International Organizations
and Groups | Aim - Objective |
| International Organization for Standardization (ISO) | to promote the development of international standards with a view to facilitating international exchange of goods and services and to developing cooperation in the sphere of intellectual, scientific, technological and economic activity |
| International Organization of the French-speaking World (OIF) | founded around a common language to promote and spread the cultures of its members and to reinforce cultural and technical cooperation between them |
| International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (ICRM) | to promote worldwide humanitarian aid through the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in wartime, and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS; formerly League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies or LORCS) in peacetime |
| International Telecommunication Union (ITU) | to deal with world telecommunications issues; a UN specialized agency |
| International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (Intelsat) | to develop and operate a global commercial telecommunications satellite system |
| International Telecommunications Satellites Organization (ITSO) | to act as a watchdog over Intelsat, Ltd., a private company, to make sure it provides on a global and non-discriminatory basis public telecommunication services |
| International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) | to promote the trade union movement |
| Islamic Development Bank (IDB) | to promote Islamic economic aid and social development |
| Latin American Economic System (LAES) | to promote economic and social development through regional cooperation |
| Latin American Integration Association (LAIA) | to promote freer regional trade |
| League of Arab States (LAS) | aim - to promote economic, social, political, and military cooperation |
| least developed countries (LLDCs) | least developed countries (LLDCs) |
| less developed countries (LDCs) | less developed countries (LDCs) |
| low-income countries | low-income countries |
| middle-income countries | middle-income countries |
| Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) | encourages flow of foreign direct investment among member countries by offering investment insurance, consultation, and negotiation on conditions for foreign investment and technical assistance; a UN specialized agency |
| Near Abroad | Near Abroad |
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