International Organizations
and Groups | Aim - Objective |
| 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: 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada; 2012 Summer Olympics in London, UK; 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia |
| International Organization for Migration (IOM) | to facilitate orderly international emigration and immigration |
| 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 |
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