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Protected: world organizations and their head quarters

HQ in Washington DC, USA

1. International Monetary Fund (IMF)

2. World Bank (WB)

HQ in Paris, France

1. United Nations Educational Scientific & Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)

2. Organisation for Economic Cooperation &Development (OECD)

HQ in Vienna, Austria

1. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

2. Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

HQ in Geneva, Switzerland

1. WHO     (World Health Organization)

2. WTO      (World Trade Organization)

3. WEF      (World Economic Forum)

4. ILO        (International Labour Organization)

5. WMO    (World Meteorological Organization)

6. IOS    (International Organization for Standardization)

7. WIPO    (World Intellectual Property Organization)

8. ICRC      (International committee of the Red Cross)

9. UNCTAD  (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development)

HQ in London, UK

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1. Amnesty International

2. International Maritime Organisation (IMO)

3. Commonwealth of Nations

HQ in The Hague, Netherlands

1. International Court of Justice (ICJ)

2. Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)

HQ in Newyork, USA

1. UNICEF (United Nations Children’s fund)

2. UNFPA (United Nations Population fund)

International Financial Institutions & their HQs

1. Asian Development Bank (ADB): Mandaluyong, Philippines

2. Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB): Beijing, China

3. New Development Bank (BRICS Development Bank): Shanghai, China

Miscellaneous Organizations and Their HQs

1. Food & Agricultural Organisation (FAO): Rome, Italy

2. South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC): Kathmandu, Nepal

3. Association of South East Nations (ASEAN): Jakarta, Indonesia

4. Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC): Singapore

5. North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO): Brussels, Belgium

6. International Cricket Council (ICC): Dubai, UAE

7. Transparency International: Berlin, Germany

8. International Renewable Energy Agency (IREA): Abu Dhabi, UAE

9. Universal Postal Union: Bern, Switzerland

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10. International Olympic Committee (IOC): Lausanne, Switzerland

11. The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA): Zurich, Switzerland

12. World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF): Vaud, Switzerland

13. Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC):
Dhaka, Bangladesh

14. World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA): Montreal, Canada

15. Bank for International Settlements (BIS):  Basel, Switzerland

16. International Solar alliance: Gurugram, India

Some tricks to remember HQs

Trick 1: Any Organization starts with “World or International” and ends with “Organization”
headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. (Except IMO).

Examples:
World Health Organization (WHO)
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
World Nature Organization (WNO)
World Trade Organization (WTO)
International Labour Organization (ILO)

Trick 2: Organizations which related to International money or monetary organization will be in

Washington DC.

Examples:
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
World Bank

Trick 3: “I AM a COMMON man from LONDON”

I -International Maritime Organization (IMO)

AM – Amnensty International (AI)
COMMON – Commonwealth of Nations
COMMON – Commonwealth Telecommunication Organization (CTO)

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