Yearbook Volume 5 Statistics - 2007

PART A. STATISTICAL DATA AND GRAPHICS


SECTION 0. CURRENT OVERVIEW

0.1. Number of international organizations

    0.1.1. All bodies in Yearbook database
    0.1.2. International organizations (Cluster I)
    0.1.3. Dependent bodies (Cluster II)
    0.1.4. Organizational substitutes (Cluster III)
    0.1.5. National bodies (Cluster IV)
    0.1.6. Inactive, unconfirmed and excluded bodies (Cluster V)

0.2. Geographic distribution

    Participation in international organizations
    0.2.1. - by continent and cluster
    0.2.2. - by type and continent
    0.2.3. - in intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) by continent
    0.2.4. - in international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) by continent

    0.2.5.(a) Location of international organization secretariats
    0.2.5.(b) Location of international organization secretariats, principal/secondary offices
    0.2.6. Location of intergovernmental organization (IGO) secretariats
    0.2.7. Location of international nongovernmental organization (NGO) secretariats

0.3. Links between organizations

    0.3.1. Links between international organizations by type
    0.3.2. Links from intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) by type
    0.3.3. Links from international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) by type
    0.3.4. Links between international organizations by paragraph
    0.3.5. Links from intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) by paragraph
    0.3.6. Links from international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) by paragraph
    0.3.7. Links between international organizations by frequency
    0.3.8. Links from intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) by frequency
    0.3.9. Links from international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) by frequency
    0.3.10. Links to intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) by frequency
    0.3.11. Links to international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) by frequency

0.4. Subjects (fields of activity)

    0.4.1. Major subject groupings of international organizations


SECTION 1. TYPES OF ORGANIZATION

1. 1. Current (2006)

    1.1.1.(a) Overview of number of international organizations by type
    1.1.1.(b) Overview of number of international organizations by clusters of type
    1.1.1.(c,d) Relative numbers of international organizations by type

1.2. Chronological

    1.2.1.(a,b) Trends in number of active international organizations 1900-2006

    Trends in number of international organizations by cluster: 1950-present
    1.2.2.(a,b) - All organization and Cluster I: International organizations
    1.2.2.(c,d) - Cluster II: Dependent bodies and Cluster III: Organizational substitutes
    1.2.2.(e,f) - Cluster IV: National bodies and Cluster V: Dead, inactive and unconfirmed bodies


SECTION 2. GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION

2. 1. Current (2006)

    2.1.1. Membership of international organizations, by country
    2.1.2. Countries represented in the greatest number of international organizations
    2.1.3.(a-e) Countries represented in international organizations, ranked by continent
    2.1.4.(a,b) Participation in international organizations, NGO and IGO, by continent
    2.1.5. Membership of international organizations, by mother country
    2.1.6. Membership of international organizations, by region of activity
    2.1.7. Countries hosting international organization secretariats

    Countries hosting the greatest number of organization headquarters
    2.1.8.(a) - international organization headquarters
    2.1.8.(b) - intergovernmental organization headquarters
    2.1.8.(c) - non-governmental organization headquarters
    2.1.8.(d) - intercontinental organization headquarters

    2.1.9.(a,b,c,d,e) Countries hosting the greatest number of international organization headquarters, by continent
    2.1.10.(a,b) Location of international organization secretariats, NGO and IGO, by continent
    2.1.10.(c,d) Location of principal secretariats of international organizations by continent
    2.1.10.(e,f) Location of secondary secretariats of international organizations by continent
    2.1.11.(a) Cities hosting international organization secretariats
    2.1.11.(b) Cities hosting international organization secretariats by continent
    2.1.11.(c,d) Top secretariats cities of the world and top 2 cities per continent
    2.1.12. International organizations by region of activity
    2.1.13. Geographic distribution of international meetings
    2.1.14.(a,b) Size of international meetings - by continent and country
    2.1.15.(a) Top international meeting countries - number of meetings
    2.1.16.(a) Top international meeting cities
    2.1.15.(b) and 2.1.16.(b) Top international meeting countries and cities - number of meetings
    2.1.17.(a,b) International meetings - number of meetings versus national population
    2.1.18.(a,b) - International meetings - number of meetings versus GNI

