Argentina's membership in international organizations
Argentina is a member of various international organizations and groups. The most important are the memberships in the United Nations and its sub- and specialized organizations, in the International Monetary Fund and in the World Bank . At the regional level, the most significant are the memberships in the Rio group , which is dedicated to maintaining democracy in Latin America, and in Mercosur , a customs union in South America.
The following is a detailed list of Argentina's memberships:
United Nations
Argentina is a founding member of the United Nations (UN) and is a member of the following sub-organizations of the UN:
- United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
- United Nations University (UNU)
Regional commission
- Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (CEPAL / ECLAC)
Specialized agencies
- Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
- International Labor Organization (ILO)
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
- International Maritime Organization (IMO)
- International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
- International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
- United Nations Education, Science and Culture Organization (UNESCO)
- United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- Universal Postal Union (UPU)
- World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
- World Tourism Organization (WTO)
Special facilities
- International Criminal Court (ICC)
- Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)
- Zangger Committee (ZC); also known as the Nuclear Exporters Committee
Peace operations
Argentina has participated in the following UN peace operations or is still in action there:
- United Nations Civil Police Mission in Haiti (MIPONUH)
- United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK)
- United Nations Observer Mission to Iraq and Kuwait (UNIKOM)
- United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO)
- United Nations Mission in Bosnia-Herzegovina (UNMIBH)
- United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE)
- United Nations Observer Mission in Prevlaka (UNMOP)
- United Nations Commission on Surveillance, Review and Inspection (UNMOVIC)
- United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC)
- United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP)
- United Nations Armistice Supervision Organization (UNTSO)
IMF, World Bank and other international banks
- African Development Bank (AfDB)
- Central American Bank for Economic Integration (BCIE)
- Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
- Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
Regional organizations
International and regional trade
International trade
- International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
- International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU)
- World Trade Organization (WTO)
- World Customs Organization (WCO)
- World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Regional trade
- Latin American Integration Association (ALADI)
- Mercado Comun del Sur (Mercosur)
- Latin American Economic System (SELA)
- Union of South American Nations (UNASUR)
Other international organizations
- International Hydrographic Organization (IHC)
- International Organization for Migration (IOM)
- International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
- Interpol
- Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR)
- Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG)
- Organization for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (OPANAL)
- Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
International groupings
- Australian Group (Informal Group to Prevent the Proliferation of Chemical and Biological Weapons)
- Groupe des Six Sur le Desarmement (G-6)
- G15 (group of developing countries aiming to promote growth and prosperity)
- G-19
- G20 (group of the most important industrialized and emerging countries)
- G20 of developing countries (group of the most important developing and emerging countries)
- G-24 (sub-group of G-77; official name: Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four on International Monetary Affairs and Development )
- Group of 77 (G-77; loose association of developing countries to enforce common interests at the UN)