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Intergovernmental organizations established by treaty
- League of NationsThe League of Nations was meant to enforce peace, yet it had no army. At its peak it had 58 member states.
- International Organization for MigrationThe International Organization for Migration began in 1951 as a temporary agency.
- International Energy AgencyAfter the 1973 oil cutoff, sixteen nations formed the International Energy Agency.
- Shanghai Cooperation OrganisationThe Shanghai Cooperation Organisation is home to 42 percent of the world's people.
- South Asian Association for Regional CooperationThe South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation has not held a summit since November 2014.
- Southeast Asia Treaty OrganizationOnly two of SEATO's eight member nations were actually in Southeast Asia. The alliance was meant to be Asia's NATO.
- International Renewable Energy AgencyIn Bonn in January 2009, 75 countries signed the founding statute of IRENA.
- Commonwealth of Independent StatesUkraine helped found the Commonwealth of Independent States but never became a member. It never ratified the Charter.
- United NationsAt the United Nations, one veto from any of five permanent members can block a Security Council resolution.
- European University InstituteA plan for nuclear training became a European institute for the human sciences. It opened in Fiesole, Italy, in 1976.