International Organizations

Key international organizations, their headquarters, founding year, membership, and current leadership — essential for CMAT general knowledge.

• United Nations (UN) — New York, USA — 1945 — António Guterres
• International Monetary Fund (IMF) — Washington D.C., USA — 1944 — Kristalina Georgieva
• African Union (AU) — Addis Ababa, Ethiopia — 2002 — Moussa Faki Mahamat
• World Health Organization (WHO) — Geneva, Switzerland — 1948 — Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
• UN Security Council (UNSC) — New York, USA — 1945 — Rotating Presidency (monthly)
• UNICEF — New York, USA — 1946 — Catherine Russell
• South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) — Kathmandu, Nepal — 1985 — Md. Golam Sarwar
• World Bank — Washington D.C., USA — 1944 — Ajay Banga
• UN Development Programme (UNDP) — New York, USA — 1965 — Achim Steiner
• UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) — Geneva, Switzerland — 1950 — Filippo Grandi
• G7 — Rotating Presidency — 1975 — Canada (2025 Presidency)
• Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) — Beijing, China — 2001 — Zhang Ming
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) — Brussels, Belgium — 1949 — Mark Rutte
• International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) — Vienna, Austria — 1957 — Rafael Mariano Grossi
• World Trade Organization (WTO) — Geneva, Switzerland — 1995 — Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
• BIMSTEC — Dhaka, Bangladesh — 1997 — Indra Mani Pandey
• Commonwealth of Nations — London, United Kingdom — 1931 — Patricia Scotland (until March 2025)
• Interpol — Lyon, France — 1923 — Jürgen Stock (until July 2025)
• World Economic Forum (WEF) — Cologny/Geneva, Switzerland — 1971 — Børge Brende
• International Labour Organization (ILO) — Geneva, Switzerland — 1919 — Gilbert F. Houngbo
• UN General Assembly (UNGA) — New York, USA — 1945 — Dennis Francis (President, 78th session)
• Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) — Vienna, Austria — 1960 — Haitham Al Ghais
• European Union (EU) — Brussels, Belgium — 1993 — Ursula von der Leyen
• UNESCO — Paris, France — 1945 — Audrey Azoulay
• Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) — Jakarta, Indonesia — 1967 — Dr. Kao Kim Hourn
• Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) — Rome, Italy — 1945 — Qu Dongyu
• International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) — Geneva, Switzerland — 1863 — Mirjana Spoljaric Egger
• G20 — Rotating Presidency — 1999 — South Africa (2025 Presidency)