Useful International Organizations - Headquarters, Chiefs and Purpose

 International Organizations - Headquarters, Chiefs and Purpose

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♣ Name:==>International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL)

♣ Headquarters:==>Lyon, France

♣ Heads:==>Mrs. Ballestrazzi

♣ Foundation Year:==>7 September, 1923

♣ Number of Members Countries:==>190

♣ Purpose:==>Connecting Police for a safer world

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♣ Name:==>World Bank

♣ Headquarters:==>Washington D.C. (U.S.A.)

♣ Heads:==>Jim Yong Kim

♣ Foundation Year:==>July, 1944

♣ Number of Members Countries:==>189

♣ Purpose:==>Crediting, Working for a world free of Poverty

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♣ Name:==>IBRD

♣ Headquarters:==>Washington D.C. (U.S.A.)

♣ Heads:==>Jim Yong Kim

♣ Foundation Year:==>1944

♣ Number of Members Countries:==>189

♣ Development Assistance, Poverty Reduction

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♣ Name:==>ICSID (International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes)

♣ Headquarters:==>Washington D.C. (U.S.A.)

♣ Heads:==>Jim Yong Kim

♣ Foundation Year:==>1957 (But operating starts in 1966)

♣ Number of Members Countries:==>159

♣ Purpose:==>International Arbitration

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♣ Name:==>International Finance Corporation (IFC)

♣ Headquarters:==>Washington D.C. (U.S.A.)

♣ Heads:==>Philippe Le Houérou

♣ Foundation Year:==>24 July, 1956

♣ Number of Members Countries:==>184

♣ Purpose:==>Private Sector Development, Poverty Reduction

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♣ Name:==>Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)

♣ Headquarters:==>Washington D.C. (U.S.A.)

♣ Heads:==>Keiko Honda

♣ Foundation Year:==>1988

♣ Number of Members Countries:==>181

♣ Purpose:==>Political Risk Insurance, Foreign Direct Investment

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♣ Name:==>World Trade Organization (WTO)

♣ Headquarters:==>Geneva, Switzerland

♣ Heads:==>Roberto Azevedo

♣ Foundation Year:==>1 January, 1995

♣ Number of Members Countries:==>162

♣ Purpose:==>Regulate International Trade

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♣ Name:==>International Monetary Fund (IMF)

♣ Headquarters:==>Washington D.C. (U.S.A.)

♣ Heads:==>Christine Lagarde

♣ Foundation Year:==>27 December, 1945

♣ Number of Members Countries:==>189

♣ Purpose:==>To promotes international economic cooperation

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♣ Name:==>Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

♣ Headquarters:==>Basel, Switzerland

♣ Heads:==>Jaime Caruana

♣ Foundation Year:==>17 May, 1930

♣ Number of Members Countries:==>60 Central Banks

♣ Purpose:==>Central Bank Cooperation

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♣ Name:==>Asian Development Bank (ADB)

♣ Headquarters:==>Metro Manila, Philippines

♣ Heads:==>Takehiko Nakao

♣ Foundation Year:==>22 August, 1966

♣ Number of Members Countries:==>67

♣ Purpose:==>Crediting

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♣ Name:==>World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

♣ Headquarters:==>Geneva Switzerland

♣ Heads:==>Francis Gurry

♣ Foundation Year:==>14 July, 1967

♣ Number of Members Countries:==>188

♣ Purpose:==>To promote the protection of intellectual property throughout the world

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♣ Name:==>World Health Organization (WHO)

♣ Headquarters:==>Geneva Switzerland

♣ Heads:==>Margaret Chan

♣ Foundation Year:==>7 April, 1948

♣ Number of Members Countries:==>193

♣ Purpose:==>Health For All

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♣ Name:==>International Labour Organization (ILO)

♣ Headquarters:==>Geneva Switzerland

♣ Heads:==>Guy Ryder

♣ Foundation Year:==>1919

♣ Number of Members Countries:==>186

♣ Purpose:==>*****

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♣ Name:==>International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

♣ Headquarters:==>Rome, Italy

♣ Heads:==>Kanayo F. Nwanze

♣ Foundation Year:==>1977

♣ Number of Members Countries:==>173

♣ Purpose:==>Enabling the Rural Poor to Overcome Poverty

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♣ Name:==>UNICEF

♣ Headquarters:==>New York

♣ Heads:==>Anthony Lake

♣ Foundation Year:==>11-Dec-1946

♣ Number of Members Countries:==>191

♣ Purpose:==>To provide food and healthcare to children of those countries which devastated by world war II.

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♣ Name:==>UN International Training and Research Center (UNITAR)

♣ Headquarters:==>Geneva Switzerland

♣ Heads:==>Nikhil Seth

♣ Foundation Year:==>1963

♣ Number of Members Countries:==>--

♣ Purpose:==>To achieve the major objectives of UN through training and research

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♣ Name:==>UN Environmental Program (UNEP)

♣ Headquarters:==>Nairobi, Kenya

♣ Heads:==>Achim Steiner

♣ Foundation Year:==>5 June, 1972

♣ Number of Members Countries:==>193

♣ Purpose:==>Protect our environment and conserve our future

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♣ Name:==>UN Development Program (UNDP)

♣ Headquarters:==>New York

♣ Heads:==>Helen Clark

♣ Foundation Year:==>1965

♣ Number of Members Countries:==>166

♣ Purpose:==>Overall development

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♣ Name:==>UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)

♣ Headquarters:==>New York

♣ Heads:==>Reuben Summerlin

♣ Foundation Year:==>1966

♣ Number of Members Countries:==>For 48 least developed countries

♣ Purpose:==>Eradicate extreme hunger poverty, Promotes equality, Ensures Environment Sustainability

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♣ Name:==>International Cricket Council

♣ Headquarters:==>Dubai, United Arab Emirates

♣ Heads:==>Zaheer Abbas

♣ Foundation Year:==>15 June, 1909

♣ Number of Members Countries:==>125

♣ Purpose:==>Great Sport, Great Spirit

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♣ Name:==>North Atlantic Treaty Organization(NATO)

♣ Headquarters:==>Brussels, Belgium

♣ Heads:==>Petr Pavel

♣ Foundation Year:==>4 April, 1949

♣ Number of Members Countries:==>28

♣ Purpose:==>A mind unfettered in deliberation

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