Chronology of International Organizations

The Chronology of International Organizations appears to be a spinoff from data already collected for other Europa reference books. It covers practically the same 100 bodies as have major entries (at greater length) in the Europa Yearbook itself. About half of them are accounted for by the United Nations, its regional commissions, agencies and associated bodies (e.g. UNESCO, UNICEF and the International Monetary Fund) and the other half comprises important non‐UN bodies, some worldwide but the majority regional, from the African Development Bank to the World Trade Organization. It would be difficult to quarrel with this selection, even though there...