International Organizations are those organizations which are created to resolve global issues from all over the world. These organizations help to achieve international agendas. Below are the various famous international organizations which plan the structural and procedural frame work for various international issues like political growth, world heath issues, children Funds etc.
There are some powerful organizations about which every student preparing for IBPS, PO / Clerk, and SSC should know. These organizations are asked in general awareness section of these competitive exams.
Here is the list of some important organization and their headquarters from all over the world.
| S.N. | Organization | Abbreviation | Year | Head Quarters | Logo |
| 1 | United Nations Organization | (UNO) | 1945 | New York |  |
| 2 | United Nations Children’s’ Fund | (UNICEF) | 1946 | New York |  |
| 3 | United Nations Population Fund | (UNFPA) | 1969 | New York |  |
| 4 | United Nations Conference on Trade and Development | (UNCTAD) | 1964 | Geneva |  |
| 5 | World Health Organization | (WHO) | 1948 | Geneva |  |
| 6 | International Labor Organization | (ILO) | 1919 | Geneva |  |
| 7 | International Committee of the Red Cross | (ICRC) | 1863 | Geneva |  |
| 8 | World Trade Organization | (WTO) | 1995 | Geneva |  |
| 9 | World Meteorological Organization | (WMO) | 1950 | Geneva |  |
| 10 | World Intellectual Property Organization | (WIPO) | 1967 | Geneva |  |
| 11 | International Organization for Standardization | (ISO) | 1947 | Geneva |  |
| 12 | United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization | (UNESCO) | 1945 | Paris |  |
| 13 | UN Women | (UW) | 2010 | New York |  |
| 14 | Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development | (OECD) | 1961 | Paris |  |
| 15 | United Nations Industrial Development Organization | (UNIDO) | 1966 | Vienna |  |
| 16 | International Atomic Energy Agency | (IAEA) | 1957 | Vienna |  |
| 17 | Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries | (OPEC) | 1960 | Vienna |  |
| 18 | International Monetary Fund | (IMF) | 1945 | Washington DC |  |
| 19 | World Bank | (WB) | 1944 | Washington DC |  |
| 20 | Amnestry International | (AI) | 1961 | London |  |
| 21 | International Maritime Organization | (IMO) | 1959 | London |  |
| 22 | Commonwealth of Nations | (CWN) | 1926 | London |  |
| 23 | International Court Of Justice | (ICJ) | 1945 | The Hague |  |
| 24 | Universal Postal Union | (UPU) | 1874 | Berne |  |
| 25 | Food and Agricultural Organization | (FAO) | 1945 | Rome |  |
| 26 | North Atlantic Treaty Organization | (NATO) | 1949 | Brussels |  |
| 27 | Transparency International | (TI) | 1993 | Berlin |  |
| 28 | International Renewable Energy Agency | (IRENA) | 2009 | Abu Dhabi (UAE) |  |
| 29 | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | (ASEAN) | 1985 | Kathmandu |  |
| 30 | Association of South East Asian Nations | (ASEAN) | 1967 | Jakarta |  |
| 31 | Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation | (APEC) | 1989 | Singapore |  |
| 32 | Organization of Islamic Cooperation | (OIC) | 1969 | Jeddah |  |
| 33 | Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation | (IORA) | 1997 | Ebene, Mauritius |  |
| 34 | Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons | (OPCW) | 1997 | The Hague, The Netherlands |  |
| 35 | International Olympic Committee | (IOC) | 1894 | Lausanne, Switzerland |  |
| 36 | Worldwide Fund for Nature | (WWF) | 1961 | Gland, Switzerland |  |
| 37 | International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry | IUPAC | 1919 | Zurich, Switzerland |  |
| 38 | World Economic Forum | (WEF) | 1971 | Geneva, Switzerland |  |
| 39 | International Hydrographic Organization | (IHO) | 1921 | Monaco |  |
| 40 | International Association of Athletics Federations | (IAAF) | 1912 | Monaco |  |
| 41 | Federation Internationale de Football Association | (FIFA) | 1924 | Zurich, Switzerland |  |
| 42 | International Cricket Council | (ICC) | 1909 | Dubai, UAE |  |
| 43 | International Hockey Federation | (FIH) | 1924 | Lausanne, Switzerland |  |
| 44 | Federation international des échecs or World Chess Federation | (FIDE) | 1924 | Athens, Greece |  |
| 45 | International Union for Conservation of Nature | (IUCN) | 1948 | Gland, Switzerland |  |
| 46 | Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers | (ICANN) | 1998 | Los Angeles, USA |  |
| 47 | Médecins Sans Frontières or Doctors without Borders | (MSF) | 1971 | Geneva, Switzerland |  |
| 48 | International Shooting Sports Federation | (ISSF) | 1907 | Munich, Germany |  |
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