WORLD’S ORGANIZATION

TOP LIST MEANINGS FUNCTIONS

UN United Nations The UN is the most popular intergovernmental institute responsible for the prevention of war and conflict in the world. The
Organization United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose mission is to ensure international peace and security, promote
cordial relations between nations, promote international cooperation, and serve as a central focus for coordinating national
efforts. It is the world’s largest, most well-known, most widely represented, and most powerful intergovernmental organization.
UNICEF United Nations UNICEF, or the United Nations Children’s Fund, is a United Nations organization that provides humanitarian and
Children’s Fund developmental aid to children around the world. With a presence in 192 countries and territories, the agency is one
of the most well-known and well-known social welfare organizations in the world. Immunization and disease
prevention are among UNICEF’s initiatives, as are HIV treatment for children and women, improving childhood and
maternal nutrition, increasing sanitation, promoting education, and providing emergency relief in disasters.
WHO World Health The World Health Organization (WHO) is a United Nations specialized organization in charge of international public
Organization health. “The attainment by all peoples of the highest attainable degree of health,” declares the WHO Constitution,
which sets the agency’s governance structure and ideals.
WEF World Economic Forum The World Economic Forum (WEF), based in Cologny, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland, is an international non-
governmental organization (NGO) created on January 24, 1971. “Committed to improving the status of the world by
engaging commercial, governmental, intellectual, and other leaders of society to influence global, regional, and
industry agendas,” reads the WEF’s mission statement.
IMF International Monetary The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is one of the most prominent international organizations and thus on our list.
Fund It is a 190-country international financial institution headquartered in Washington, D.C. that works to promote global
monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and
sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world while relying on the World Bank for resources
on a periodic basis.
WB World Bank The World Bank is an international financial agency that lends and gives money to governments in low- and middle-
income nations to fund capital projects. The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the
International Development Association (IDA) are the two institutions that make up the organization (IDA). The
World Bank Group consists of the World Bank and its subsidiaries.
WTO World Trade The World Trade Organization (WTO) is a multilateral organization that regulates and supports international trade.
Organization It began operations on January 1, 1995, as a result of the 1994 Marrakesh Agreement, which replaced the 1948-
established General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). With 164 member states representing over 96 percent
of global trade and GDP, the World Trade Organization (WTO) is the world’s largest international economic
organization.
UNESCO United Nations The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), is a United Nations (UN)
Educational, Scientific, specialized agency charged with the duty of promoting world peace and security through international cooperation
and Cultural in education, science, and culture. It consists of 193 member states, 11 associate members, and nongovernmental,
Organization intergovernmental, and corporate sector partners.
SAARC South Asian South Asia’s major intergovernmental organization and geopolitical union is the South Asian Association for
Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC). Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri
Regional Cooperation Lanka are its members. As of 2019, the SAARC makes for 3% of the world’s land area, 21% of the world’s
population, and 4.21 percent (US$3.67 trillion) of the global economy.
ASEAN Association of The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), is an economic union in Southeast Asia made up of ten
Southeast Asian member states that promote intergovernmental cooperation and facilitate economic, political, security, military,
Nations educational, and sociocultural integration among its members and other Asian countries. The primary goal of ASEAN
was to speed economic growth and, as a result, social and cultural development.
OECD Organization for The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); is a 38-member intergovernmental
Economic Co-operation economic organization formed in 1961 to promote economic advancement and global trade. As one of the most
and Development prominent international organizations on our list, the OECD is responsible for trade and economic activities. It is a
forum of countries that identify themselves as committed to democracy and the market economy. It serves as a forum
for members to share policy experiences, seek solutions to shared challenges, identify best practices, and coordinate
their domestic and international policies.
AIIB Asian Infrastructure The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is an international development bank dedicated to improving Asia’s
Investment Bank economic and social conditions. Currently, the bank has 103 members and 21 prospective members from all around
the world.
NDB New Development The New Development Bank (NDB), originally known as the BRICS Development Bank, is a global development
Bank bank founded by the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa). “The Bank shall support
public or private initiatives through loans, guarantees, equity participation, and other financial instruments,”
according to the NDB Agreement.
ADB Asian Development The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is a regional development bank headquartered in the Ortigas Center in
Bank Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines. It was founded on December 19, 1966. In addition, the corporation
operates 31 field offices around the world to promote Asia’s social and economic development.
WWF World Wide Fund for The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is an international non-governmental organization that seeks to preserve
Nature wilderness and reduce the human effects on the environment. It was created in 1961. The World Wildlife Fund was
its last name, and it is still used in Canada and the United States. With over five million supporters globally, WWF
is the world’s largest conservation organization, working in over 100 countries and supporting around 3,000
conservation and environmental projects.
 ICC International Criminal The International Criminal Court (ICC) investigates and, where warranted, tries individuals charged with the gravest
Court crimes of concern to the international community: genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and crimes of
aggression. The Court is participating in a global fight to end impunity, and through international criminal justice,
the Court aims to hold those responsible accountable for their crimes and to help prevent these crimes from happening
again. The Court cannot reach these goals alone. As a court of last resort, it seeks to complement, not replace, national
Courts. Governed by an international treaty called the Rome Statute, the ICC is the world’s first permanent
international criminal court.
UNCLOS United Nations The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea was adopted in 1982. It lays down a comprehensive regime
Convention on the Law of law and order in the world's oceans and seas establishing rules governing all uses of the oceans and their resources.
of the Sea It embodies in one instrument traditional rules for the uses of the oceans and at the same time introduces new legal
concepts and regimes and addresses new concerns. The Convention also provides the framework for further
development of specific areas of the law of the sea.
SEATO Southeast Asia Treaty In September of 1954, the United States, France, Great Britain, New Zealand, Australia, the Philippines, Thailand,
Organization and Pakistan formed the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, or SEATO. The purpose of the organization was to
prevent communism from gaining ground in the region. Although called the “Southeast Asia Treaty Organization,”
only two Southeast Asian countries became members. The Philippines joined in part because of its close ties with the
United States and in part out of concern over the nascent communist insurgency threatening its own government.
Thailand, similarly, joined after learning of a newly established “Thai Autonomous Region” in Yunnan Province in
South China, expressing concern about the potential for Chinese communist subversion on its own soil.
NATO North Atlantic Treaty NATO’s purpose is to guarantee the freedom and security of its members through political and military means.
Organization POLITICAL – NATO promotes democratic values and enables members to consult and cooperate on defense and
security-related issues to solve problems, build trust and, in the long run, prevent conflict.
MILITARY – NATO is committed to the peaceful resolution of disputes. If diplomatic efforts fail, it has the military
power to undertake crisis-management operations. These are carried out under the collective defense clause of
NATO's founding treaty – Article 5 of the Washington Treaty or under a United Nations mandate, alone or in
cooperation with other countries and international organizations.

