The Europa Directory of International Organizations 2021 serves as an unequalled one-volume guide to the contemporary international system.
Within a clear, unique framework the recent activities of all major international organizations are described in detail. Given alongside extensive background information the reader is able to assess the role and evolving functions of these organizations in today's world.
The contact details, key personnel and activities of more than 2,000 international and regional entities have again been thoroughly researched and updated for this 23rd edition.
Highlights in this edition include:
- a fully revised Who's Who section with biographical details of the key players in the international system.
- the response of the international community to crises and conflicts throughout the world.
- introductory essays, written and updated by experts in their field, which consider topics including global environmental governance, the international criminal justice system, international humanitarian co-operation, and governance of the global economy.
An extensive one-volume guide covering over 2,000 international and regional entities, this title provides detailed and accurate information on a wide spectrum of international organizations, from the African Union to the World Bank.
PART ONE
Background Information
Multilateral Co-operation and Global Governance: The Evolution of
International Organizations ZORZETA BAKAKI
Global Environmental Governance
KATE ONEILL
The Structure of Migration Governance
SARAH P. LOCKHART and JEANNETTE MONEY
Multilateral Governance and Global Action on Health
PRESLAVA STOEVA
Transboundary Water Management: Conflict and Co-operation
JOANNE YAO
The Development of International Organizations: A Chronology
International Observances (Days, Years, Decades etc.)
PART TWO
The United Nations
United Nations
Members
Diplomatic Representation
Permanent Missions
Observers
Information Centres/Services
Conferences
System-wide Coherence
Inter-Agency Bodies and Programmes
Finance
Publications
Secretariat
Other Special High Level Appointments of the Secretary-General
General Assembly
Resolutions
Security Council
International Tribunals
Resolutions
Trusteeship Council
Economic and Social CouncilECOSOC
International Court of Justice
United Nations Fundamental Treaties
Charter of the United Nations
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
United Nations Regional Commissions
Economic Commission for EuropeUNECE
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the PacificESCAP
Economic Commission for Latin America and the CaribbeanECLAC
Economic Commission for AfricaECA
Economic and Social Commission for Western AsiaESCWA
Other United Nations Bodies
Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian AffairsOCHA
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human RightsOHCHR
United Nations Childrens FundUNICEF
United Nations Conference on Trade and DevelopmentUNCTAD
United Nations Development Coordination Office
United Nations Development ProgrammeUNDP
Funds, Programmes and Policy Centres
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of WomenUN
Women
United Nations Environment ProgrammeUNEP
Associated Bodies
The Rio Conventions
United Nations High Commissioner for RefugeesUNHCR
United Nations Human Settlements ProgrammeUN-Habitat
United Nations Office for Disarmament AffairsUNODA
United Nations Office on Drugs and CrimeUNODC
United Nations Peacekeeping
Chronology of United Nations Peacekeeping Operations and Observer Missions
United Nations Political Missions and Peacebuilding
Special Appointments of the UN Secretary-General Concerned with His Good
Offices and with Peacebuilding
United Nations Population FundUNFPA
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near
EastUNRWA
United Nations Training and Research Institutes
World Food ProgrammeWFP
Specialized Agencies and Related Organizations within the UN System
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsFAO
International Atomic Energy AgencyIAEA
International Bank for Reconstruction and DevelopmentIBRDWorld Bank
International Development AssociationIDA
International Finance CorporationIFC
Multilateral Investment Guarantee AgencyMIGA
International Civil Aviation OrganizationICAO
International Fund for Agricultural DevelopmentIFAD
International Labour OrganizationILO
International Maritime OrganizationIMO
International Monetary FundIMF
International Organization for MigrationIOM
International Telecommunication UnionITU
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural OrganizationUNESCO
United Nations Industrial Development OrganizationUNIDO
Universal Postal UnionUPU
World Health OrganizationWHO
World Intellectual Property OrganizationWIPO
World Meteorological OrganizationWMO
World Tourism OrganizationUNWTO
World Trade OrganizationWTO
PART THREE
Major Non-UN Organizations
African Development BankAfDB
African UnionAU
Andean Community of NationsCAN
Arab Fund for Economic and Social DevelopmentAFESD
Arab Monetary Fund
Asia-Pacific Economic CooperationAPEC
Asian Development BankADB
Asian Infrastructure Investment BankAIIB
Association of Southeast Asian NationsASEAN
Bank for International SettlementsBIS
Caribbean CommunityCARICOM
Central American Integration SystemSICA
Common Market for Eastern and Southern AfricaCOMESA
The Commonwealth
Commonwealth of Independent StatesCIS
Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the GulfGCC
Council of the Baltic Sea StatesCBSS
Council of Europe
Economic Community of West African StatesECOWAS
Economic Cooperation OrganizationECO
European Bank for Reconstruction and DevelopmentEBRD
European Space AgencyESA
European UnionEU
Franc Zone
Inter-American Development BankIDB
Intergovernmental Authority on DevelopmentIGAD
International Chamber of CommerceICC
International Criminal CourtICC
Hybrid International Criminal Court
International Olympic CommitteeIOC
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
International Committee of the Red CrossICRC
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
International Seabed AuthorityISA
International Trade Union ConfederationITUC
Inter-Parliamentary UnionIPU
Islamic Development BankIsDB
Latin American Integration AssociationLAIA
League of Arab States
North Atlantic Treaty OrganizationNATO
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and DevelopmentOECD
International Energy AgencyIEA
OECD Nuclear Energy AgencyNEA
Organization for Security and Co-operation in EuropeOSCE
Organization of American StatesOAS
Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting CountriesOAPEC
Organization of the Black Sea Economic CooperationBSEC
Organization of Islamic CooperationOIC
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting CountriesOPEC
OPEC Fund for International Development 733
Pacific Community 735
Pacific Islands Forum 739
South Asian Association for Regional CooperationSAARC
Southern African Development CommunitySADC
Southern Common MarketMERCOSUR/MERCOSUL
World Council of ChurchesWCC
World Federation of Trade UnionsWFTU
PART FOUR
Other International Organizations
(Listed by subject)
PART FIVE
Whos Who in International Organizations
Europas publications are compiled by a team of editors and researchers, with introductory material provided by specialists in their field:
Zorzeta Bakaki. Associate Professor of Political Science in the Department of Government, University of Essex, United Kingdom.
Sarah P. Lockhart. Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science, Fordham University, New York, USA.
Jeannette Money. Professor in the Department of Political Science, University of California, Davis, USA.
Kate O Neill. Professor in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, USA.
Preslava Stoeva. Assistant Professor in the Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom.
Joanne Yao. Lecturer in the School of Politics and International Relations, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom.
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