GROUPS/AGENCIES

The Common Wealth	It was originally known as 'The British Commonwealth of Nations'. It is an association of sovereing and independent states which formally made up the British empire. It's headquarter is located at London. The British Monarch (Queen Elizabeth II) is the symbolic head of the commonwealth. The Commonwealth heads of government meet (CHOGM) is held in every 2 years.
Arab League	The Arab League was established on March 22, 1945. The objective was to promote economic, social, political and military cooperation. The headquarter of this organization is located at Cairo (egipt), which have 23 members.
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)	The APEC was established on November, 1989. The basic objective of this organization is to promote trade and investment in the pacific basin. It has 21 member.
Asian Development Bank (ADB)	It was established on december 19th 1966. The basic objective was to promote regional economic cooperation. he headquarter of this organization is located at Manila and it has 59 members.
Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN)	The ASEAN was established on 8th August,1967. The basic objective of this organization was regional, economic, social and cultural co-operation among the non-commercial countries of South-East asia. The members of this organization are Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philipines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Mayanmar, Cambodia. It's headquarter is located at Djakarta.
Common Wealth of Independent states (CIS)	This organization was established on December 8th, 1991. Thebasic objective of this oeganization is to coordinae inter-commonwealth relations and to provide a mechanism for the orderly dissolution of the USSR. It has 12 members and headquarter located at Kirava (Belarus)
Group of 8 or G-08	It was established on Sept. 22, 1985, to promote co-operation among major non-cmmunist economic powers., Members: France, Germany, Japan, UK, US, Canada, Italy, and Russia.
Group of 15 (G-15)	It is sstablished on 1989, to promote economic co-operation among developing nations. It has 19 members.
Group of 77 (G-77)	It was established on Oct., 1967, to promote economic co-operation among developing nations. It has 27 members.
International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL)	It was established on 1914, to promote international cooperation among criminal police authorities. It has 178 members, and it's headquarters located at France.
International Olympic Committee (IOC)	It was established on June 23, 1894, to promote the olympic ideals and administer olympic games. It has 167 members and it's headquarters located at Swizerland
International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO)	It is established on Feb., 1947, to promote the development of international standards, It has 140 members and its headquarters located at Switzerland.
International Red cross And Red Crescent Movement	It is established on 1928, to promote worldwide humanitarian aid, It's headquarters located at Geneva.
Non-aligned Movement (NAM)	It is established on Sept. 1961, the main objective was political co-operation and separate itself from both USA and USSR (in the cold-war era). It has 116 members. The credit of evolving the concept goes to Pt. Jawahar lal Nehru. The other contributors were Marshal tito (President of Yugoslavia), Dr. Sukarno (President of Indonesia) and General Nasser (President of Egypt). Bandung conference in Indonesia became the forum for the birth of NAM.
European Union	It was established on Apr. 8, 1965. Effective on July 1, 1967., The objective was to create a united Europe in which member countries would have such strong economic and political bonds that war would cease to be a recurring fact., It has 25 members. (The ten new countries which joined in 2004 are Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slavakia and Slovania)., It's headquarters located at Brussels (Belgium). The common European, currency, Euro, was launched on Jan. 1, 1999.
North Atlantic Treaty organisation (NATO)	It was estableshed on April 4, 1949. The objective of this organization is to provide mutual defence and cooperation. It has more than 26 members like Russia. It's headquarters located at Brussels.
Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)	It was established on Sept, 1959. The objective was to set world prices by controlling oil production and also persues member interest in trade and development. It has 13 members (Algeria, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, UAE, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Gabon, Equador and Venezuela). It's headquarters at Vienna (Austria).
South Asian Association For Regional Cooperation (SAARC)	It was established on Dec. 8, 1985, to promote economic, social and cultural cooperation. The members are Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Srilanka., Headquarters: Kathmandu.
World Meteorological Organisation (WMO)	It was established on Oct 11, 1947, effective from April 4, 1951., Thw main objective was specialised UN agency concerned with meteorological cooperation., It's headquarter at Geneva and it has 162 member.
Amnesty International (AI)	It was established on 1961, To keep a watch over human rights violation worldwide., headquarters at London, Got Nobel Prize in 1977 for Peace.
Organisation of The Islamic conference (OIC)	It was established 1969, to promote Islamic solidarity among member states and to consolidate cooperation among members., It has 57 members, and it's headquarters at Saudi Arabia.
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)	It was established on June 7, 2002, to develop mutual cooperation., Members: Russia, China, Kazakhistan, Uzbekistan, kyrghiztan and Tajikistan.