Students who want to pursue their career in defence services or any government vacancies that involve exams like CDA, AFCAT, NDA and many others, must prepare themselves for every section of the examination thoroughly. One of the most important sections of these exams is the knowledge of International Organizations and their headquarters: their abbreviation and formation dates.Â
In almost 90% of the entrance or competitive exams, the questions are related to these international organizations and you have to choose the location or their abbreviation only.
Here is the list of the organization names with their abbreviation and formation dates to cover for competitive exams:
Political and Economical Organizations
OrganizationsÂ
AbbreviationsÂ
Headquarters
FormationÂ
African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States
ACP
Brussels – Belgium
1975
European Union
EU
Brussels
1958
Andean Community
CAN
Lima, Peru.
1969
Arab League(League of Arab States
Cairo 1905yArab Maghreb Union
AMU Rabat, Morocco
1956
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
APEC
Singapore
1905
African Union
AU
Addis Ababa, Johannesburg
2001
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
ASEAN
Jakarta, Indonesia
1967
Caribbean Community
CARICOM
Georgetown, Guyana.
1973
Central American Parliament
PARLACEN
Guatemala City
1980
Common Market of East and Southern Africa
COMESA
Lusaka, Zambia
1994
Commonwealth of Nations (British Commonwealth)
London, United Kingdom
1926
Commonwealth of Independent States (Russian Commonwealth)
CIS
Moscow, Russian
1991
Council of Europe
CoE
Strasbourg, France
1949
East African Community
EAC
Arusha
1967
Economic Community of West African States
ECOWAS
Abuja, Nigeria
1975
European Free Trade Association
EFTA
Geneva, Switzerland
1960
Gulf Cooperation Council
GCC
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
1981
Indian Ocean Commission
IOC
Port Louis, Mauritius
1982
Non-Aligned Movement
NAM
New York City, USA
1961
Nordic Council
Copenhagen, Denmark
1952
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
OECD
Paris, France
1948
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
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