Important International institutions, agencies and fora- their structure, mandate

Important International institutions

In syllabus of GS Paper II of UPSC Mains this topic is mentioned as “Important International institutions, agencies and fora- their structure, mandate”. You can study this topic from various institutions notes but you also need to cover dynamic part. Here we have mentioned links of International Organizations so you can directly access website of particular organization.    

Use this page as index for making notes..

Selected Intergovernmental Organizations

• Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
• Asian Development Bank (ADB)
• Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
• Council of Europe
• European Investment Bank (EIB)
• Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
• Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
• Organization of American States (OAS)
• Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
• Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Washington, D.C.
• World Trade Organization (WTO)

European Union

• Cordis (Community Research and Development Information Service)
• European Union
• European Union Internet Resources, U.C. Berkeley Library

United Nations

• Access UN (Onsite Access Only.) Don’t forget to scroll down.
• United Nations iLibrary (Onsite Access Only.) aka: UNiLibrary
• ODS (Official Document System.) Full text UN documents.
• Guide to United Nations Research Online (Library of Congress)

• UN Member States: On the Record, Dag Hammarskjöld Library, Member States Database portal
• UN Yearbooks 1946-2000’s
• UNBIS Bibliographic records of UN documents.
• United Nations Headquarters (UN)
• United Nations Office at Geneva

• United Nations. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
• United Nations. Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)
• United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
• United Nations. Economic Commission for Europe (ECE)
• United Nations. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)

• United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)
• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
• United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
• United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
• United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Office of the (UNHCR)
• United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
• United Nations University (UNU)
• International Court of Justice (ICJ)

United Nations Specialized Agencies and Other Related Organizations

• Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
• International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
• International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
• International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
• International Labour Organization (ILO)
• International Monetary Fund (IMF)
• International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
• United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
  • International Bureau of Education (IBE)
• United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
• Universal Postal Union (UPU)
• World Bank
  • International Finance Corporation (IFC)
  • Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
  • World Bank Documents
• World Health Organization (WHO)
  • Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
  • International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)
• World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
• World Meteorological Organization (WMO)