APEC Asia-Pacific Economic The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is a regional economic forum established in 1989 to leverage the
Cooperation growing interdependence of the Asia-Pacific. APEC's 21 members aim to create greater prosperity for the people of
the region by promoting balanced, inclusive, sustainable, innovative and secure growth and by accelerating regional
economic integration.
 ORGANIZATION & INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS
ESG (ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL & ESG investing refers to how companies score on these responsibility metrics and standards for potential
GOVERNANCE) investments. Environmental criteria gauge how a company safeguards the environment. Social criteria
examine how it manages relationships with employees, suppliers, customers, and communities.
Governance measures a company’s leadership, executive pay, audits, internal controls, and shareholder
rights.
KYOTO PROTOCOL An international treaty that extends the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change (UNFCCC) that commits state parties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, based on the
scientific consensus that (part one) global warming is occurring and (part two) that human-made CO2
emissions are driving it. It was adopted in Kyoto, Japan, on 11 December 1997 and entered into force on
16 February 2005.
PARIS AGREEMENT It is an agreement within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), on
climate change mitigation, adaptation, and finance, signed in 2016. This was negotiated by representatives of 196
state parties at the 21st Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC in Le Bourget, near Paris, France, and adopted
by consensus on 12 December 2015. It is Holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2
°C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial
levels, recognizing that this would significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change.
MONTREAL PROTOCOL An international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production of numerous substances
that are responsible for ozone depletion. Open for signature on 16 September 1987, it was made according to the
1985 Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, which established the framework for international
cooperation in addressing ozone depletion.

PHILIPPINE ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS

LAWS NAME FUNCTION
PD 1586 Philippine Environmental Impact No person, partnership or corporation shall undertake or operate any such declared
Statement System environmentally critical project or area without first securing an Environmental Compliance
Certificate (ECC)
RA 9275 Clean Water Act of 2004 Regulates the disposal of wastewater to any waterbodies as a require industries to secure.
RA 8749 Clean Air Act of 1999 All potential sources of air pollution (mobile, point, and area sources) must comply with the
provisions of the law. All emissions must be within the ambient air quality & emission
standards.
RA 9003 Ecological Solid Waste Mgt Act of 2000 Requires segregation of wastes at source, proper collection, and disposal of waste.
RA 6969 Toxic and Hazardous and Nuclear Regulates, restricts, and prohibits the importation, manufacture, processes, sales, distribution,
Waste Control Act of 1990 use, and disposal of chemical substances.
 RENEWABLE ENERGY NON-RENEWABLE ENERGY
Renewable energy comes from unlimited, naturally replenished resources, such as the Nonrenewable energy comes from sources that will run out or
sun, tides, and wind. Renewable energy can be used for electricity generation, space will not be replenished in our lifetimes—or even in many, many
and water heating and cooling, and transportation. lifetimes. Most nonrenewable energy sources are fossil fuels.
B BIOMASS ENERGY COAL
G GEOTHERMAL ENERGY OIL
S SOLAR ENERGY NATURAL GAS
H HYDROPOWER ENERGY PETROLEUM
O OCEAN ENERGY
W WIND ENERGY

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATION (ISO)

ISO is the short name for the International Organization for Standardization. The International Organization for Standardization came into existence in the
year 1946 in London. This organization was formed after a delegation of 65 members from 25 countries, met to discuss the future of International
Standardization. In 1947, ISO was officially formed with 67 technical committees consisting of a group of experts focusing on a specific subject. ISO
founders decided to give it an acronym ISO, which was based on the Greek word ‘isos’, which means ‘equal’.
TOP LIST NAME FUNCTIONS
ISO 9001 QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM This standard provides the QMS requirements to be implemented for a company
that wants to create all of the policies, processes, and procedures necessary to
provide products and services that meet customer and regulatory needs and
improve customer satisfaction.
1SO 14001 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM It helps organizations improve their environmental performance through more
efficient use of resources and reduction of waste, gaining a competitive advantage
and the trust of stakeholders.
ISO/ IEC 27001 OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & SAFETY It is for health and safety at work developed by national and international standards
SYSTEM committees independent of government. Implementing ISO 45001 may help your
organization demonstrate compliance with health and safety law.
ISO 45001 INFORMATION SECURITY SYSTEM To establish an information security management system and apply a risk
management process that is adapted to their size and needs, and scale it as
necessary as these factors evolve.