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IMPORTANT ORGANIZATIONS - HEADQUARTERS [INTERNATIONAL]

NAME OF ORGANIZATION - HEADQUARTERS
• World Trade Organization – WTO: Geneva –Switzerland

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• World Health Organization – WHO: Geneva –Switzerland
• General Agreement on Tariffs & Trade – GATT: Geneva –Switzerland
• United Nations High Commission for Refugees – UNHCR: Geneva –Switzerland
• United Nations Conference on Trade & Development – UNCTAD: Geneva –
Switzerland
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International Labour Organization – ILO: Geneva –Switzerland
International Telecommunications Union – ITU: Geneva –Switzerland
World Intellectual Property Organization – WIPO: Geneva –Switzerland
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United Nations Human Rights Council – UNHRC: Geneva, Switzerland
World Meteorological Organization – WMO: Geneva – Switzerland
International Trade Centre – ITC: Geneva – Switzerland
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• International Olympic Committee – IOC: Lausanne, Switzerland
• International Hockey Federation – FIH: Lausanne, Switzerland
• International Chess Federation – FIDE: Lausanne, Switzerland
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• Federation of International Football Association – FIFA: Zurich – Switzerland

• Bank for International Settlements – BIS: Basel – Switzerland
• Universal Postal Union – UPU: Bern – Switzerland
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• Worldwide Fund for Nature – WWF: Gland, Switzerland
• International Union for Conservation of Nature – IUCN – Gland, Switzerland
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• United Nations – UN: New York –USA

• United Nations Development Programme – UNDP: New York –USA
• United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund – UNICEF: New York
– USA
• UN Women: New York – USA
• United Nations Population Fund – UNFPA: New York –USA
• United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation – UNOSSC: New York -USA
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• World Bank Group – WBG: Washington DC –USA
• International Monetary Fund – IMF: Washington DC –USA
• International Maritime Organization – IMO: London – UK
• Commonwealth Heads of Governments Meet – CHOGM: London – UK
• Amnesty International - London – UK
• United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization – UNESCO:
Paris – France
• Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development – OECD: Paris – France
• International Criminal Police Organisation – INTERPOL: Lyon – France
• International Atomic Energy Agency – IAEA: Vienna – Austria
• United Nations Industrial Development Organisation – UNIDO: Vienna – Austria
• Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries – OPEC: Vienna – Austria
• United Nations Office on Drugs & Crime – UNODC: Vienna – Austria
• World Tourism Organization – UNWTO - Madrid – Spain
• International Organization of Securities Commissions – IOSCO – Madrid –
Spain

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• International Court of Justice – ICJ: The Hague – Netherlands

• Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons – OPCW: The Hague –
Netherlands
• Food & Agriculture Organization – FAO: Rome – Italy
• World Food Programme – WFP: Rome – Italy
• International Fund for Agricultural Development – IFAD: Rome – Italy
• United Nations Environment Programme – UNEP: Nairobi – Kenya
• United Nations Human Settlements Programme - UN-HABITAT: Nairobi – Kenya
• International Civil Aviation Organization – ICAO: Montreal – Canada
• United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity – UNCBD – Montreal, Canada

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• North Atlantic Treaty Organization – NATO: Brussels – Belgium
• World Customs Organization – WCO: Brussels – Belgium
• European Union – EU: Brussels – Belgium
• Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication – SWIFT:
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• Asian Development Bank – ADB: Manila – Philippines
• Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank – AIIB: Beijing – China
• Shanghai Cooperation Organization – SCO: Beijing – China
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New Development Bank – NDB: Shanghai – China
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation – SAARC: Kathmandu – Nepal
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation – APEC: Singapore
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• Association of South East Asian Nations – ASEAN: Jakarta – Indonesia
• Asian Clearing Union – ACU: Tehran – Iran
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• UN Economic & Social Commission for Asia & the Pacific – UNESCAP: Bangkok
– Thailand
• Badminton World Federation – BWF: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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• United Nations University – UNU: Tokyo – Japan
• International Cricket Council – ICC: Dubai – UAE
• International Renewable Energy Agency – IREA: Abu Dhabi – UAE
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• Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical & Economic Cooperation

– BIMSTEC: Dhaka – Bangladesh
• International Solar Alliance – ISA: Gurugram – India
• United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change – UNFCCC: Bonn –
Germany
• United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification – UNCCD –Bonn, German
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• African Union – AU –Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. The International Development Association - IDA is an international financial
institution which offers concessional loans and grants to the world's poorest
developing countries. Its headquarters located in which city?
1) New York, U.S. 2) Washington D.C., U.S. 3) London, U.K.
4) Frankfurt, Germany 5) Geneva, Switzerland
2. Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries - OPEC is a permanent,
intergovernmental organization created at the Baghdad Conference in 1960.
In which city OPEC headquartered?
1) Vienna, Austria 2) Tehran, Iran 3) Cairo, Egypt
4) Doha, Qatar 5) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
3. United Nations Environment Program - UNEP is responsible for coordinating
responses to environmental issues within the United Nations system. It
was created on 5th June, 1972. In which city UNEP headquarters located?
1) The Hague 2) Vienna 3) Brussels 4) Nairobi 5) Madrid

