Internationale Organisationen mit Hauptsitz in der Schweiz

 

Genf - Lausanne - Gland - Bern - Basel - Zürich

 

In Genf sind heute etwa 20 internationale Organisationen, rund 170 NGO und 150 Missionen ansässig.

 

Darunter sind folgende UNO-Organisationen:

 

ITU International Telecommunications Union (1865; von 1868-1948 in Bern)

WMO World Meteorological Organization (1873/1951)

WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization (1884/93/1974;
von 1893-1960 als BIPRI in Bern)

ILO International Labour Organization (1901/19)

IBE (UNESCO) International Bureau for Education (1925)

WHO World Health Organization (1948

 

Sowie die UNO-Unterorganisationen:

 

ECE-UNO United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

OHCHR Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

UNCC United Nations Compensation Commission

UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

UNIDIR United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research

UNITAR United Nations Institute for Training and Research

UNOG United Nations Office at Geneva (1946)

UNRISD United Nations Research Institute for Social Development

UNAIDS Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (1996)

ITC International Trade Center UNCTAD/WTO (1964)

EMPRETEC Emprendedores Tecnologià (1988),
Spezialprogramm bei der UNCTAD

 

Dazu kommen als weitere grosse internationale Organisationen:

 

ICRC International Committee of the Red Cross (1864)

IPU Inter-Parliamentary Union (1889; 1892-1911 in Bern, seit 1920 in Genf)

IPB International Peace Bureau (1891)

ICA International Co-Operative Alliance (1895)

IEC International Electrotechnical Commission (1906)

IFRC International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (1919)

IFUW International Federation of University Women (1919)

IOE International Organisation of Employers (1920)

ICDO International Civil Defence Organization (1931/1958)

IATA International Air Transport Association (1945)

ISO (International Organization for Standardization (1947)

LWF Lutheran World Foundation (1947)

WCC World Council of Churches (1948)

WTO World Trade Organization (1948: GATT/1995)

WCC World Council of Churches (1948)

SITA Airline Telecommunications and Information Services (1949)

EBU European Broadcasting Union (1950)

IOM International Organization for Migration (1951/1989)

CERN Organisation européenne pour la recherche nucléaire (1954)

EFTA European Free Trade Association (1960)

UPOV International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (1960/68)

IFTDH International Federation Terre des Hommes (1966)

WARC World Alliance of Reformed Churches (1970)

ITCB International Textiles and Clothing Bureau (1984)

ACI Airports Council International (1991)

COURT OSCE Arbitration and Conciliation Court within the
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (1992)

WBCSD World Business Council for Sustainable Development (1995)

SC South Center (1995)

ACWL Advisory Centre on WTO Law (2001)

 

In Lausanne befinden sich:

 

IOC International Olympic Committee (1894)

FEI Fédération Equestre Internationale (1921; seit 1991 in Lausanne)

WADA World Anti-Doping Agency (1999)

 

In Gland befindet sich:

 

IUCN World Conservation Union (1948)

WWF World Wildlife Foundation (1961)

 

In Bern befinden sich:

 

UPU Universal Postal Union (1874)

IFBC International Federation of the Blue Cross (1877)

OTIF Intergouvernmental Organisation for
International Carriage by Rail (1890/1985)

 

In Basel befindet sich:

 

BIS Bank for International Settlements (1930)

 

In Zürich ist das Hauptquartier der

 

FIFA Fédération International de Football Associations (1904)

 

Link:

Internationale Organisationen in der Schweiz

http://www.eda.admin.ch/geneva_miss/e/home/numbe/oichi.html