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http://www.un.org/en/members/intergovorg.shtml

 

Intergovernmental Organizations, are a separate and distinct category vs. Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO's). Intergovernmental organizations may be very important for Human Rights/Women's NGO Networking and Gender Advocacy.

 

INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS AT THE UNITED NATIONS

 

Intergovernmental organizations having received a standing invitation to participate as observers in the sessions and the work of the General Assembly and maintaining permanent offices at UN  Headquarters.

·         African Union

·         Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization

·         Caribbean Community (CARICOM)

·         Central American Integration System

·         Commonwealth Secretariat

·         Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf

European Union

·         International Criminal Court

·         International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL)

·         International Development Law Organization

·         International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance

·         International Organization for Migration

·         International Organization of la Francophonie

·         International Renewable Energy Agency

·         International Seabed Authority

·         International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea

·         International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

·         League of Arab States

·         Organization of Islamic Cooperation

·         Partners in Population and Development

·         University for Peace

Intergovernmental organizations having received a standing invitation to participate as observers in the sessions and the work of the General Assembly and not maintaining permanent offices at Headquarters

Other entities having received a standing invitation to participate as observers in the sessions and the work of the General Assembly and maintaining permanent offices at Headquarters

·         International Committee of the Red Cross

·         International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

·         International Olympic Committee

·         Inter-Parliamentary Union

·         Sovereign Military Order of Malta

Based on the United Nations Protocol's Blue Book
Last updated from A/INF/67/5 (26 December 2012)