Yearbook of International Organizations

Recommended supplement

 

If you would like to obtain information on this annual publication (ISSN 0084-3814), call Reed Elsevier Inc. at (800) 521-8110; or Union of International Associations (UIA) in Brussels: +32 2 640 18 08; fax: (32 2) 646 05 25.

If you need to find an international organization, this book will get you there. (It was recently integrated with Who's Who in International Organizations.) It tells you when the organization was founded; aims; structure; language(s); staff; finance; nongovernmental organizations relations; events; and members. The Yearbook of International Organizations attempts to cover all "international organizations," according to a broad range of criteria. It includes many bodies that may be perceived, according to narrower definitions, as not being fully international or as not being of sufficient significance to merit inclusion. You will find that such bodies often are included to enable users to make their own evaluation. For some users, these bodies may be of great interest. (User languages include English, German, French, and Dutch.)

Volume 2: Country Directory of Secretariats and Membership


Organizations classified by country of secretariat.
Organizations classified by countries of location of membership.
Statistics: by country and city.

Volume 3: Subject Directory and Index


Organizations classified by subject concerns.
Organizations classified by regional concerns.
Organizations classified by type and statistics: by subject.

According to the editors at the Union of International Associations, the total number of active organizations appearing in the Yearbook of International Organizations in 1994-1995 is 24,197. The breakdown is: 5,191 "conventional" international organizations; 14,719 other organizations; 1,633 recently reported or proposed organizations; 816 religious orders; and 1,838 treaties.

The book is written in three volumes:

Volume 1: Descriptions and Cross-References


(Appearing in alphabetical order of title, with index of abbreviations and other language titles inserted in the same sequence.)

  1. Contents of organization descriptions.
  2. Types of organization.
  3. Legal status of international NGOs.
  4. Statistics.
  5. Continuity.
  6. Editorial policy.
  7. Complementary volumes.
  8. Use of computers.
  9. Union of International Associations.
  10. The U.N. and the YIO.
  11. Publications index.




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Yearbook of International Organizations

Annual publication
ISSN 0084-3814
For more information, call
Reed Elsevier Inc. or Union of International Associations (UIA) in Brussels
Phone: (800) 521-8110
Fax: (32 2) 646 05 25