The following is a listing of the International Governmental Organizations (IGOs) represented in the University of Iowa Libraries Government Publications collections. In some cases, materials are held as part of the IIS microfiche set. In these instances, the IIS number is indicated. The Government Publications Department owns the IIS set from its inception, 1983, to the present. To identify specific titles in the IIS collection, consult Statistical LexisNexis The notation "not held at UI" in the third column below indicates that the only material available from that particular IGO in the Government Publications Department is the IIS microfiche. |
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| IIS Number | Name |
Abbreviation |
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ACP/EEC |
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African Cultural Institute |
ACI |
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| 1020- | African Development Bank |
AFDB |
African Development Fund |
ADF |
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African Regional Organization for Standardization |
ARSO |
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African Training and Research Centre in Administration for Development |
CAFRAD |
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Afro-Arab Summit |
AAS |
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Agency for Cultural and Technical Cooperation |
ACCT |
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Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America |
OPANAL |
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Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa |
BADEA |
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| 1080- | Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development |
AFESD |
Arab Industrial Development Organization |
AIDO |
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| 1100- | Arab Monetary Fund |
AMF |
Arab Organization for Agricultural Development |
AOAD |
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Arab Organization for Standardization and Metrology |
ASMO |
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Arab Organization of Administrative Sciences |
AOAS |
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| 1110- | Asian and Pacific Coconut Community |
not held at UI |
| 1115- | Asian Clearing Union |
not held at UI |
1130-
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Asian Development Bank |
ADB |
| 1140 | Asian Productivity Organization |
APO |
| 1160- | Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center |
not held at UI |
Asian-Oceanic Postal Union |
AOPU |
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Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
ASEAN |
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BIS |
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Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union |
BENELUX |
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| 1180- | CAB International (formerly Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux) |
CAB(I) |
Caribbean Commission |
CC |
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| 1210- | Caribbean Community |
CARICOM |
| 1215- | Caribbean Development Bank |
CDB |
Caribbean Food and Nutrition Institute |
CFNI |
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Caribbean Free Trade Association |
CARIFTA |
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| 1218- | Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology |
not held at UI |
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UDEAC |
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Central American Institute of Public Administration |
ICAPU |
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Central American Monetary Union |
CAMU |
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Central American Research Institute of Industry |
ICAITI |
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Central Bank of the West African States |
BCEAO |
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Central Treaty Organization |
CENTO |
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Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific |
CIRDAP |
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Centro de Estudios y Promocion del Desarollo |
DESCO |
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Centro de Investigaciones Sociales por Muestro |
CISM |
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Centro Latinoamericano de Demografia |
CELADE |
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Centro Regional para el Fomento del Libro en America Latina y el Caribe |
CERLAL(C) |
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| 1220- | Colombo Plan Council for Technical Cooperation in South and South-East Asia |
CP&COLOMBO |
Comite Permanent Interetats de Lutte Contre la Sercheresse dans le Sahel (see Permanent Interstate...) |
CILSS |
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Commission for Labor Cooperation |
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Commission of the Cartagena Agreement |
CCA |
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Committee for Whaling Statistics |
CWS |
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Common Afro-Malagasy Organization |
OCAM |
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Commonwealth Economic Committee |
CEC |
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Commonwealth Foundation |
CF |
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Commonwealth Mycological Institute |
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Commonwealth of Independent States |
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| 1225- | Commonwealth Secretariat |
CS |
Conference on Economic Cooperation Among Developing Countries |
CECDC |
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CGIAR |
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Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf |
CCASG |
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Coordinating Committee on Great Lakes |
CCGL |
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Council for Mutual Economic Assistance |
CMEA |
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CE |
| IIS Number | Name | Abbreviation |
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DBSA |
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East African Community |
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East African Development Bank |
EADB |
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Economic Community of W. African States |
ECOWAS |
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European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization |
EPPO |
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European Atomic Energy Agency |
EURATOM |
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
EBRD |
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European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training |
CEDEFOP |
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European Coal and Steel Community |
ECSC |
EC |
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European Company for the Financing of Railway Rolling Stock |
EUROFIMA |
European Conference of Ministers of Transport (see OECD/T68) |
ECMT |
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European Economic Community |
EEC |
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European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions |
EFIL |
European Free Trade Association |
EFTA |
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European Investment Bank |
EIB |
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European Ministers of Education (see Council of Europe - CE) |
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European Organization for Nuclear Research |
CERN |
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European Parliament |
EP |
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European Southern Observatory |
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European Space Agency |
ESA |
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European Space Vehicle Launcher Development Organization |
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European Union (formerly European Community) |
EU |
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European Working Group |
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Field Information Agencies, Technical, British, French, U.S. |
FIAT |
FAO |
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GATT |
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General Treaty for Central American Economic Integration |
SIECA |
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HCPIL |
| IIS Number |
Name |
Abbreviation |
|---|---|---|
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IPFC |
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Institute for Latin-American Integration (administrative unit of IDB) |
INTAL |
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Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama |
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Inter-African Committee for Hydraulic Studies |
ICHS |
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Inter-American Center of Promotion of Exports (see OAS) |
CIPE |
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Inter-American Committee on the Alliance for Progress (see OAS or US State Dept.) |
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Inter-American Defense Board |
IADB |
IDB |
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Inter-American Development Commission |
IDC |
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Inter-American Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense |
