International Organisations

(asked on 12th May 2022) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which international organisations are in receipt of privileges in the UK within the terms of the International Organisations Act 1968 as of 12 May 2022.


Answered by
Vicky Ford Portrait
Vicky Ford
This question was answered on 20th May 2022

The following International Organisations are in receipt of privileges and immunities in the UK as of 12 May 2022 within the terms of the International Organisations Act and other relevant legislation:

African Development Bank

European Investment Bank

International Development Association

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)

African Development Fund

European Medicines Evaluation Agency

International Education Scientific Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Naval Communications Agency

Asian Development Bank

European NGSS Agency

International Finance Corporation

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)

International Fund for Agricultural Development

Organisation Joint Armament Cooperation (OCCAR)

Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation (Eurocontrol)

International Grains Organisation (formerly International Wheat Council)

Organisation Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

Caribbean Development Bank

European Parliament

International Labour Organisation

Oslo and Paris Commissions (OSPAR)

Common Fund for Commodities

European Patent Organisation

International Lead and Zinc Study Group

Preparatory Commission for Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organisation

Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux International (CABI)

European Space Agency

International Maritime Organisation

Square Kilometre Array Organisation (SKAO)

Commonwealth Foundation

European Southern Observatory

International Mobile Satellite Organisation (IMSO)

United Nations

Commonwealth Secretariat

European Telecommunications Satellite Organisation

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

United Nations Development Programme

Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation

European Union

International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund

United Nations Environment Programme

Council of Europe

Food and Agricultural Organisation (of the UN)

International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund 1992

United Nations Information Centre

Customs Cooperation Council

Hong Kong Export Trade Office

International Organisation for Migration

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Independent International Commission on Decommissioning

International Rubber Study Group

United Nations World Food Programme

European Atomic Energy Community

Inter-American Development Bank

International Seabed Authority

Unified Patents Court

European Banking Authority

International Atomic Energy Agency

International Sugar Organisation

Universal Postal Union

European Bioinformatics Institute (also known as European Molecular Biology Laboratory)

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)

International Telecommunications Satellite Organisation (ITSO)

World Health Organisation

European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting

International Civil Aviation Organisation

International Telecommunications Union

World Intellectual Property Organisation

European Coal and Steel Community

International Cocoa Organisation

International Tribunal Law of the Sea

World Meteorological Organisation

European Commission of Human Rights

International Coffee Organisation

International Whaling Commission (IWC)

World Trade Organisation

European Committee for Prevention of Torture

International Court of Justice (UN)

North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC)

European Community

International Criminal Court

North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organisation (NASCO)

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