International Organizations
and Groups | Aim - Objective |
| International Criminal Court (ICCt) | to hold all individuals and countries accountable to international laws of conduct; to specify international standards of conduct; to provide an important mechanism for implementing these standards; to ensure that perpetrators are brought to justice |
| International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) | to promote international cooperation among police authorities in fighting crime |
| International Development Association (IDA) | to provide economic loans for low-income countries; UN specialized agency and IBRD affiliate |
| International Energy Agency (IEA) | to promote cooperation on energy matters, especially emergency oil sharing and relations between oil consumers and oil producers; established by the OECD |
| International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS) | to organize, coordinate, and direct international relief actions; to promote humanitarian activities; to represent and encourage the development of National Societies; to bring help to victims of armed conflicts, refugees, and displaced people; to reduce the vulnerability of people through development programs |
| International Finance Corporation (IFC) | to support private enterprise in international economic development; a UN specialized agency and IBRD affiliate |
| International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) | to promote agricultural development; a UN specialized agency |
| International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) | to train hydrographic surveyors and nautical cartographers to achieve standardization in nautical charts and electronic chart displays; to provide advice on nautical cartography and hydrography; to develop the sciences in the field of hydrography and techniques used for descriptive oceanograrphy |
| International Labor Organization (ILO) | to deal with world labor issues; a UN specialized agency |
| International Maritime Organization (IMO) | to deal with international maritime affairs; a UN specialized agency |
| International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO) | acts as watchdog over Inmarsat (International Maritime Satellite Organization), a private company, to make sure it follows ICAO standards and recommended practices; plays an active role in the development of international telecommunications policies |
| International Mobile Satellite Organization (Inmarsat) | to provide worldwide communications for commercial, distress, and safety applications, at sea, in the air, and on land |
| International Monetary Fund (IMF) | to promote world monetary stability and economic development; a UN specialized agency |
| International Olympic Committee (IOC) | to promote the Olympic ideals and administer the Olympic games: 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy; 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China; 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada; 2012 Summer Olympics in London, UK |
| International Organization for Migration (IOM) | to facilitate orderly international emigration and immigration |
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