| Abbreviations | p. ix |
| International Telephone Codes | p. xiii |
| Background Information | |
| International Organizations in the 21st Century: Challenges Facing the International System | p. 3 |
| The Development of International Organizations: a Chronology | p. 8 |
| International Observances | p. 13 |
| The United Nations | |
| The United Nations | p. 17 |
| Members | p. 17 |
| Diplomatic Representation | p. 18 |
| Permanent Missions | p. 18 |
| Observers | p. 23 |
| Information Centres/Services | p. 23 |
| Finance | p. 25 |
| Publications | p. 25 |
| Secretariat | p. 26 |
| General Assembly | p. 27 |
| Resolutions | p. 28 |
| Security Council | p. 31 |
| International Tribunals | p. 34 |
| Resolutions | p. 35 |
| Trusteeship Council | p. 53 |
| Economic and Social Council--ECOSOC | p. 53 |
| International Court of Justice | p. 54 |
| Charter of the United Nations | p. 55 |
| Universal Declaration of Human Rights | p. 64 |
| United Nations Regional Commissions | p. 66 |
| Economic Commission for Europe--ECE | p. 66 |
| Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific--ESCAP | p. 68 |
| Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean--ECLAC | p. 70 |
| Economic Commission for Africa--ECA | p. 72 |
| Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia--ESCWA | p. 75 |
| Other United Nations Bodies | p. 77 |
| Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs--OCHA | p. 77 |
| Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention--ODCCP | p. 77 |
| United Nations International Drug Control Programme--UNDCP | p. 78 |
| Centre for International Crime Prevention--CICP | p. 78 |
| Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights--OHCHR | p. 79 |
| United Nations Centre for Human Settlements--UNCHS (Habitat) | p. 80 |
| United Nations Children's Fund--UNICEF | p. 81 |
| United Nations Conference on Trade and Development--UNCTAD | p. 90 |
| United Nations Development Programme--UNDP | p. 92 |
| United Nations Environment Programme--UNEP | p. 94 |
| United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees--UNHCR | p. 100 |
| United Nations Peace-keeping Operations | p. 114 |
| Chronology of Peace-keeping Operations | p. 121 |
| United Nations Population Fund--UNFPA | p. 125 |
| United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East--UNRWA | p. 126 |
| United Nations Training and Research Institutes | p. 128 |
| World Food Programme--WFP | p. 130 |
| Specialized Agencies within the UN System | p. 131 |
| Food and Agriculture Organization--FAO | p. 131 |
| International Atomic Energy Agency--IAEA | p. 136 |
| International Bank for Reconstruction and Development--IBRD (World Bank) | p. 141 |
| International Development Association--IDA | p. 147 |
| International Finance Corporation--IFC | p. 148 |
| Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency--MIGA | p. 149 |
| International Civil Aviation Organization--ICAO | p. 150 |
| International Fund for Agricultural Development--IFAD | p. 151 |
| International Labour Organization--ILO | p. 153 |
| International Maritime Organization--IMO | p. 156 |
| International Monetary Fund--IMF | p. 157 |
| International Telecommunication Union--ITU | p. 164 |
| United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization--UNESCO | p. 166 |
| United Nations Industrial Development Organization--UNIDO | p. 170 |
| Universal Postal Union--UPU | p. 171 |
| World Health Organization--WHO | p. 172 |
| World Intellectual Property Organization--WIPO | p. 178 |
| World Meteorological Organization--WMO | p. 180 |
| Membership of the United Nations and its Specialized Agencies | p. 196 |
| Major Non-UN Organizations | |
| African Development Bank--ADB | p. 201 |
| Andean Community of Nations | p. 204 |
| Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development--AFESD | p. 208 |
| Arab Monetary Fund | p. 210 |
| Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation--APEC | p. 212 |
| Asian Development Bank--ADB | p. 217 |
| Association of South East Asian Nations--ASEAN | p. 221 |
| Bank for International Settlements--BIS | p. 231 |
