members: 54 & Founder: UK Parliament

EU

European Union
Formation: 1st Nov, 1993
Headquarters: Brussels, Belgium
Members: 27

APEC

Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
Formation: November, 1989
Headquarters: Singapore
Founder: Bob, Hawke
Members 21

OPEC

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Formation: Sept, 1960 in Baghdad, Iraq
Headquarters: Vienna, Austria
Secretary General: Mohamed Barkindo
Members: 13

UNICEF

The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
Formation: 11th December, 1946
Headquarters: New York, USA

UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization
Formation: 16th Nov, 1945
Headquarters: Paris, France

ICRC

International Committee of the Red Cross
Formation: 17th Feb, 1863
Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland
President: Peter Maurer

ILO

The International Labour Organization
Formation: 29th Oct, 1919
Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland.
Head: Guy Ryder

WTO

World Trade Organization
Formation: 1st Jan, 1995
Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland
Director General: Roberto Azevedo
Member Countries: 164

OPCW

Organization for the Prohibiting of Chemical Weapons
Formation: 29th April, 1997
Headquarters: The Hague, Netherland
Director General: Fernando Arias

IMO

International Maritime Organization
Formation: 17th March, 1948
Headquarters: London, UK
Head: Kitack Lim

G20

2019 Countries and European Union
Formation: 26th Sept. 1999
Member Countries: 20
Leader: Salman of Saudi Arabia
Chairman: King Salman Bin Abdul Aziz


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