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United Nations General Assembly observers
- International Criminal CourtThe idea of a permanent international court first emerged in 1919 during the Paris Peace Conference. The Commission of Responsibilities proposed creating a…
- Council of EuropeWinston Churchill stood before the University of Zurich on the 19th of September 1946 and declared that creating a Council of Europe would be a stupendous…
- International Organization for MigrationIn 1951, the Provisional Intergovernmental Committee for the Movement of Migrants from Europe began organizing transport for nearly one million displaced…
- Organization for Security and Co-operation in EuropeThe year 1975 marked a turning point in global history when thirty-five nations gathered in Helsinki, Finland. They signed the Final Act of the Conference on…
- International Olympic CommitteeOn the 23rd of June 1894, Pierre de Coubertin stood before a gathering in Paris to establish the International Olympic Committee.
- International Committee of the Red CrossOn the evening of the 24th of June 1859, Henry Dunant arrived in the small Italian town of Solferino. He had traveled from Geneva to meet French emperor…
- OECDThe Organisation for European Economic Co-operation began operations in April 1948 to distribute American aid across war-torn Europe.
- Shanghai Cooperation OrganisationOn the 26th of April 1996, the heads of state from China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan signed a treaty in Shanghai.
- South Asian Association for Regional CooperationThe South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation was founded in Dhaka on the 8th of December 1985. Seven nations signed a declaration to create this new…
- ASEANOn the 8th of August 1967, five foreign ministers gathered inside Saranrom Palace in Bangkok to sign the ASEAN Declaration.
- Commonwealth of Independent StatesOn the 8th of December 1991, three leaders met in a forest reserve to sign a document that would end a superpower. Boris Yeltsin, Leonid Kravchuk, and…
- Eurasian Economic UnionThe collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 left a fragmented economic landscape across Eurasia. Former republics like Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Russia faced…
- European UnionOn the 9th of May 1950, Robert Schuman stood before the French press to announce a radical new plan for Europe. He proposed placing French and German coal…
- Holy SeeThe Holy See traces its origins to the first century, when Saint Peter and Saint Paul established the Diocese of Rome. Catholic tradition holds that this…