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International organizations by type (1999-2000) International organizations by type (Table 1) Yearbook of International Organizations 1999/2000 edition Copyright © Union of International Associations (http://www.uia.org/) Types Intergovernmental Nongovernmental Total   No. % Type % IGO No. % Type % NGO No. % Total CONVENTIONAL INTERNATIONAL BODIES A. Federations of international organizations 1 2.63 .39 37 97.36 .63 38 .62 B. Universal membership organizations 35 6.74 13.94 484 93.25 8.30 519 8.54 C. Intercontinental membership organizations 35 3.20 13.94 1057 96.79 18.14 1092 17.97 D. Regionally oriented membership organizations 180 4.06 71.73 4247 95.93 72.93 4427 72.87   TOTAL CONVENTIONAL 251 4.13 100.00 5825 95.87 100.00 6076 100.00 OTHER INTERNATIONAL BODIES E. Organizations emanating from places or persons or other bodies 775 26.60 48.81 2138 73.39 19.00 2913 22.68 F. Organizations of special form 724 16.95 45.59 3547 83.04 31.52 4271 33.26 G. Internationally oriented national organizations 89 1.57 5.60 5567 98.42 49.48 5656 44.06   TOTAL OTHER 1588 12.36 100.00 11252 87.64 100.00 12840 100.00   TOTAL Types A to G 1839 - - 17077 - - 18916 - SPECIAL TYPES H. Dissolved or apparently inactive organizations 460 11.43 10.05 3563 88.56 13.25 4023 12.78 J. Recently reported bodies - not yet confirmed 170 15.93 3.71 897 84.06 3.33 1067 3.39 K. Subsidiary and internal bodies 560 29.27 12.23 1353 70.72 5.03 1913 6.08 N. National organizations 0 0 0 3370 100 12.53 3370 10.71 R. Religious orders and secular institutes 0 0 0 893 100 3.32 893 2.83 S. Autonomous conference series 113 17.25 2.46 542 82.74 2.01 655 2.08 T. Multilateral treaties and intergovernmental agreements 2028 100 44.35 0 0 0 2028 6.44 U. Currently inactive nonconventional bodies 1245 7.11 27.20 16263 92.88 60.53 17508 55.69   TOTAL SPECIAL 4576 14.54 100.00 26881 85.46 100.00 31457 100.00   TOTAL ALL TYPES 6415 - - 43958 - - 50373 - This table suggests different answers to the question "How many international organizations are there?" 1. Conventional intergovernmental organizations, when attaching importance to the non-existence of international non-governmental organizations in terms of international law. (Multilateral treaties, Type T, might be added as closely related international "instruments".) 2. Conventional international bodies, both governmental and non-governmental, when attaching importance to the existence of autonomous international bodies as a social reality. 3. Conventional bodies (Types A to D) plus special forms (Type F), when recognizing the importance of organizational substitutes and unconventional form. (To the latter might be added conference series, Type S, and multilateral treaties, Type T, as forms of organization substitute.) 4. Conventional bodies (Types A to D), special forms (Type F) and religious orders (Type R), when attaching importance to the social reality of the latter as independent actors. 5. Conventional bodies (Types A to D), other international bodies (Types E to G), religious orders (Type R), and multilateral treaties (Type T), when recognizing the international impact of semi-autonomous and nationally tied organizations. (Documentalists might also include inactive bodies, Type H, which figure in the "authority lists" of international organizations.) * Note that Types N and U are not printed in this edition.

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