The World of International Organizations
Underpinning the world’s businesses, economy and trade are international organizations such as the Bank for International Settlements, serving central banks; the World Bank and IMF, promoting lending and global cooperation; the United Nations, with five regional economic commissions; and the World Trade Organization, dealing with the global rules of trade.
February 21, 2021
The head of the U.N. atomic watchdog agency and Iranian top officials announced Tehran will give international inspectors reduced access to nuclear sites.
February 19, 2021
French President Emmanuel Macron led a chorus of world leaders and advocates in celebrating the United States’ official return to the 2015 Paris Agreement.
February 10, 2021
Allowing mining companies to tap deep sea deposits beneath international waters poses too many underwater risks, a global environmental group reported.
February 5, 2021
Nigerian-American Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is poised to become the next head of Geneva-based WTO after clinching the “strong support” of the United States.
February 5, 2021
Michael Bloomberg was reappointed to the role of U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres’ special envoy on climate ambition and solutions.
February 3, 2021
ICJ ruled it has jurisdiction to hear Iran’s case challenging the U.S. economic sanctions reimposed by the former Trump administration in 2018.
February 3, 2021
WEF postponed its Special Annual Meeting 2021 in Singapore until mid-August due to what it called “international challenges in containing the pandemic.”
February 2, 2021
FAO expects a 1.3 percent decline in global aquaculture production and overall drop in fish supply, consumption and trade revenue for 2020.
January 25, 2021
The U.N. labor agency estimated job losses in 2020 due to the pandemic were quadruple those during the 2008-2009 global financial crisis.
January 24, 2021
China surpassed the United States as the world’s top recipient of foreign direct investment with inflows of US$163 billion in 2020, new UNCTAD figures show.