| Caribbean Community and Common Market--CARICOM | p. 233 |
| Central American Integration System | p. 238 |
| Central American Common Market--CACM | p. 240 |
| Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa--COMESA | p. 242 |
| The Commonwealth | p. 244 |
| The Commonwealth of Independent States--CIS | p. 254 |
| Co-operation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (Gulf Co-operation Council--GCC) | p. 260 |
| Council of Arab Economic Unity | p. 264 |
| Council of Baltic Sea States | p. 266 |
| The Council of Europe | p. 267 |
| Economic Community of West African States--ECOWAS | p. 285 |
| Economic Co-operation Organization | p. 291 |
| European Bank for Reconstruction and Development--EBRD | p. 292 |
| European Free Trade Association--EFTA | p. 295 |
| European Space Agency--ESA | p. 297 |
| The European Union--EU | p. 299 |
| The Franc Zone | p. 349 |
| Inter-American Development Bank--IDB | p. 352 |
| Intergovernmental Authority on Development--IGAD | p. 355 |
| International Chamber of Commerce--ICC | p. 357 |
| International Confederation of Free Trade Unions--ICFTU | p. 359 |
| International Olympic Committee | p. 361 |
| International Organization for Migration--IOM | p. 363 |
| International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement | p. 366 |
| International Committee of the Red Cross--ICRC | p. 367 |
| International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies--IFRCS | p. 370 |
| International Seabed Authority | p. 375 |
| Inter-Parliamentary Union | p. 377 |
| Islamic Development Bank | p. 380 |
| Latin American Integration Association--LAIA | p. 382 |
| League of Arab States | p. 384 |
| Mercosur--see Southern Common Market Nordic Council | p. 391 |
| Nordic Council of Ministers | p. 392 |
| North American Free Trade Agreement--NAFTA | p. 395 |
| North Atlantic Treaty Organization--NATO | p. 396 |
| Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development--OECD | p. 405 |
| International Energy Agency | p. 409 |
| OECD Nuclear Energy Agency--NEA | p. 410 |
| Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe--OSCE | p. 412 |
| Organization of African Unity--OAU | p. 422 |
| Organization of American States--OAS | p. 428 |
| Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries--OAPEC | p. 436 |
| Organization of the Black Sea Economic Co-operation--BSEC | p. 438 |
| Organization of the Islamic Conference--OIC | p. 439 |
| Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries--OPEC | p. 443 |
| OPEC Fund for International Development | p. 448 |
| Pacific Community | p. 450 |
| Pacific Islands Forum | p. 452 |
| Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat | p. 454 |
| South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation--SAARC | p. 456 |
| Southern African Development Community--SADC | p. 458 |
| Southern Common Market (Mercosur) | p. 463 |
| Western European Union--WEU | p. 466 |
| World Confederation of Labour--WCL | p. 470 |
| World Council of Churches--WCC | p. 472 |
| World Federation of Trade Unions--WFTU | p. 473 |
| World Trade Organization--WTO | p. 474 |
| Other International Organizations: Listed by subject | |
| Agriculture, Food, Forestry and Fisheries | p. 481 |
| Arts and Culture | p. 485 |
| Commodities | p. 487 |
| Development and Economic Co-operation | p. 490 |
| Economics and Finance | p. 495 |
| Education | p. 497 |
| Environmental Conservation | p. 501 |
| Government and Politics | p. 502 |
| Industrial and Professional Relations | p. 506 |
| Law | p. 508 |
| Medicine and Health | p. 511 |
| Posts and Telecommunications | p. 519 |
| Press, Radio and Television | p. 519 |
| Religion | p. 521 |
| Science | p. 524 |
| Social Sciences | p. 532 |
| Social Welfare and Human Rights | p. 535 |
| Sport and Recreations | p. 539 |
| Technology | p. 541 |
| Tourism | p. 546 |
| Trade and Industry | p. 547 |
| Transport | p. 552 |
| Youth and Students | p. 555 |
| Who's Who in International Organizations | |
| Who's Who | p. 557 |
| Index of organizations | p. 577 |
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