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Headquarters: International Organizations

In today’s globalized world it almost impossible for countries to remain in seclusion without interacting with other nations. These interactions can lead to certain disputes; they may also lead to the identification of trouble areas plaguing multiple nations.

Since the governmental bodies in different countries and their laws differ greatly it becomes difficult to decide about which law should prevail with regard to international level interactions.

In order to avoid conflict on these grounds and to ensure smooth functioning of the world order, various international organizations take up important roles. These international organizations have member nations from all over the world and act as a forum for diplomatic debates and negotiations.

Each international organization has a headquarters which is the control centre for the organization’s activities in the rest of the world. For the purpose of CLAT GK, this is one area which you must focus on.

United Nations Headquarters 

Here is a list of some international organizations and their headquarters.

1. United Nations– New York

2. World Health Organization-Geneva, Switzerland

3. United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization-Paris, France

4. International Atomic Energy Agency-Vienna, Austria

5. United Nations Childrens’ Fund-New York, USA

6. UN Women (United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women)-New York, USA

7. International Paralympic Committee-Bonn, Germany

8. World Bank-Washington DC, USA

9. Commonwealth of Nations-London, UK

10. Food and Agricultural Organization-Rome, Italy

11. Amnesty International-London, UK

12. Universal Postal Union-Bern, Switzerland

13. Transparency International-Berlin, Germany

14. Organization of Islamic Cooperation-Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

15. Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)-Zurich, Switzerland

16. Fédération Internationale des Échecs(FIDE)-Athens, Greece

17. Worldwide Fund for Nature-Gland, Switzerland

18. International Shooting Sports Federation-Munich, Germany

19. Doctors Without Borders-Geneva, Switzerland

20. Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons-The Hague, Netherlandsaaaa

21. South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation-Kathmandu, Nepal

22. Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation-Ebene, Mauritius

23. Association of South East Asian Nations-Jakarta, Indonesia

24. North Atlantic Treaty Organization-Brussels, Belgium

25. Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation-Singapore

26. United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime-Vienna, Austria

27. United Nations Environment Programme-Nairobi, Kenya

28. United Nations Office for Project Services-Copenhagen, Denmark

39. European Union-Brussels, Belgium

30. Arab League-Cairo, Egypt

31. Andean Community-Lima, Peru

32. Caribbean Community-Georgetown, Guyana

33. Arab Maghreb Union-Rabat, Morocco

34. African Union-Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

35. Gulf Cooperation Council-Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

36. Nordic Council-Copenhagen, Denmark

37. Union of South American States-Quito, Ecuador

38. World Customs Organization-Brussels, Belgium

39. World Tourism Organization-Madrid, Spain

40. International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL)-Lyon, France

41. European Space Agency-Paris, France

42. International Seabed Commission-Kingston, Jamaica

43. World Toilet Organization-Singapore

44. Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission-Bangkok, Thailand

45. United Nations Population Fund-New York, USA