Gambia's membership in international organizations
The Gambia is a member of various international organizations and groups. The most important are the memberships in the United Nations and its sub- and special organizations, in the International Monetary Fund and in the World Bank . At the regional level, the memberships in the African Union and the West African Economic Community (ECOWAS), an economic community in West Africa, are most important.
The following is a detailed list of Gambia's memberships:
United Nations
The Gambia is a member of the United Nations (UN) and is a member of the following sub-organizations of the UN:
Specialized agencies
- Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
- International Labor Organization (ILO)
- International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
- International Maritime Organization (IMO)
- International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
- International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
- UNESCO
- United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- Universal Postal Union (UPU)
- World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
- World Tourism Organization (WToO)
Special facilities
Peace operations
The Gambia has participated in the following UN peace operations or is still in action there:
- United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE)
- United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL)
- United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL)
- United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI)
IMF, World Bank and other international banks
- African Development Bank (AfDB)
Regional organizations
- Islamic Development Bank (IDB)
International and regional trade
International trade
- International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU)
- World Trade Organization (WTO)
- World Customs Organization (WCO)
- World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Regional trade
- West African Economic Community (ECOWAS)
Other international organizations
- African Union (AU)
- International Organization for Migration (IOM)
- Interpol
- Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
- ACP group
- International Whaling Commission (IWC)
Peace operations
- African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) led by the African Union
International groupings
- Non-Aligned States (NAM)
- Group of 77 (G-77)
- Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC)
Private international organizations
- International Olympic Committee (IOC)
- Confédération africaine de football (CAF)
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International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS)
- thereby a member of: International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (IRCM)
- World Federation of Workers (WCL)
- World Trade Union Confederation (WFTU)