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4. W h i c h o f t h e fo l l o w i n g i s / a r e C O R R E C T LY m a t c h e d c o n c e r n i n g
organizations & their Headquarters?
a. Asian Clearing Union – ACU: Tehran
b. South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation – SAARC: Dhaka
c. Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation – APEC: Singapore
d. Association of South East Asian Nations – ASEAN: Jakarta – Indonesia
1) Only a & c 2) Only c & d 3) Only a, c & d 4) Only b, c & d 5) Only a & b
5. Which of the following organizationsis headquartered in Brussels (Belgium)?
1) International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL)
2) Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

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3) World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
4) Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
5) World Customs Organization (WCO)
6. Which among the following organizationsis NOT headquartered in Vienna
(Austria)?
1) International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
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2) United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
3) Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
4) International Maritime Organization (IMO)

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5) United Nations Office on Drugs & Crime (UNODC)
Which among the following is CORRECTLY matched?
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a. United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization – UNESCO:
Paris
b. Federation of International Football Association – FIFA: Lausanne
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c. New Development Bank – NDB: Beijing

d. Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries – OPEC: Vienna
1) Only c & d 2) Other than the given options
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3) Only a, c&d 4) Only a, b &d 5) Only b, c & d
8. Which of the following organizationshas its headquarters in Montreal (Canada)?
1) North Atlantic Treaty Organization - NATO
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2) International Atomic Energy Agency - IAEA

3) International Court of Justice - ICJ
4) International Civil Aviation Organization - ICAO
5) World Tourism Organization – UNWTO
9. The International Labour Organization – ILO is a United Nations agency
whose mandate is to advance social and economic justice through setting
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international labour standards. It was founded in 1919 and its headquarters
is in _________
1) Geneva, Switzerland 2) Bern, Switzerland
3) New York, USA 4) London, UK 5) Vienna, Austria
10. Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons – OPCW is an
intergovernmental organization and the implementing body for the Chemical
Weapons Convention, which entered into force in 1997. The organization
was awarded the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize. It is headquarteredin ________
1) Vienna, Austria 2) Brussels, Belgium
3) Gland, Switzerland 4) Paris, France 5) The Hague, Netherlands
11. Which among the following is WRONGLY matched? (Organization &
Headquarters)
1) International Maritime Organization - Paris (France)
2) United Nations Development Program - New York (US)
3) Commonwealth Heads of Governments Meeting - London (UK)
4) World Food Programme – Rome (Italy)
5) International Renewable Energy Agency – Abu Dhabi (UAE)

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12. The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication – SWIFT

provides a secure messaging system for financial transactions between
participating Banks. Its headquarters is located in ________
1) Basel, Switzerland 2) Frankfurt, Germany 3) Tokyo, Japan
4) Brussels, Belgium 5) New York, USA
13. The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation – APEC is a regional economic forum
established in 1989 to leverage the growing interdependence of the Asia-
Pacific. APEC headquarters is located in ________
1) Abu Dhabi, UAE 2) Beijing, China 3) Tokyo, Japan
4) Jakarta, Indonesia 5) Singapore
14. The World Economic Forum - WEF is the international organization committed

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to improving the state of the world through public-private cooperation in
the spirit of global citizenship. Its headquarters located in which city?
1) Vienna, Austria 2) New York, U.S. 3) Paris, France
4) Geneva, Switzerland 5) Washington D.C.
15. United Nations Human Settlements Programme - UN-HABITAT is the United
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Nat ions prog ramme for huma n set tlem ents and susta inabl e ur ban
development. Its headquarters situated in ________
1) Rome, Italy 2) Brussels, Belgium
3) Nairobi, Kenya

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16. Amnesty International is an international non-governmental organization
focused on human rights with its headquarters in ________
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1) Paris, France 2) Berlin, Germany
3) Vienna, Austria 4) London, U.K. 5) Madrid, Spain
17. International Olympic Committee – IOC is an independent international
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organization that is committed to building a better world through sport. It

was created on 23rd June 1894. Its headquarters is located in ________
1) Bern, Switzerland 2) Lausanne, Switzerland
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3) Gland, Switzerland
4) Zurich, Switzerland 5) Geneva, Switzerland
18. United Nations University – UNU is the academic and research arm of the
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United Nations. Its headquarters situated in which city?

1) Beijing, China 2) Tokyo, Japan
3) Manila, Philippines
4) Abu Dhabi, UAE 5) Gurugram, India
19. United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change – UNFCCC established
an international environmental treaty to combat dangerous human interference
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with the climate system. UNFCCC’s main office located in ________
1) Bonn – Germany 2) Gland, Switzerland
3) Geneva – Switzerland
4) New York –USA 5) Other than the given options
20. Which among the following organizations is NOT headquartered in Geneva
(Switzerland)?
1) World Trade Organization (WTO)
2) World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
3) United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR)
4) United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
5) World Health Organization (WHO)

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