Features
- An international organization is an organization with an international membership, scope, or presence.
- There are two main types:International nongovernmental organizations (INGOs): non-governmental
- organizations (NGOs) that operate internationally. These include international non-profit organizations
- such as the World Organization of the Scout Movement, International Committee of the Red Cross and Médecins Sans
- Frontières.
- Intergovernmental organizations, also known as international governmental organizations (IGOs):
- the type of organization most closely associated with the term 'international organization',
- these are organizations that are made up primarily of sovereign states (referred to as member states).
- Notable examples include the United Nations (UN), Organisation for Economic Co-operation
- and Development (OECD) Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Council of Europe (CoE),
- European Union (EU; which is a prime example of a supranational organization), and World Trade Organization (WTO).
- The UN has used the term "intergovernmental organization" instead of "international organization" for clarity.
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