“Where is the headquarters of WIPO?” or “SIDBI is headquartered in which city?” are favourite one-mark questions in SSC, banking and railway exams. This page puts all the important headquarters in one place.
United Nations and its agencies
Organisation
Headquarters
Set up
United Nations (UN)
New York, USA
24 October 1945
UNICEF
New York
1946
UNDP
New York
1965
UN Women
New York
2010
UNESCO
Paris, France
1945
WHO
Geneva, Switzerland
7 April 1948
ILO
Geneva
1919
WTO
Geneva
1 January 1995
WIPO
Geneva
1967
WMO
Geneva
1950
ITU
Geneva
1865
UNHCR
Geneva
1950
IPCC
Geneva
1988
FAO
Rome, Italy
1945
IFAD
Rome
1977
WFP
Rome
1961
UNEP
Nairobi, Kenya
1972
UN-Habitat
Nairobi
1978
IAEA
Vienna, Austria
1957
UNIDO
Vienna
1966
UNODC
Vienna
1997
International Court of Justice
The Hague, Netherlands
1945
ICAO
Montreal, Canada
1947
IMO
London, UK
1948
UPU
Bern, Switzerland
1874
UN Tourism (UNWTO)
Madrid, Spain
1975
Financial and economic bodies
Organisation
Headquarters
IMF
Washington, DC, USA
World Bank
Washington, DC
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Manila, Philippines
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
Beijing, China
New Development Bank (BRICS)
Shanghai, China
Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
Basel, Switzerland
OECD
Paris, France
FATF
Paris
International Energy Agency (IEA)
Paris
OPEC
Vienna, Austria
World Economic Forum
Cologny (Geneva), Switzerland
Regional and political groups
Organisation
Headquarters
SAARC
Kathmandu, Nepal
BIMSTEC
Dhaka, Bangladesh
ASEAN
Jakarta, Indonesia
APEC
Singapore
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)
Beijing, China
European Union / NATO
Brussels, Belgium
African Union
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Arab League
Cairo, Egypt
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Commonwealth Secretariat
London, UK
Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA)
Ebene, Mauritius
International Solar Alliance (ISA)
Gurugram, India
CDRI (Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure)
