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Abbreviations: International (non–UK) Organisations

United Nations

According to Wikipedia, the United Nations has fifteen "specialized agencies". They are:

FAO Click to show or hide the answer
ICAO Click to show or hide the answer
IFAD Click to show or hide the answer
ILO Click to show or hide the answer
IMO Click to show or hide the answer
IMF Click to show or hide the answer
ITU Click to show or hide the answer
UNESCO Click to show or hide the answer
UNIDO Click to show or hide the answer
UPU Click to show or hide the answer
WBG Click to show or hide the answer
WHO Click to show or hide the answer
WIPO Click to show or hide the answer
WMO Click to show or hide the answer
WTO Click to show or hide the answer

The WTO is sometimes called the UNWTO – possibly to avoid confusion with the other WTO (see below). No prizes for guessing what the UN stands for.

WBG Institutions

The World Banking Group comprises five legally separate but affiliated institutions:

IBRD Click to show or hide the answer
IFC Click to show or hide the answer
IDA Click to show or hide the answer
MIGA Click to show or hide the answer
ICSID Click to show or hide the answer

(This is the order that Wikipedia lists them in. I presume this is some sort of ranking of importance.

Other UN Organisations

Wikipedia also lists five "Related organizations". It doesn't give acronym–type names for the first and fourth, but I include them here for completeness:

C N–T–B TOPC Click to show or hide the answer
IAEA Click to show or hide the answer
IOM Click to show or hide the answer
OPCW Click to show or hide the answer
WTO Click to show or hide the answer

In its summary panel, Wikipedia lists over fifty "programs and specialized agencies" of the United Nations. They include a couple that you might get asked about from time to time:

UNHCR Click to show or hide the answer
UNICEF Click to show or hide the answer

Other

ANSIClick for more information Click to show or hide the answer
ASAClick for more information Click to show or hide the answer
CITES Click to show or hide the answer
EFTA Click to show or hide the answer
FBI Click to show or hide the answer
FDA (in the USA) Click to show or hide the answer
GOP (in the USA) Click to show or hide the answer
IATA Click to show or hide the answer
IBRD Click to show or hide the answer
INLA Click to show or hide the answer
Interpol Click to show or hide the answer
ISILClick for more information Click to show or hide the answer
ISO Click to show or hide the answer
KKK Click to show or hide the answer
MORI Click to show or hide the answer
MSF Click to show or hide the answer
NASA Click to show or hide the answer
NATO Click to show or hide the answer
OAPEC Click to show or hide the answer
OAU Click to show or hide the answer
OECD Click to show or hide the answer
OPEC Click to show or hide the answer
PEN Click to show or hide the answer
PETA Click to show or hide the answer
PLO Click to show or hide the answer
RCMP Click to show or hide the answer
RFDS Click to show or hide the answer
SEATO Click to show or hide the answer
WCC Click to show or hide the answer
YMCA Click to show or hide the answer
ZANU Click to show or hide the answer

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