CHECK YOUR AWARENESS ABOUT INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, HEADQUARTERS AND THEIR HEADS.
International organizations spanning across the globe with their scope and presence, hold a significant place in world affairs. These organizations make mass impacts on countries, laws and even global prices from time to time. While Amnesty International is concerned with global peacekeeping, OPEC maintains stability in global demand and supply of oil. Therefore, these organizations take care of a wide range of issues that transcend global boundaries and local laws. While reading a newspaper daily you must have gone through many of them, as they are always mentioned in some or the others news piece. This article provides you with a list of important International Organizations and their Headquarters so read and go through them thoroughly. This topic is important for the perspective of RBI, IBPS/SBI IBPS, Clerical, LIC, Railways, etc. Here is the List of International Organization, Headquarter and their heads:
| International Organizations | Headquarter | President/ General Secretary |
| Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) | Beijing, China | JinLiqun |
| New Development Bank (BRICS Development Bank | Shanghai, China | K.V. Kamath |
| Asian Development Bank (ADB) | Mandaluyong, Philippines | Masatsugu Asakawa |
| International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington DC, US | Kristalina Georgieva |
| World Bank (WB) | Washington DC, US | David R. Malpass |
| United Nations Organization (UN) | New York, US | António Guterres(Secretary-General) |
| United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) | New York, US | Tijjani Muhammad-Bande of Nigeria is the current President of the United Nations General Assembly for the 74th session, office which started in September 2019. |
| United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) | New York, US | Henrietta Fore (Executive Director) |
| United Nations Conference on Trade & Development (UNCTAD) | Geneva, Switzerland | Mukhisa Kituyi (Secretary-General ) |
| World Health Organization (WHO) | Geneva, Switzerland | Tedros Adhanom (Director- General) |
| World Economic Forum (WEF) | Geneva, Switzerland | Klaus Schwab |
| International Labour Organisation (ILO) | Geneva, Switzerland | Guy Ryder (Director- General) |
| World Trade Organisation (WTO) | Geneva, Switzerland | Roberto Azevedo |
| World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) | Geneva, Switzerland | Petteri Taalas (Secretory General) |
| World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) | Geneva, Switzerland | Daren Tang (CEO) |
| International Committee of the Red Cross | Geneva, Switzerland | Peter Maurer (President) |
| United Nations Educational Scientific & Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) | Paris, France | Audrey Azoulay (Director- General) |
| Organisation for Economic Cooperation &Development (OECD) | Paris, France | Jose Angel Gurria (Secretary-General) |
| International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) | Vienna, Austria | Yukiya Amano |
| Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) | Vienna, Austria | Mohammed Barkindo (Secretary General) |
| Amnesty International | London, UK | Kumi Naidoo (Secretary General) |
| International Maritime Organisation (IMO) | London, UK | Kitack Lim |
| Commonwealth of Nations | London, UK | Head – Queen Elizabeth II Secretary-General- Patricia Scotland |
| South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) | Kathmandu, Nepal | Amjad Hussain B. Sial (Secretary-General) |
| Association of South East Nations (ASEAN) | Jakarta, Indonesia | Secretary-General- Dato Lim Jock Hoi |
| Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) | Singapore | Peter O’Neill (Chairperson) |
| North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) | Brussels, Belgium | Jens Stoltenberg (Secretary-General) |
| International Cricket Council (ICC) | Dubai, UAE | Chairperson: Shashank Manohar |
| Food & Agricultural Organisation (FAO) | Rome, Italy | Qu Dongyu |
| International Court of Justice (ICJ) | The Hague, The Netherland | Abdulqawi Yusuf |
| International Olympic Committee (IOC) | Lausanne, Switzerland | Thomas Bach |
| The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) | Zurich, Switzerland | Gianni Infantino |
| World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) | Avenue du Mont-Blanc, Gland, Vaud, Switzerland | Marco Lambertini (DG) |
| Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) | Dhaka, Bangladesh | BIMSTEC uses the alphabetical order for the Chairmanship. The Chairmanship of BIMSTEC has been taken in rotation commencing with Bangladesh. |
| World Anti-Doping Agency | Montreal, Canada | Craig Reedie |
| Bank for International Settlements (BIS) | Basel, Switzerland | Diego Devos (General Counsel) |