2.2. Chronological

    Participation trends in international organizations of Cluster I: 1956-present
    2.2.1.(a,b) - Growth in participation in international organizations of Cluster I: past and future
    2.2.1.(c) - Growth in participation in international organizations of Cluster I by continent 1956-2004
    2.2.1.(d) - Growth in participation in international organizations of Cluster I 1960-1980
    2.2.1.(e) - Growth in participation in international organizations of Cluster I 1984-2004

    Participation trends in conventional international organizations: 1956-present
    2.2.2.(a) - Growth in participation in conventional international organizations by continent 1956-2004
    2.2.2.(b) - Growth in participation in conventional international organizations: 1960-1980
    2.2.2.(c) - Growth in participation in conventional international organizations: 1984-2004

    2.2.3.(a) Change in country participation in international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)
    2.2.3.(b) Change in number of secretariats of international NGOs of types A-F
    2.2.4.(a) Secretariats of international organizations of Cluster I by continent: 1984-2004
    2.2.4.(b) Growth in secretariats of international organizations of Cluster I: 1948-2004
    2.2.5.(a) Countries hosting international organization principal secretariats
    2.2.5.(b) Countries hosting international organization principal secretariats - charts

    Change in number of secretariats of international nongovernmental organizations of type G
    2.2.6.(a) Geographic distribution of international meetings 2002-2006 tables
    2.2.6.(b) Geographic distribution of international meetings 2002-2006 graphs
    2.2.7.(a,b,c) International meetings - impact of special events on meeting numbers


SECTION 3. LINKS BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONS

3. 1. Current (2006)

    3.1.1. Links between international organizations, by type
    3.1.2. Links between international organizations, by paragraph
    3.1.3. Links between international organizations, by frequency
    3.1.4. Links between international organizations, by subject

3.2. Chronological

    Links between international organizations by type: past and present
    3.2.1.(a) - Links between international organizations by type: 1986-2006
    3.2.1.(b) - Links between intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) by type: 1986-2006
    3.2.1.(c) - Links between nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) by type: 1986-2006
    3.2.1.(d) - Links between clusters of international organizations: 1996-2006

    3.2.2.(a) Ten-year changes in links, by paragraph: 1996 and 2006
    3.2.2.(b) One-year changes in links, by paragraph: 2005 and 2006


SECTION 4. SUBJECTS (FIELDS OF ACTIVITY)

4. 1. Current (2006)

    4.1.1. Experimental matrix of subjects
    4.1.2. Number of international organizations by subject groups
    4.1.3. International organizations by regional field of activity

    Areas of concern of leading people in international organizations
    4.1.4.(a) - Areas of concern of leading people in international organizations, by subjects: 2005
    4.1.4.(b) - Areas of concern of leading people in international organizations, by regions: 2005

4.2. Chronological

    Number of international organizations by subject groups: 1985-present
    4.2.1.(a,b,c) - Number of international organizations by subject group: 1989-2006
    4.2.1.(d) - Number of international organizations by subject group: 1991-2006

    Trends in subjects: 1985-present
    4.2.2.(a) - Some positive and negative trends: 1985-2006
    4.2.2.(b) - Trends in selected subjects: 1985-2006

    4.3.1. Classification of international organizations 1924


SECTION 5. ORGANIZATIONS: POPULATION

5.1. Current (2006) 

    5.1.1. Foundation dates of international organizations, by type
    5.1.2.(a,b,c) Foundation dates of international organizations - charts


SECTION 6. ORGANIZATIONS: STRUCTURE AND LEADERSHIP

6.1. Current (2006)

    6.1.1. International organizations of special structure
    6.1.2.(a) Distribution of budgets of international organizations
    6.1.2.(b) Frequency distribution of organization budget
    6.1.3.(a,b) Staff of international organizations
    6.1.3.(c,d) Staff of international organizations - charts

6.2. Chronological

    Leading people in international organizations
    6.2.1. - year of birth: 2005
    6.2.2.(a,b,c) - academic background: 2005
    6.2.3. - country of citizenship: 2005
    6.2.4. - gender: 2005


