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International Organizations by Type: statistics International organizations by type (Table 1) Yearbook of International Organizations 1995/96 edition Copyright © Union of International Associations Types Intergovernmental Nongovernmental Total No. % Type % IGO No. % Type % NGO No. % Total CONVENTIONAL INTERNATIONAL BODIES A. Federationsof international organizations 1 2.6 0.4 38 97.4 0.8 39 0.7 B. Universalmembership organizations 36 6.9 13.5 486 93.1 9.5 522 9.7 C. Intercontinentalmembership organizations 39 3.7 14.7 1001 96.2 19.5 1040 19.3 D. Regionallyoriented membership organizations 190 5.0 71.4 3596 95.0 70.2 3786 70.3 TOTAL "CONVENTIONAL" 266 4.9 100.0 5121 95.1 100.0 5387 100.0 OTHER INTERNATIONAL BODIES E. Organizationsemanating from places, persons, other bodies 723 28.1 48.3 1846 71.8 20.2 2569 24.1 F. Organizationsof special form 709 19.0 47.4 3025 81.0 33.0 3734 35.1 G. Internationally-orientednational organizations 65 1.5 4.3 4282 98.5 46.8 4347 40.8 TOTAL "OTHER" 1497 14.0 100.0 9153 85.9 100.0 10650 100.0 TOTAL Types A-G 1763 - - 14274 - - 16037 - SPECIAL TYPES H. Dissolvedor apparently inactive organizations 338 10.5 8.7 2883 89.5 13.2 3221 12.5 J. Recentlyreported bodies, not yet confirmed 245 16.3 6.3 1254 83.6 5.7 1499 5.8 K. Subsidiaryand internal bodies 455 28.0 11.7 1167 71.9 5.4 1622 6.3 N. Nationalorganizations 16 0.4 0.4 4226 99.6 19.4 4242 16.5 R. Religiousorders secular institutes 0 0 0 829 100.0 3.8 829 3.2 S. Autonomousconference series 103 16.7 2.6 514 83.3 2.4 617 2.4 T. Multilateraltreaties and intergovernmental agreements 1876 100.0 48.0 0 0 0 1876 7.3 U. Currentlyinactive nonconventional bodies 872 7.4 22.3 10907 92.6 50.1 11779 45.8 TOTAL "SPECIAL" 3905 15.2 100.0 21780 84.8 100.0 25685 100.0 TOTAL ALL TYPES 5668 - - 36054 - - 41722 - This table suggests different answers to the question: "How many international organizations are there?" 1. Conventional intergovernmental organizations, for those who attachimportance to the non-existence of international non-governmental organizationsin terms of international law. (Multilateral treaties, Type T, might beadded as closely related international "instruments".) 2. Conventional international bodies, both governmental and non-governmental,for those who attach importance to the existence of autonomous internationalbodies as a social reality. 3. Conventional bodies (Types A to D) plus special forms (Type F), forthose who recognize the importance of organizational substitutes and unconventionalform. (To the latter might be added conference series, Type S, and multilateraltreaties, Type T, as forms of organization substitute.) 4. Conventional bodies (Types A to D), special forms (Type F), and religiousorders (Type R), for those who accept the social reality of the latteras independent actors. 5. Conventional bodies (Types A to D), other international bodies (TypesE to G), religious orders (Type R), and multilateral treaties (Type T),for those who are interested in the international impact of semi-autonomousand nationally-ties organizations. (Documentalists might also include inactivebodies, Type H, which figure in "authority lists" of internationalorganizations.)

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