International Organizations List
Iceland and International Organizations
The following is a list of principal international organizations and bodies of which Iceland is a member, and related organizations, many of which Icelandic government agencies belong to.
- I. United Nations, Specialized Agencies and related bodies
- II. World Bank and related bodies
- III. Other international organizations and bodies
- IV. Nordic institutions
- V. Other regional organizations and bodies
- Related organizations
| I. United Nations, specialized agencies and related bodies |
Abbreviation
(f.=formerly) |
Headquarters
|
Member since
|
|---|---|---|---|
| United Nations |
New York
|
1946
|
|
| Food and Agriculture Organization |
Rome
|
1945
|
|
| International Atomic Energy Authority |
Vienna
|
1957
|
|
| International Civil Aviation Organization |
Montreal
|
1944
|
|
| International Labour Organization |
Geneva
|
1945
|
|
| International Maritime Organization |
IMO
(f. IMCO) |
London
|
1960
|
| International Seabed Authority |
Kingston
|
1994
|
|
| International Telecommunications Union |
Geneva
|
1949
|
|
| International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea |
Hamburg
|
1996
|
|
| United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
Paris
|
1964
|
|
| Universal Postal Union |
Berne
|
1874
|
|
| World Health Organization |
Geneva
|
1948
|
|
| World Intellectual Property Organization |
Geneva
|
1986
|
|
| World Meteorological Organization |
Geneva
|
1950
|
|
| World Trade Organization |
WTO
(f. GATT) |
Geneva
|
1968
(Associate 1964) |
| United Nations Programs etc. |
Abbreviation
(f.=formerly) |
Headquarters
|
Member since
|
|
Arusha
|
---
|
|
|
Haag
|
---
|
|
|
Rome
|
---
|
|
|
Bonn
|
---
|
|
|
UNODC
(f. UNDCP) |
Vienna
|
---
|
|
New York/
Geneva |
---
|
|
|
Geneva
|
---
|
|
|
Tokyo
|
---
|
|
|
Reykjavík
|
---
|
|
|
Reykjavík
|
---
|
|
|
Geneva
|
---
|
|
|
New York
|
---
|
|
|
New York
|
---
|
|
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
|
|
New York
|
---
|
|
|
Nairobi
|
---
|
|
|
Geneva
|
---
|
|
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
|
New York
|
---
|
|
|
Gaza/
Amman |
---
|
|
|
Geneva
|
---
|
|
| II. World Bank and related bodies |
Abbreviation
(f.=formerly) |
Headquarters
|
Member since
|
| International Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
Washington
|
1945
|
|
| International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes |
Washington
|
1966
|
|
| International Development Association |
Washington
|
1961
|
|
| International Finance Corporation |
Washington
|
1956
|
|
| International Monetary Fund |
Washington
|
1945
|
|
| Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency |
Washington
|
1998
|
|
| III. Other international organizations and bodies |
Abbreviation
(f.=formerly) |
Headquarters
|
Member since
|
| Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (Preparatory Commission) |
Vienna
|
(2000)
|
|
| International Council for the Exploration of the Sea |
Copenhagen
|
1938
|
|
| International Criminal Police Organization |
Lyon
|
1971
|
|
| International Exhibitions Bureau (Bureau International d'Expositions) |
Paris
|
1999
|
|
| International Hydrographic Organization |
Monte Carlo
|
1970
|
|
| International Maritime Satellite Organization |
London
|
1991
|
|
| International Telecommunications Satellite Organization |
ITSO
(f. INTELSAT) |
Washington
|
1975
|
| International Customs Tariffs Bureau |
Brussels
|
1891
|
|
| Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons |
Haag
|
1997
|
|
| Permanent Court of Arbitration |
Haag
|
1955
|
|
| World Customs Organization |
Brussels
|
1950
|
|
| IV. Nordic institutions |
Abbreviation
(f.=formerly) |
Headquarters
|
Member since
|
| Nordic Council |
Copenhagen
|
1952
|
|
| Nordic Council of Ministers |
Copenhagen
|
1952
|
|
| Nordic Cultural Fund |
Copenhagen
|
1976
|
|
| Nordic Development Fund |
Helsinki
|
1989
|
|
| Nordic Environment Finance Corporation |
Helsinki
|
1990
|
|
| Nordic Industrial Fund |
Oslo
|
1973
|
|
| Nordic Investment Bank |
Helsinki
|
1976
|
|
| Nordic Project Export Fund |
Helsinki
|
1982
|
|
| West-Nordic Council |
Reykjavík
|
1985
|
|
| V. Other regional organizations and bodies |
Abbreviation
(f.=formerly) |
Headquarters
|
Member since
|
| Arctic Council |
(Changeable)
|
1996
|
|
|
Akureyri
|
1996
|
|
|
PAME
|
Akureyri
|
1999
|
| Barents Euro-Arctic Council |
(Changeable)
|
1991
|
|
| Council of Europe |
Strassbourg
|
1950
|
|
|
Graz
|
1998
|
|
|
Strassbourg
|
---
|
|
|
Strassbourg
|
1992
|
|
|
Strassbourg
|
---
|
|
| Council of the Baltic Sea States |
Stockholm
|
1995
|
|
| European Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
London
|
1991
|
|
| European Free Trade Association |
Geneva
|
1970
|
|
|
---
|
Luxembourg
|
1994
|
|
|
EFTA-DF
|
Brussels
|
1994
|
|
EFTA-IFP
|
Genva
|
1977
|
|
Brussels
|
1994
|
|
| European Telecommunications Satellite Organization |
Paris
|
1987
|
|
| North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission |
Trondheim
|
1992
|
|
| North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization |
Edinborough
|
1983
|
|
| North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
Brussels
|
1949
|
|
|
---
|
---
|
|
| North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission |
London
|
1982
|
|
| Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization |
Darmouth
|
1979
|
|
| Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development |
OECD
(f. OEEC) |
Paris
|
1961
|
| Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe |
Vienna
|
1972
|
|
|
---
|
---
|
|
| Western European Union |
Brussels
|
1993
(Associate) |
|
| Related organizations |
Abbreviation
(f.=formerly) |
Headquarters
|
Member since
|
| Audiovisual Eureka |
Brussels
|
1995
|
|
| Australia Group |
(Changeable)
|
1993
|
|
| Bank for International Settlements |
Basel
|
---
|
|
| Conference on International Trade in Endangered Species |
Geneva
|
2000
|
|
| Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic |
London
|
1998
|
|
| European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization |
Brussels
|
1988
|
|
| European Committee for Standardization |
Brussels
|
1988
|
|
| European Molecular Biology Organisation |
Heidelberg
|
---
|
|
| European Union |
Brussels
|
Not a member
|
|
| International Astronomical Union |
Paris
|
1988
|
|
| International Commission on Missing Persons |
---
|
---
|
|
| International Committee of the Red Cross |
Geneva
|
---
|
|
| International Electrotechnical Commission |
Geneva
|
1998
(Associate) |
|
| International Parliamentarians Union |
Geneva
|
1951
|
|
| International Standards Organization |
Geneva
|
1992
|
|
| International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics |
Toulouse
|
1967
|
|
| International Union of Geological Sciences |
Trondheim
|
1962
|
|
| Missile Technology Control Regime |
(Changeable)
|
1993
|
|
| Scientific Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics |
SCOSTEP
(f. IUCSTP) |
(Changeable)
|
1978
(1969) |
| World Conservation Union |
IUCN
(f. IUPN) |
Gland
|
1973
|
| World Energy Council |
London
|
1949
|
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