List of Important International Organizations and their Headquarters

List of Important International Organizations and their Headquarters

1. World Trade Organization (WTO) –

• Headquarters – Geneva, Switzerland
• Head – Roberto Azevedo
• Founded on – 1 January, 1995

2. World Health Organization (WHO) –

• Headquarters – Geneva, Switzerland
• Head – Dr Margaret Chan
• Founded on – 7 April, 1948

3. World Economic Forum (WEF) –

• Headquarters – Geneva, Switzerland
• Head – Klaus Schwab
• Founded on – 1971

5. International Labour Organisation (ILO) – 

• Headquarters – Geneva, Switzerland
• Head – Guy Ryder
• Founded on – 1919

6. United Nations Conference on Trade & Development (UNCTAD) –

• Headquarters – Geneva, Switzerland
• Head – MukhisaKituyi
• Founded on – 1964

7. World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) –

• Headquarters – Geneva, Switzerland
• Head – Michel Jarraud
• Founded on – 1950

8. International Monetary Fund (IMF) –

• Headquarters – Washington DC, US
• Head – Christine Lagarde
• Founded on – 27 December, 1945

9. The World Bank –

• Headquarters – Washington DC, US
• Founded on – July, 1944
• President- Jim Young Kim

10. United Nations Organization (UN) –

• Headquarters – New York, US
• Secretary general– Ban Ki-moon
• Founded on – 1945

11. United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) –

• Headquarters – New York, US
• Head – Anthony Lake
• Founded on – December, 1946

12. United Nations Education Scientific & Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) –

• Headquarters – Paris, France
• Head – Irina Bokova
• Founded on – 16 November, 1945

13. Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD) –

• Headquarters – Paris, France
• Head – Jose Angel Gurria
• Founded on – 30 September, 1961

14. North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) –

• Headquarters – Brussels, Belgium
• Head – Philip M. Breedlove
• Founded on – 4 April, 1949

15. International Maritime Organisation (IMO) –

• Headquarters – London, UK
• Head – Ki Tack Lim
• Founded on – 1959

16. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) –

• Headquarters – Vienna, Austria
• Head – Yukiya Amano
• Founded on – July 29, 1957

17. Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) –

• Headquarters – Vienna, Austria
• Head – Diezani Alison-Madueke
• Founded on – 1961-62

18. International Olympic Committee (IOC) –

• Headquarters – Lausanne, Switzerland 
• Head – Thomas Bach
• Founded on – 23 June, 1894

19. Food & Agricultural Organisation (FAO) –

• Headquarters – Rome, Italy
• Head – Jose Graziano da Silva
• Founded on -16 October, 1945
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•  20 Human Rights Watch (HRW) –
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• Headquarters – New York,USA
• Head –  Robert L. Bernstein
• Founded on -1978
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   21 Amnesty International (AI) 
• Headquarters –London, England
• Head –  Peter Benenson
• Founded on -1961
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