Selected Multilateral Organizations

SELECTED MULTILATERAL ORGANIZATIONS

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MULTILATERAL INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS IN WHICH THE UNITED STATES PARTICIPATES

Explanatory note: The United States participates in the organizations named below in accordance with the provisions of treaties, other international agreements, congressional legislation, or executive arrangements. In some cases, no financial contribution is involved.

Various commissions, councils, or committees subsidiary to the organizations listed here are not named separately on this list. These include the international bodies for narcotics control, which are subsidiary to the United Nations.

  1. United Nations, Specialized Agencies, and International Atomic Energy Agency

    Food and Agricultural Organization

    International Atomic Energy Agency

    International Civil Aviation Organization

    International Labor Organization

    International Maritime Organization

    International Telecommunication Union

    United Nations

    Universal Postal Union

    World Health Organization

    World Intellectual Property Organization

    World Meteorological Organization

  2. Peacekeeping

    United Nations Angola Verification Mission III

    United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (Golan Heights)

    United Nations Force in Cyprus

    United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon

    United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observer Mission

    United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan

    United Nations Mission in Bosnia-Herzegovina

    United Nations Mission in Haiti

    United Nations Mission to Prevlaka

    United Nations Mission of Observers in Tajikistan

    United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara

    United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia

    United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia

    United Nations Preventive Deployment Force (Macedonia)

    United Nations Transitional Authority in Eastern Slavonia

    United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (Middle East)

  3. Inter-American Organizations

    Inter-American Indian Institute

    Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture

    Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission

    Organization of American States

    Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)

    Pan American Institute of Geography and History

    Postal Union of the Americas and Spain and Portugal

  4. Regional Organizations

    Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

    Colombo Plan for Cooperative Economic and Social Development in Asia and the Pacific

    North Atlantic Assembly

    North Atlantic Treaty Organization

    Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

    South Pacific Commission

  5. Other International Organizations

    Bureau of International Expositions

    Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources

    Customs Cooperation Council (CCC)

    Fund for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage

    Hague Conference on Private International Law

    International Agency for Research on Cancer

    International Bureau of the Permanent Court of Arbitration

    International Bureau for the Publication of Customs Tariffs

    International Bureau of Weights and Measures

    International Center for the Study of the Preservation and the Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM)

    International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas

    International Copper Study Group

    International Cotton Advisory Committee

    International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES)

    International Council of Scientific Unions and Its Associated Unions

    (20)

    International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL)

    International Hydrographic Organization

    International Institute for Cotton

    International Institute for the Unification of Private Law

    International Lead and Zinc Study Group

    International Natural Rubber Organization

    International North Pacific Fisheries Commission

    International Office of Epizootics

    International Office of Vine and Wine

    International Organization for Legal Metrology

    International Rubber Study Group

    International Seed Testing Association

    International Tropical Timber Organization

    International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

    (IUNC)

    International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV)

    International Whaling Commission

    International Wheat Council

    Interparliamentary Union

    North Atlantic Ice Patrol

    North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization

    Organization for the Prevention of Chemical Weapons

    Permanent International Association of Navigation Congresses

    Permanent International Association of Road Congresses

    United Nations Compensation Commission

    World Trade Organization (WTO)/General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

    (GATT)

  6. Special Voluntary Programs

    Colombo Plan Drug Advisory Program

    Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research

    Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)

    International Atomic Energy Agency Technical Assistance and Cooperation Fund

    International Atomic Energy Agency Voluntary Programs

    International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Aviation Security Fund

    International Contributions for Scientific, Educational, and Cultural Activities

    International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

    International Organization for Migration (IOM)

    Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization

    Montreal Protocol Multilateral Fund

    Organization of American States Fund for Strengthening Democracy

    Organization of American States Special Cultural Fund

    Organization of American States Special Development Assistance Fund

    Organization of American States Special Multilateral Fund (Education and Science)

    Organization of American States Special Projects Fund (Mar del Plata)

    Pan American Health Organization Special Health Promotion Funds

    United Nations Afghanistan Emergency Trust Fund

    United Nations Center for Human Settlements (Habitat) (UNCHS)

    United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

    United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)

    United Nations Development Program (UNDP)

    United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)

    United Nations/Food and Agricultural Organization World Food Program

    (WFP)

    United Nations Fund for Drug Abuse Control (UNFDAC)

    United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Program (UNHCR)

    United Nations Population Fund

    United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA)

    United Nations Volunteers (UNV)

    World Health Organization Special Programs

    World Meteorological Organization Special Fund for Climate Activities

    World Meteorological Organization Voluntary Cooperation Program

    African Development Bank

    Headquarters: 01 B.P. 1387, Abidjan 01, Cote d'Ivoire

    President: Omar Kabbaj

    The African Development Bank (AFDB) was established in 1963 and, by charter amendment, opened its membership to non-African countries in

    1982. Its mandate is to contribute to the economic development and social progress of its regional members. Bank members total 77, including 53 African countries and 24 nonregional countries. Ownership of the Bank, by charter, is two-thirds African and one-third nonregional.

    The African Development Fund (AFDF), the concessional lending affiliate, was established in 1973 to complement AFDB operations by providing concessional financing for high-priority development projects in the poorest African countries. The Fund's membership consists of 25 nonregional member countries and AFDB, which represents its African members and is allocated half of the votes.

    Asian Development Bank

    Headquarters: 6 ADB Avenue, Mandaluyong City, 0401 Metro Manila, Philippines. Phone, 632-632-4444. Fax, 632-636-2444

    President: Mitsuo Sato

    The Asian Development Bank commenced operations on December 19, 1966. It now has 56 member countries--40 from Asia and 16 from outside the region.

    The purpose of the Bank is to foster sustainable economic development, poverty alleviation, and cooperation among its developing member countries in the...

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