international organisation

Other forms: international organisations

Definitions of international organisation

1. noun

   an international alliance involving many different countries
   synonyms: global organization, international organization, world organisation, world organization

   types:

   Arab League

   an international organization of independent Arab states formed in 1945 to promote cultural and economic and military and political and social cooperation

   Common Market, EC, EEC, EU, Europe, European Community, European Economic Community, European Union

   an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members

   NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization

   an international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security

   OPCW, Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

   international organization for chemical disarmament; administers the Chemical Weapons Convention

   OAS, Organization of American States

   an association including most countries in the western hemisphere; created in 1948 to promote military and economic and social and cultural cooperation

   OPEC, Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries

   an organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the production and sale of petroleum

   League of Nations

   an international organization formed in 1920 to promote cooperation and peace among nations; although suggested by Woodrow Wilson, the United States never joined and it remained powerless; it was dissolved in 1946 after the United Nations was formed

   community

   a group of nations having common interests

   CIS, Commonwealth of Independent States

   an alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991

   UN, United Nations

   an organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security

   commonwealth

   a world organization of autonomous states that are united in allegiance to a central power but are not subordinate to it or to one another

   WTO, World Trade Organization

   an international organization based in Geneva that monitors and enforces rules governing global trade

   British Commonwealth, Commonwealth of Nations

   an association of nations consisting of the United Kingdom and several former British colonies that are now sovereign states but still pay allegiance to the British Crown

   type of:

   alignment, alinement, alliance, coalition

   an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty