ICC work with Inter-Governmental Organizations (IGOs)

ICC enjoys a close working relationship with the United Nations and other intergovernmental organizations. Since 1946, ICC has enjoyed consultative status with the United Nations and its specialized agencies. With IGOs increasingly involved in matters of concern to the business community, it is important that its representatives be "at the table" when such matters are discussed. The emphasis on the crucial role of the private sector in the achievement of the international community's development goals makes its participation in IGO discussions even more necessary.

This is a partial list of IGOs and other intergovernmental entities with which ICC collaborates: 



International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)     

International Maritime Organization (IMO)     

International Telecommunications Union (ITU)      

Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

The Global Compact

UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

UN Commission on Sustainable Development

UN Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)

UN Development programme (UNDP)

UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)

UN Environmental Programme (UNEP)

UN Office on Drugs and Crime

World Bank

World Customs Organization (WCO)

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

World Trade Organization (WTO)

Click here to read Working with the UN: Joint activities and projects linking ICC and the United Nations [pdf]

Examples of ongoing projects:

ICC/UNCTAD Investment Guides for Least Developed Countries

ICC/UNCTAD Investment Advisory Council (IAC)

New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD)

UN World Aids Campaign

Recent UN Conferences in which ICC has participated:

The International Conference on Financing for Development in Monterrey, Mexico (FfD)

The World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, South Africa (WSSD)

The World Summit on the Information Society in Geneva, Switzerland and Tunis, Tunisia (WSIS)

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For more information please contact:

ICC Office for the United Nations and other international organizations, New York

ICC Permanent Representative: Click here to send a mail 

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