This is a list of international organizations, UN programs and funds and other organizations based in Geneva,

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International Organizations and Secretariats

* Court of Conciliation and Arbitration of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) *

European Broadcasting Union The European Broadcasting Union (EBU; french: Union européenne de radio-télévision, links=no, UER) is an alliance of Public broadcasting, public service media organisations whose countries are within the European Broadcasting Area or who ar ...

(EBU) * European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) * Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance (GAVI) * 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 Bureau of Education The International Bureau of Education (IBE-UNESCO) is a UNESCO category 1 institute mandated as the Centre of Excellence in curriculum and related matters. Consistent with the declaration of the decision of the 36th session of the General Confer ...

(IBE) * International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) *

International Electrotechnical Commission The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC; in French: ''Commission électrotechnique internationale'') is an international standards organization that prepares and publishes international standards for all electrical, electronic and r ...

(IEC) *

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is a worldwide humanitarian aid organization that reaches 160 million people each year through its 192-member National Societies. It acts before, during and after disas ...

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

UNITAID Unitaid is a global health initiative that works with partners to bring about innovations to prevent, diagnose and treat major diseases in low- and middle-income countries, with an emphasis on tuberculosis, malaria, and HIV/AIDS and its deadly co ...

* United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) * United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) * United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) * United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) * World Health Organization (WHO) * World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) * World Meteorological Organization (WMO) * World Trade Organization(WTO) UN programs and funds: *

Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) (, ONUSIDA) is the main advocate for accelerated, comprehensive and coordinated global action on the HIV/AIDS pandemic. The mission of UNAIDS is to lead, strengthen and support an e ...

(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) * Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere (CARE) * Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) * Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor (Euro-Med Monitor) *

Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics The Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND) is a global health non-profit based in Geneva, Switzerland. FIND functions as a product development partnership, engaging in active collaboration with over 150 partners to facilitate the develo ...

(FIND) * Geneva Call *

ICVolunteers ICVolunteers ( ICVolontaires / ICVoluntarios) is an international non-profit organization (federation) active in the field of communications, in particular cybervolunteerism, languages and conference support. ICVolunteers works with volunteers ...

(ICV) * International AIDS Society * International Baccalaureate (IB) * International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) *

International Commission of Jurists The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) is an international human rights non-governmental organization. It is a standing group of 60 eminent jurists—including senior judges, attorneys and academics—who work to develop national and inte ...

(ICJ) * International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA World) *

International Road Transport Union The International Road Transport Union (IRU) is the global road transport organization, which upholds the interests of bus, coach, taxi and truck operators to ensure economic growth and prosperity via the sustainable mobility of people and goods ...

(IRU) *

International Union Against Cancer The Union for International Cancer Control (previously named International Union Against Cancer) or UICC is a non-governmental organisation with some 1,180 member organisations in more than 170 countries. UICC was founded in 1933 and is based i ...

(UICC) * Internet Governance Forum (IGF) *

Inter-Parliamentary Union The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU; french: Union Interparlementaire, UIP) is an inter-parliamentary institution, international organization of national parliaments. Its primary purpose is to promote democratic governance, accountability, and coop ...

(IPU) * Lutheran World Federation (LWF) * Mandat International (MI) * Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) *

Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification The Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) is an international, non-profit, non-governmental organization which promotes sustainable forest management through independent third party certification. It is considered the certi ...

(PEFC) *

Quaker United Nations Office The Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) is a non-governmental organisation representing the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) at the United Nations in Geneva and New York City. Parent bodies of QUNO are the Friends World Committee for Consult ...

(QUNO) * UN Watch * World Council of Churches (WCC) * World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) * World Economic Forum (WEF) *

World Federation of United Nations Associations The World Federation of United Nations Associations (WFUNA) (French: ''Fédération Mondiale des Associations pour les Nations Unies'', FMANU) was founded in 1946 as a Federation of national associations. Its objectives are to promote the values o ...

(WFUNA) *

World Heart Federation The World Heart Federation (WHF) is a non-governmental organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, formed in 1972. The current President for World Heart Federation is Fausto Pinto. In 1978 the International Society of Cardiology merged with the Int ...

(WHF) * World Jewish Congress (WJC) * World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) * World Student Christian Federation (WSCF) * YMCA, the World Alliance of YMCAs * Youth With A Mission (YWAM)

International Organizations and Secretariats

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