A Chronology of International Organizations

Part 1 General Overview; Chapter 1 The Evolution of International Organizations; Part 2 The United Nations; Chapter 2 The United Nations; Chapter 3 United Nations Regional Commissions; Chapter 4 Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP); Chapter 5 Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC); Chapter 6 United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA); Chapter 7 Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA); Chapter 8 Other United Nations Bodies; Chapter 9 United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC); Chapter 10 Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR); Chapter 11 United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat); Chapter 12 United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF); Chapter 13 United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD); Chapter 14 United Nations Development Programme (UNDP); Chapter 15 United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); Chapter 16 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR); Chapter 17 United Nations Peace-keeping Operations; Chapter 18 United Nations Peace-building and Special Missions; Chapter 19 United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA); Chapter 20 United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA); Chapter 21 United Nations Training and Research Institutes; Chapter 22 World Food Programme (WFP); Chapter 23 Specialized Agencies Within the United Nations System; Chapter 24 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Chapter 25 International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD); Chapter 26 International Development Association (IDA); Chapter 27 International Finance Corporation (IFC); Chapter 28 Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA); Chapter 29 International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO); Chapter 30 International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD); Chapter 31 International Labour Organization (ILO); Chapter 32 International Maritime Organization (IMO); Chapter 33 International Monetary Fund (IMF); Chapter 34 International Telecommunication Union (ITU); Chapter 35 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); Chapter 36 United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO); Chapter 37 Universal Postal Union (UPU); Chapter 38 World Health Organization (WHO); Chapter 39 World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO); Chapter 40 World Meteorological Organization (WMO); Chapter 41 World Tourism Organization (UNWTO); Part 3 Major Non-UN Organizations; Chapter 42 African Development Bank (ADB); Chapter 43 African Union; Chapter 44 Andean Community of Nations (Comunidad Andina de Naciones—CAN); Chapter 45 Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD); Chapter 46 Arab Monetary Fund; Chapter 47 Asia–Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC); Chapter 48 Asian Development Bank (ADB); Chapter 49 Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN); Chapter 50 Bank for International Settlements (BIS); Chapter 51 Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM); Chapter 52 Central American Integration System (Sistema de la Integración Centroamericana—SICA); Chapter 53 Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA); Chapter 54 The Commonwealth; Chapter 55 The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS); Chapter 56 Co-operation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC); Chapter 57 Council of Arab Economic Unity; Chapter 58 Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS); Chapter 59 Council of Europe; Chapter 60 Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS); Chapter 61 Economic Co-operation Organization (ECO); Chapter 62 European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD); Chapter 63 European Space Agency (ESA); Chapter 64 European Union (EU); Chapter 65 The Franc Zone; Chapter 66 Inter-American Development Bank (IDB); Chapter 67 Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD); Chapter 68 International Chamber of Commerce (ICC); Chapter 69 International Criminal Court; Chapter 70 International Olympic Committee (IOC); Chapter 71 International Organization for Migration (IOM); Chapter 72 International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement; Chapter 73 International Seabed Authority (ISA); Chapter 74 International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC); Chapter 75 Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU); Chapter 76 Islamic Development Bank (IDB); Chapter 77 Latin American Integration Association—LAIA (Asociación Latinoamericana de Integración—ALADI); Chapter 78 League of Arab States; Chapter 79 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA); Chapter 80 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); Chapter 81 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Chapter 82 Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE); Chapter 83 Organization of American States (OAS); Chapter 84 Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC); Chapter 85 Organization of the Black Sea Economic Co-operation (BSEC); Chapter 86 Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC); Chapter 87 Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC); Chapter 88 OPEC Fund for International Development; Chapter 89 Pacific Community; Chapter 90 Pacific Islands Forum; Chapter 91 South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation (SAARC); Chapter 92 Southern African Development Community (SADC); Chapter 93 Southern Common Market (Mercosur/Mercosul); Chapter 94 Western European Union (WEU); Chapter 95 World Council of Churches (WCC); Chapter 96 World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU); Chapter 97 World Trade Organization (WTO);

Biography

Richard Green

'This book provides useful historical summaries of the development of the most important international organizations of our day' -- Reference Reviews