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.
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) |