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:
Organizations Abbreviations Headquarters Formation 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 OSCE Vienna, Austria 1973 Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States OECS Castries, Saint Lucia 1981 Organization of American States OAS OAS Washington, D.C. 1948 Organisation of Islamic Cooperation OIC Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 1969 Pacific Islands Forum Suva, Fiji 1971 Secretariat of the Pacific Community SPC Nouméa 1947 South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation SAARC Kathmandu, Nepal 1985 Union of South American Nations USAN Quito, Ecuador 2004 Southern African Development Community SADC Gaborone, Botswana 1992 Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization UNPO The Hague, Netherlands 1991 World Trade Organization WTO Geneva, Switzerland 1995 Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific ESCAP Bangkok, Thailand 1947
Organizations Abbreviations Headquarters Formation Food and Agriculture Organization FAO Palazzo FAO, Rome, Italy 1945 United Nations UN New York City, USA 1945 International Civil Aviation Organization ICAO Montreal, Quebec, Canada 1947 International Labour Organization ILO Geneva, Switzerland 1919 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR Geneva, Switzerland 1950 International Maritime Organization IMO London, United Kingdom 1959 United Nations Atomic Energy Commission UNAEC New York City, USA 1946 Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS UNAIDS Geneva, Switzerland 1996 United Nations Capital Development Fund UNCDF New York City, USA United Nations Development Programme UNDP New York City, USA 1965 United Nations Children’s Fund UNICEF New York City, USA 1946 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNESCO Paris, France 1946 United Nations Environment Programme UNEP Nairobi, Kenya 1972 United Nations Human Settlements Programme UN-Habitat Nairobi, Kenya 1978 United Nations Industrial Development Organization UNIDO Vienna, Austria 1985 United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime UNODC Vienna, Austria 1997 Universal Postal Union UPU Bern, Switzerland 1874 World Health Organization WHO Geneva, Switzerland 1948 World Intellectual Property Organization WIPO Geneva, Switzerland 1967 World Food Programme WFP Rome, Italy 1961 World Meteorological Organization WMO Geneva, Switzerland 1950 World Tourism Organization UNWTO Madrid, Spain 1957 International Rescue Committee IRC New York City, United States 1933 International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA Vienna, Austria 1957 International Telecommunication Union ITU Geneva, Switzerland 1947 Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights OHCHR Geneva, Switzerland 1993
Organizations Abbreviations Headquarters Formation North Atlantic Treaty Organisation NATO Brussels, Belgium 1949 European Security and Defence Policy ESDP Paris Shanghai Cooperation Organisation SCO Beijing, China 1996 Collective Security Treaty Organization CSTO Moscow, Russia 1992 Peace and Security Council PSC Addis Ababa
Organizations Abbreviations Headquarters Formation World Bank Washington D.C., United States 1944 African Development Bank AfDB Abidjan, Ivory Coast(statutory) & Tunis, Tunisia (temporary) 1963 Asian Development Bank ADB Metro Manila, Philippines 1966 European Bank for Reconstruction and Development EBRD London 1991 Inter-American Development Bank IDB Washington, D.C. 1959 International Monetary Fund IMF Washington, D.C 1945 Islamic Development Bank IDB Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 1973 International Monetary Fund IMF Washington, D.C., United States 1945 International Fund for Agricultural Development IFAD Rome, Italy 1977 Bank for International Settlements BIS Basel, Switzerland 1930 Black Sea Trade and Development Bank BSTDB Thessaloniki, Greece 1997 Caribbean Development Bank CDB Bridgetown, Barbados 1969 Nordic Development Fund NDF Helsinki, Finland. 1989 Nordic Investment Bank NIB Helsinki, Finland. 1970 European Central Bank ECB Frankfurt, Germany 1998
Organizations Abbreviations Headquarters Formation Asian Football Confederation AFC Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 1954 Confederation of African Football CAF 6th of October City, Egypt. 1957 Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football CONCACAF Miami, Florida, U.S. 1961 South American Football Confederation CONMEBOL Luque, Paraguay 1916 Oceania Football Confederation OFC Auckland, New Zealand 1966 Union of European Football Associations UEFA Nyon, Switzerland 1954 World Chess Federation(Fédération Internationale des Échecs ) FIDE Athens, Greece 1924 International Federation of Association Football(Fédération Internationale de Football Association) FIFA Zürich, Switzerland 1904 1904 International Cricket Council ICC Dubai, United Arab Emirates 1909 International Olympic Committee IOC Lausanne, Switzerland 1894 International Paralympic Committee IPC Bonn, Germany 1989 World Rugby(International Rugby Football Board) IRFB Dublin,Ireland 1886 Commonwealth Games Federation CGF London, United Kingdom 1930 International Tennis Federation ITF London, UK 1913 Badminton World Federation BWF Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 1934 International Hockey Federation FIH Lausanne, Switzerland 1924
Organizations Abbreviations Headquarters Formation European Space Agency ESA Paris,France 1975 Indian Space Research Organization ISRO Bangalore, India 1969 United Kingdom Space Agency UKSA Swindon, Wiltshire 2010 National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA Washington, D.C. , USA 1958 Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos Moscow, Russia 1992 China National Space Administration CNSA Beijing, China 1993 Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency JAXA Tokyo, Japan 2003 French Space Agency CNES Paris, France 1961 Italian Space Agency ASI Rome, Italy 1988 German Aerospace Center DLR Cologne 1969
Organizations Abbreviations Headquarters Formation Colombo Plan Colombo, Sri Lanka 1950 Intergovernmental Authority on Development IGAD Djibouti City 1986 Antarctic Treaty System ATS Washington, D.C., USA 1959 International Court of Justice ICJ The Hague, Netherlands 1945 International Committee of the Red Cross ICRC Geneva, Switzerland 1863 International Criminal Police Organization INTERPOL Lyon, France 1923 International Criminal Court ICC The Hague, Netherlands 1998 International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies IFRC Geneva, Switzerland 1919 International Organization for Migration IOM Geneva, Switzerland 1951 Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons OPCW The Hague, Netherlands 1997 International Centre for Migration Policy Development ICMPD Vienna, Austria 1993 Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries OPEC Vienna, Austria 1960 World Toilet Organization WTO Singapore 2001