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Inter-American Research and Documentation Centre on Vocational Training |
CINTERFOR |
Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission |
IATTC |
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Intergovernmental Bureau for Informatics |
IBI |
Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration (-1980, ICEM) |
ICM |
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Intergovernmental Copyright Committee |
IGC |
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Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization (1982- IMO) |
IMCO |
International Agency for Research on Cancer. See WHO. Inter... |
IARC |
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International Association for the Physical Sciences of the Ocean |
IAPSO |
International Atomic Energy Agency |
IAEA |
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International Bank for Economic Cooperation |
IBEC |
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IBRD |
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International Bauxite Association |
not held at UI |
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International Bureau of Weights and Measures |
IBWM |
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International Center for Tropical Agriculture - see CGIAR (one of their NGO Centers) |
CIAT |
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International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research |
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ICSID |
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International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and the Restoration of Cultural Property |
ICSP |
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International Children's Centre |
ICC |
International Civil Aviation Organization |
ICAO |
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International Civil Defense Organization |
ICDO |
International Cocoa Organization |
ICO |
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International Commission for Agricultural and Food Industries |
ICAI |
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International Commission for Supervision and Control in Vietnam |
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International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna |
ICCAT |
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International Commission for the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries (1979- NAFO) |
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International Commission for the Protection of the Rhine Against Pollution |
ICPRP |
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International Commission for the Southeast Atlantic Fisheries |
ICSAF |
International Cotton Advisory Committee |
ICAC |
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International Council for the Exploration of the Sea |
ICES |
International Criminal Police Organization |
INTERPOL |
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IDA |
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International Energy Agency (OECD) |
OECD/IEA |
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International Exhibition Bureau |
BIE |
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International Federation for Documentation (NOT IGO) |
FID |
IFC |
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International Food Information Service |
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International Fund for Agricultural Development |
IFAD |
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International Grains Council |
not held at UI |
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International Hydrographic Organization |
IHO |
International Institute for Labor Studies (an ILO agency) |
IILS |
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International Institute for the Unification of Private Law |
UNIDROIT |
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International Investment Bank |
IIB |
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International Joint Commission (U.S. and Canada) |
IJC |
ILO |
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International Lead and Zinc Study Group |
ILZSG |
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International Livestock Centre for Africa (Ethiopia) (a CGIAR center) |
ILCA |
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International Maritime Organization (-1982, IMCO) |
IMO |
International Maritime Satellite Organization (INMARSAT). Not the same as ITSO (INTELSAT)? |
not held at UI |
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International Monetary Fund |
IMF |
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International Narcotics Control Board |
not held at UI |
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International North Pacific Fisheries Commission |
INPFC |
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International Olive Oil Council |
IOOC |
International Organization for Migration |
not held at UI |
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International Pacific Halibut Commission |
not held at UI |
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International Pacific Salmon Commission (1985- PSC) |
IPSC |
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International Patents Institute (1978- European Patent Office) |
EPO |
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International Potato Center (NOT IGO - part of Consultative Group on International Agriculture Research research system). |
CIP |
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International Project in the Field of Food Irradiation |
IFIP |
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International Red Locust Control Organization for Central and Southern Africa |
IRLCO-CSA |
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International Refugee Organization |
IRO |
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International Rice Organization |
IRO |
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International Rice Research Institute |
IRRI |
International Rubber Study Group |
not held at UI |
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International Secretariat for Volunteer Service |
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International Social Science Council (NOT IGO, received with another title) |
ISSC |
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International Social Security Association (NOT IGO) |
ISSA |
International Sugar Organization |
ISO |
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International Tea Committee |
not held at UI |
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International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (INTELSAT) |
ITSO |
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International Telecommunications Union |
ITU |
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International Tin Council |
ITC |
International Trade Centre (Unctad/GATT) - see GATT ITC |
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International Tropical Timber Organization |
not held at UI |
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International Union for Child Welfare |
IUCW |
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International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (NOT IGO) |
IUCN |
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International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants |
UPOV |
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International Union of Local Authorities |
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International Whaling Commission |
IWhC |
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International Wheat Council |
IWC |
IIS Number |
Name |
Abbreviation |
|---|---|---|
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Joint Anti-Locust and Anti-Aviarian Organization (see also Gt. Brit) |
JALAAO |
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Joint Statistical Project on European Migration |
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OLADE |
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Latin American Free Trade Association (later, Latin American Integration Association) |
LAFTA |
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Latin American Institute for Economic and Social Planning |
ILPES |
LAIA |
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League of Arab States |
LAS |
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League of Nations |
LN |
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NAM |
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Nordic Cooperation Committee for International Politics, including Conflict and Peace Research |
NCCIP |
Nordic Council |
NC |
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Nordic Forestry Union |
NFU |
Nordic Medico-Statistical Committee |
not held at UI |
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Nordic Post Tidskrift |
NPT |
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Nordic Road Safety |
NTR |
Nordic Social-Statistical Committee |
not held at UI |
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Nordic Statistical Secretariat |
not held at UI |
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North Atlantic Assembly |
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
NATO |
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North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission |
not held at UI |
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North Pacific Fur Seal Commission |
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Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization |
NAFO |
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Nuclear Energy Agency (OECD) |
OECD/NEA |
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OECS |
