In this article, UPSC aspirants can read about the World Customs Organisation (WCO). The role of the World Customs Organisation (WCO) is...
The Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS) is a regional group of fifteen countries, founded in 1975. Its mission is to promote...
COMESA stands for Common Market For Eastern And Southern Africa. COMESA is an organisation of free independent sovereign states which have...
Balkan Regional Center for Trade Promotion is an agreement that was signed on October 13th, 1998 in Antalya, Turkey during the Summit of Heads of...
Established in 1957 by the Economic Council of the Arab League, it has its headquarters at Cairo, Egypt. The first meeting of the Council was...
The Group of Eight (G8) was an inter-governmental political forum from 1997 until 2014. The Group brought together eight major industrial...
Why the European Union is in the news? The European Union has been declared an LGBTIQ Freedom Zone. The European Parliament through a resolution...
The Nordic Council is an official body which facilitates inter-parliamentary cooperation between the Nordic nations of Sweden, Denmark, Finland,...
APEC or the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation was established in 1989 as a regional economic forum to promote sustainable growth and better...
There are more than 300 global institutions which are formed by multiple governments across the globe. The most well known global institution...
The Economic Commission for Western Asia (ECWA) was established on 9 August 1973 pursuant to Economic and Social Council’s resolution 1818 (LV)...
International organizations and groupings are an important part of the International Relations section of the General Studies paper-2 in the UPSC...
The Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLA) -the Spanish acronym is CEPAL- was established by Economic and Social Council resolution 106(VI)...
The WTO is run by its member governments. All major decisions are made by the membership as a whole, either by ministers (who meet at least once...
WTO Latest Update - On 15th February 2021, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was appointed as the WTO Director-General. She is the first woman chief of the...
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is an important programme under the United Nations. Such...
United Nations International Research and Training Institute for Advancement of Women (INSTRAW) was established in 1975 in Mexico. It was...
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are eight goals to be achieved by 2015 that respond to the world's main development challenges. The 8...
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations. The ICJ is an important topic in the GS-2 section...
The summit-level Group brings together developing nations from across the world for promoting South-South cooperation and North South dialogue....
