United Nations (UN)
Founded: October 24, 1945
Membership: 193 member states, 2 observer states
Headquarters: New York (United States)
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
Founded: September 25, 1969
Membership: 57 member states
Headquarters: Jeddah (Saudi Arabia)
European Union (EU)
Founded: November 1, 1993
Membership: 27 states
Headquarters: Brussels (Belgium)
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Founded: April 4, 1949
Membership: 30 states
Headquarters: Brussels (Belgium)
Arab League
Founded: March 22, 1945
Membership: 22 states
Headquarters: Cairo (Egypt)
World Trade Organization (WTO)
Founded: January 1, 1995
Membership: 164 member states
Headquarters: Geneva (Switzerland)
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
Founded: December 8, 1985
Membership: 8 member states
Headquarters: Kathmandu (Nepal)
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
Founded: June 15, 2001
Membership: 8 member states
Headquarters: Beijing (China)
Non-Aligned Movement
Founded: 1961
Membership: 120 member states; 17 observers, 10 international organisations
Headquarters: Jakarta (Indonesia)
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
Founded: August 8, 1967
Membership: 10 states
Headquarters: Jakarta (Indonesia)
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
Founded: September 1960
Membership: 13 states
Headquarters: Vienna (Austria)
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Founded: 27 December 1945
Headquarters: Washington, D.C. (United States)
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Founded: July 29, 1957
Membership: 171 Member States
Headquarters: Vienna (Austria)
Amnesty International
Founded: July 1961
Headquarters location: London (United Kingdom)
Doctors Without Borders
Founded: December 22, 1971
Headquarters: Geneva (Switzerland)
Reporters Without Borders
Founded: 1985
Headquarters: Paris (France)
Greenpeace
Founded: 1971
Headquarters: Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Transparency International
Founded: May 4, 1993
Headquarters: Berlin (Germany)
Freedom House
Founded: October 31, 1941
Headquarters: Washington, D.C. (United States)
World Economic Forum
Founded: January 1971
Headquarters: Cologny (Switzerland)
Committee to Protect Journalists
Founded: 1981
Headquarters: New York (United States)
Human Rights Watch
Founded: 1978
Headquarters: New York (United States)
Oxfam
Founded: 1942
Headquarters: Nairobi (Kenya)
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
Founded: April 29, 1961
Headquarters: Gland (Switzerland)
International Chamber of Commerce
Founded: 1919
Headquarters: Paris (France)
Save the Children
Founded: April 15, 1919
Headquarters: London (United Kingdom)
Other Institutions, Specialized Bodies, Think Tanks, etc.
World Bank
Headquarters: Washington, D.C. (United States)
World Health Organization (WHO)
Headquarters: Geneva (Switzerland)
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Headquarters: Paris (France)
International Court of Justice (ICJ)
Headquarters location: The Hague (Netherlands)
The International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol)
Headquarters: Lyon (France)
World Food Programme (WFP)
Headquarters: Rome (Italy)
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Headquarters: Mandaluyong (Philippines)
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
Headquarters: New York (United States)
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Headquarters: Geneva (Switzerland)
Pew Research Center
Headquarters: Washington D.C. (United States)
Brookings Institution
Headquarters: Washington (United States)