List of international organizations based in Geneva
This is a list of international organizations, UN programs and funds and other organizations based in Geneva, Switzerland.[2]
The headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross. Geneva hosts the highest number of international organisations in the world.[1]
Palais des Nations, the main building of the United Nations Office at Geneva
WIPO headquarters in Geneva
International Organizations and secretariats (s):
- Arbitration and Concillation Court within the OSCE
- European Broadcasting Union (EBU)
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
- Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD)
- Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF)
- Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM)
- Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP)
- International Air Transport Association (IATA)
- International Bureau of Education (IBE)
- International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
- International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)
- International Civil Defence Organization (ICDO)
- International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
- International Labour Organization (ILO)
- International Organization for Migration (IOM)
- International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
- International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
- International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) – based in Gland, Canton of Vaud
- The International Cyber Policing Organisation (CYBERPOL)
- UNITAID
- UNCTAD[3]
- United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG)
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
- World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
- World Trade Organization(WTO)
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UN programs and funds:
- Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS)
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
- Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
- United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Other organizations and NGOs:
- Aga Khan Foundation (AKF)
- Airports Council International (ACI)
- Baltic Black Sea Union (BBSU)
- CARE (Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere)
- Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND)
- Geneva Call
- ICVolunteers (ICV)
- International AIDS Society
- International Baccalaureate (IB)
- International-Lawyers.Org (INTLawyers)
- International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)
- International Organization of Experts (ORDINEX)
- International Road Transport Union (IRU)
- International Union Against Cancer (UICC)
- Internet Governance Forum (IGF)
- Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
- Lutheran World Federation (LWF)
- Mandat International (MI)
- Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
- Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC)
- UN Watch
- World Council of Churches (WCC)
- World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
- World Economic Forum (WEF)
- World Heart Federation (WHF)
- World Nature Organization (WNO)
- World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM)
- World Student Christian Federation (WSCF)
- World Trade Organization (WTO)
- YMCA, the World Alliance of YMCAs
- Youth With A Mission (YWAM)
- Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor (Euro-Med Monitor)
- SGP NGO - Geneva - Health, Social and Environment
Notes and references
- (in French) François Modoux, "La Suisse engagera 300 millions pour rénover le Palais des Nations", Le Temps, Friday 28 June 2013, page 9.
- "The 43 organizations and secretariats in Switzerland" (PDF). Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
- http://unctad.org/en/Pages/Home.aspx
See also
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