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Organismo Internacional Regional de Sanidad Agropecuario |
OIRSA |
OECD |
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Organization for European Economic Cooperation |
OEEC |
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Organization of African Unity |
OAU |
OAS |
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Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries |
OAPEC |
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Organization of the Islamic Conference |
OIC |
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries |
OPEC |
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PSC |
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Palestine Liberation Organization |
PLO |
Pan African Postal Union |
not held at UI |
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Pan American Coffee Bureau |
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Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). See WHO. Pan... |
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Pan American Institute of Geography and History |
PAIGH |
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Permanent Court of Arbitration |
PCA |
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Permanent Court of International Justice |
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Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (Comite P...) |
CILSS |
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Postal Unions of the Americas and Spain |
PUAS |
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Proyecto Interagencial de Promocion de Politicas Nacionales de Alimentacion y Nutricion |
PIAPNAN |
| IIS Number |
Name |
Abbreviation |
|---|---|---|
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RIHED |
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Reparation Commission |
RC |
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South African Regional Commission for the Conservation and the Utilization of the Soil |
SARCCUS |
South Pacific Commission |
SPC |
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South-East Asia Treaty Organization |
SEATO |
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Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization |
SEAMEO |
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Southern Africa Regional Tourism Council |
SARTOC |
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Union Douaniere et Economique de l'Afrique Centrale - See UDEAC |
UDEAC |
Union of Banana Exporting Countries |
not held at UI |
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United Nations and its organs, commissions, and committees |
UN |
United Nations. Administrative Committee on Organization (ACC) |
UN |
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United Nations. Administrative Committee on Organization. Subcommittee on Nutrition (ACC/SEN) |
UN |
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United Nations. Center for Human Rights (CHR) |
UN |
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United Nations. Center on Transnational Corporations (CTC) |
UN |
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United Nations. Committee Against Torture (CAT) |
UN |
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United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) |
UN |
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United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) |
UN |
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United Nations. Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) |
UN |
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United Nations. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) |
UN |
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United Nations. Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) |
UN |
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United Nations. Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) |
UN |
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United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) |
UN |
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United Nations. Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) |
UN |
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United Nations. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC/CEPAL) |
UN |
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United Nations. Framework Convention on Climate Change Secretariat (FCCC) |
UN |
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United Nations. General Assembly |
UN |
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United Nations. Global Environment Facility (GEF) |
UN |
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United Nations. Human Rights Committee |
UN |
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United Nations. International Research and Training for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW) |
UN |
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United Nations. Office of the UN Disaster Relief Coordinator (UNDRO) |
UN |
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United Nations. Secretariat |
UN |
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United Nations. Security Council |
UN |
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United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) |
UN |
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United Nations Center Against Apartheid (UN/CCA) |
UN |
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United Nations Center for Human Settlements (UNCHS/Habitat) |
UN |
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United Nations Center for Regional Development (UNCRD) |
UN |
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United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF/ICEF) |
UN |
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United Nations Conference on International Organization |
UNCIO |
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) |
UN |
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United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) |
UN |
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United Nations Development Program (UNDP) |
UN |
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United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization |
UNESCO |
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United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. International Bureau of Education (IBE) |
UNESCO/IBE |
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United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. Institute for Education (UIE) |
UNESCO/UIE |
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United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) |
UN |
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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNCHR) |
UN |
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United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) |
UN |
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United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) |
UN |
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United Nations International Institute for Social Planning (IIEP) |
UN |
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United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) |
UN |
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United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) |
UN |
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United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) |
UN |
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United Nations University (UNU) |
UN |
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United Nations University. World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER) |
UN |
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Universal Postal Union |
UPU |
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WARDA |
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West African Economic Community |
CEAO |
West African Health Community |
not held at UI |
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West African Monetary Union |
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Western European Union |
WEU |
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World Data Referral Centre |
WDRC |
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World Fertility Survey (NOT IGO; used to keep set of country reports together) |
WFS |
World Food Council |
not held at UI |
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World Food Program. See FAO |
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WHO |
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World Health Organization. Regional Office for Africa (WHO:AFRO) |
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World Health Organization. Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (WHO:EMRO) |
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World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe (WHO:EURO) |
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World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-east Asia (WHO:SEARO) |
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World Health Organization. Regional Office for the Western Pacific (WHO:WPRO) |
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World Intellectual Property Organization |
WIPO |
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World Meteorological Organization |
WMO |
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World Social Prospects Study Association |
AMPS |
World Tourism Organization |
WTO |
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World Trade Organization |
WTO |
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