Sentence examples for intergovernmental organization from inspiring English sources

African Union (AU), formerly (1963 2002) Organization of African Unity, intergovernmental organization, established in 2002, to promote unity and solidarity of African states, to spur economic development, and to promote international cooperation.

Eight commercial contractors are currently licensed by the International Seabed Authority (an intergovernmental organization established to organize and control all mineral-related activities in the international seabed area beyond the limits of national jurisdiction) to explore nodule resources and to test mining techniques in eight claim areas, each covering 150,000 km².

Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, or OPEC (//www.opec.org), is the intergovernmental organization dedicated to the stability and prosperity of the petroleum market.

"The U.N. is an intergovernmental organization.

The organization succeeded the League of Nations, a similar intergovernmental organization formed after World War I.

No concrete action has so far been taken by any government or intergovernmental organization to save this universal heritage of humanity.

It is an intergovernmental organization, not an N.G.O., with a mission to promote, according to its charter, "humane and orderly migration".

Interpol, byname of International Criminal Police Organization, intergovernmental organization that facilitates cooperation between the criminal police forces of more than 180 countries.

Until recently, the Community of Democracies, an intergovernmental organization inaugurated in 2000, was hobbled by mistrust of U.S. inconsistency and the interventionist agenda of the Bush administration.

Zaid al-Ali, a researcher at the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, an intergovernmental organization, said the constitution's principal defects were not about religion.

He later held Chief-of-Mission positions at the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the principal intergovernmental organization promoting assistance of migrants and refugees and based in Geneva.