Dear Readers,
Welcome to the online static general awareness section. Here I am providing the list of Important International Organisations and their head quarters. This will boost your general knowledge as well it also helpful for upcoming exams!!!
1.
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
Headquarters: Beijing,
China
President: Jin
Liqun
Founded on: 25th
December 2015
Members:
Total there is 57 members, of which 37 are regional and 20 non-regional
Prospective Founding Members (PFM).
2.
Asian Development Bank
Headquarters: Mandaluyong,
Philippines
President: Takehiko
Nakao
Founded on: 19th
December 1966
Members: ADB has 67 members: 48
members from the Asian and Pacific Region, 19 members from Other Regions.
3.
Association of South East Nations (ASEAN)
Headquarters: Jakarta,
Indonesia
Secretary
General: Lê Lương Minh
Founded on: 8th
August 1967
Members States:
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines,
Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam
4.
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
Headquarters: Singapore
Executive
Director: Dr Alan Bollard
Founded on: November
1989
Members:
APEC has 21 members.
5.
World Trade Organization (WTO)
Headquarters:
Geneva, Switzerland
Head: Roberto Azevedo
Founded on: 1 January, 1995
6.
World Health Organization (WHO)
Headquarters:
Geneva, Switzerland
Head: Dr
Margaret Chan
Founded on: 7 April, 1948
7.
World Economic Forum (WEF)
Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland
Head: Klaus Schwab
Founded on: 1971
8.
International Labour Organisation (ILO)
Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland
Head: Guy Ryder
Founded on: 1919
9.
United Nations Conference on Trade & Development (UNCTAD)
Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland
Head: Mukhisa Kituyi
Founded on: 1964
10.
World Meteorological Organisation (WMO)
Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland
Head: Michel Jarraud
Founded on: 1950
11.
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Headquarters: Washington DC, US
Head: Christine Lagarde
Founded on: 27 December, 1945
12.
The World Bank
Headquarters: Washington DC, US
Founded on: July, 1944
President: Jim
Young Kim
13.
United Nations Organization (UN)
Headquarters: New York, US
Secretary General:
Ban Ki-moon
Founded on: 1945
14.
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
Headquarters: New York, US
Head: Anthony Lake
Founded on: December, 1946
15.
United Nations Education Scientific & Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)
Headquarters: Paris, France
Head: Irina Bokova
Founded on: 16 November, 1945
16.
Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD)
Headquarters: Paris, France
Head: Jose Angel Gurria
Founded on: 30 September, 1961
17.
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)
Headquarters: Brussels, Belgium
Head: Philip M. Breedlove
Founded on: 4 April, 1949
18.
International Maritime Organisation (IMO)
Headquarters: London, UK
Head: Ki Tack Lim
Founded on: 1959
19.
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Headquarters: Vienna, Austria
Head: Yukiya Amano
Founded on: July 29, 1957
20.
Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
Headquarters: Vienna, Austria
Head: Diezani Alison-Madueke
Founded on: 1961-62
21.
International Olympic Committee (IOC)
Headquarters: Lausanne, Switzerland
Head: Thomas Bach
Founded on: 23 June, 1894
22.
Food & Agricultural Organisation (FAO)
Headquarters: Rome, Italy
Head: Jose Graziano da Silva
Founded on: 16
October, 1945
23.
New Development Bank (BRICS Development Bank)
Headquarters: Shanghai,
China
Head: K. V.
Kamath
Founded on: July
15, 2014
Members:
Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa
24.
United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA)
Headquarters: New
York, US
Head: Babatunde
Osotimehin
Founded: 1969
25.
World Intellectual Property Organisation
Headquarters: Geneva,
Switzerland
Head: Francis
Gurry
Founded on:
1967
26.
International Committee of the Red Cross
Headquarters: Geneva,
Switzerland
Head: Peter
Maurer
Founded on: February
17, 1863
27.
United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO)
Headquarters: Vienna,
Austria
Head: Li Yong
Founded on: 1966
28.
Commonwealth of Nations
Headquarters: London,
UK
Head: Queen
Elizabeth II
Founded on: December
11, 1931
29.
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
Headquarters: Kathmandu,
Nepal
Head: Arjun
Bahadur Thapa
Founded on: December
8, 1985
30.
International Cricket Council (ICC)
Headquarters: United
Arab Emirates
Head: Shashank
Manohar (Chairman), Zaheer Abbas (President)
Founded on: June
15, 1909