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International Labor Organization
(Encyclopedia) International Labor Organization (ILO), specialized agency of the United Nations, with headquarters in Geneva. It was created in 1919 by the Versailles Treaty and affiliated with the…International Booker Prize
(Encyclopedia) International Booker Prize: see under Booker Prize.International Maritime Organization
(Encyclopedia) International Maritime Organization (IMO), specialized agency of the United Nations established in 1948, with headquarters in London and 168 member nations and three associate members…International Monetary Fund
(Encyclopedia) International Monetary Fund (IMF), specialized agency of the United Nations, established in 1945. It was planned at the Bretton Woods Conference (1944), and its headquarters are in…international monetary system
(Encyclopedia) international monetary system, rules and procedures by which different national currencies are exchanged for each other in world trade. Such a system is necessary to define a common…International Peace Bureau
(Encyclopedia) International Peace Bureau (IPB), organization est. 1891 in Bern, Switerland, by Fredrik Bajer and other members of the third World Peace Congress. Dedicated to promoting world peace,…International Red Cross
(Encyclopedia) International Red Cross: see Red Cross.International Refugee Organization
(Encyclopedia) International Refugee Organization (IRO), temporary agency of the United Nations, established in 1946. In arranging for the care and the repatriation or resettlement of Europeans made…International Telecommunication Union
(Encyclopedia) International Telecommunication Union (ITU), specialized agency of the United Nations, with headquarters at Geneva. It was created in 1934 as a result of the merging of the…International Ultraviolet Explorer
(Encyclopedia) International Ultraviolet Explorer: see ultraviolet astronomy.Trending
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