Major international intergovernmental organizations
International organizations are formal multilateral bodies established by treaty among sovereign states to coordinate action on challenges no single government can address alone; they are the principal architecture through which global governance operates.
This covers the major international intergovernmental organizations that shape the rules, norms and responses governing relations between states.
Each organization is linked to its founding treaty, its current leader and its historical founders, grounding each entity in its legal origin and the people who built it.
The organizations are grouped into four categories reflecting their primary mandate: Collective security, Trade and Finance, Humanitarian assistance and Standards and norms.
Curated by Aijan Z