Global Affairs

The overarching objective of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group is to spur sustainable economic development and social progress in its regional member countries (RMCs), thus contributing to poverty reduction.

Amnesty International is a global movement of more than 7 million people who take injustice personally.

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) help people worldwide where the need is greatest, delivering emergency medical aid to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from health care.

Food and Agriculture Organization.

Friends of the Earth strives for a more healthy and just world.

Many of the world’s worst environmental and human rights abuses are driven by the exploitation of natural resources and corruption in the global political and economic system. Global Witness is campaigning to end this.

Greenpeace is the leading independent campaigning organization that uses peaceful protest and creative communication to expose global environmental problems and to promote solutions that are essential to a green and peaceful future.

Human Rights Watch.

International Center for the Study of the Preservation and the Restoration of Cultural Property

International Court of Justice

International Development Association

International Labor Organization

International Monetary Fund

Founded in 1996, the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) is an independent non-profit organization based in Geneva, Switzerland. The goal of the organization is to advance sustainable development through trade-related policy-making.

International Trade Centre (UNCTAD/WTO).

North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945. It is currently made up of 193 Member States. The mission and work of the United Nations are guided by the purposes and principles contained in its founding Charter.

It supports developing countries to access the benefits of a globalized economy more fairly and effectively.

UNESCO was created in order to respond to the firm belief of nations, forged by two world wars in less than a generation, that political and economic agreements are not enough to build a lasting peace. Peace must be established on the basis of humanity’s moral and intellectual solidarity.

For over 65 years, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has been protecting the rights and well-being of refugees all over the world.

Access to UNESCO full-text documents.

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations system and serves as an authoritative advocate for the global environment.

Working through offices in more than 150 countries, WHO staff work side by side with governments and other partners to ensure the highest attainable level of health for all people.

The World Bank is a vital source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world.