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:

• United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

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

• International Criminal Court (ICC)

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

• International Monetary Fund (IMF)

• World bank
  • International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
  • International Finance Corporation (IFC)
  • International Development Organization (IDA)
  • Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)

• 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)
• 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)