SECTION 7. ORGANIZATIONS: LANGUAGE USE

7.1. Current (2006)

    7.1.1. Index to languages used by international organizations

    7.1.2. Languages used by international organizations

      - All organizations (whether IGO or NGO)               
      - Intergovernmental organizations (IGOs)
      - International nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)

    Top 10 languages used by international organizations
    7.1.3.(a) - Top ten languages used by all international organizations
    7.1.3.(b) - Top ten languages used by intergovernmental organizations
    7.1.3.(c) - Top ten languages used by international nongovernmental organizations

    7.1.4. Number of languages used by international organizations

      - All organizations (whether IGO or NGO)               
      - Intergovernmental organizations (IGOs)
      - International nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)

7.1.5.(a,b,c,d) Leading people in international organizations - languages


SECTION 8. ORGANIZATIONS: PUBLICATIONS

8.1. Current (2006) 

    8.1.1. Number of publications of international organizations by type

8.2. Chronological 

    8.2.1. Number of publications of international organizations by type: 2001 - 2006


SECTION 9. EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSES AND MISCELLANEOUS

9.2. Feedback loop analysis 

    9.2.1. Problem feedback loop analysis


PART B. VISUALIZATIONS AND PATTERNS


SECTION 10. NETWORK ANALYSES

10.1. Tributes on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Union of International Associations

10.2. The Place of the Union of International Associations in the Study of International Relations

10.3. A Glance at Sixty Years of Activity (1910-1970) of the Union of International Associations

10.4. Two Pioneers in the Sphere of International Co-operation and World Peace: Henri La Fontaine and Paul Otlet

10.5. Future prospects for the UAI

10.6. Visualization of the International Organization Network: the UAI as an international data bank


Appendices

• Methodological issues
• Continuity between editions
• Visualization and patterns
• Spring maps: self-organizing network visualization
• Sonorification of visualized network data
• Contents of organization descriptions
• Types of organization
• Editorial problems and policies
• Functional Classification
• The United Nations and the Yearbook of International Organizations
• The Editors of the Yearbook of International Organizations
• Current Publications of the UIA

2006 (front pages)

NOTES FOR THE USER


PART A. STATISTICAL DATA AND GRAPHICS


SECTION 0. CURRENT OVERVIEW

0.1. Number of international organizations

    0.1.1. All bodies in Yearbook database
    0.1.2. International organizations (Cluster I)
    0.1.3. Dependent bodies (Cluster II)
    0.1.4. Organizational substitutes (Cluster III)
    0.1.5. National bodies (Cluster IV)
    0.1.6. Inactive, unconfirmed and excluded bodies (Cluster V)

0.2. Geographic distribution

    Participation in international organizations
    0.2.1. - by continent and cluster
    0.2.2. - by type and continent
    0.2.3. - in intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) by continent
    0.2.4. - in international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) by continent

    0.2.5.(a) Location of international organization secretariats
    0.2.5.(b) Location of international organization secretariats, principal/secondary offices
    0.2.6. Location of intergovernmental organization (IGO) secretariats
    0.2.7. Location of international nongovernmental organization (NGO) secretariats

0.3. Links between organizations

    0.3.1. Links between international organizations by type
    0.3.2. Links from intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) by type
    0.3.3. Links from international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) by type
    0.3.4. Links between international organizations by paragraph
    0.3.5. Links from intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) by paragraph
    0.3.6. Links from international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) by paragraph
    0.3.7. Links between international organizations by frequency
    0.3.8. Links from intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) by frequency
    0.3.9. Links from international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) by frequency
    0.3.10. Links to intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) by frequency
    0.3.11. Links to international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) by frequency

0.4. Subjects (fields of activity)

    0.4.1. Major subject groupings of international organizations


SECTION 1. TYPES OF ORGANIZATION

1. 1. Current (2005)

    1.1.1.(a) Overview of number of international organizations by type
    1.1.1.(b) Overview of number of international organizations by clusters of type
    1.1.1.(c,d) Relative numbers of international organizations by type

1.2. Chronological

    1.2.1.(a,b) Trends in number of active international organizations 1900-2005

    Trends in number of international organizations by cluster: 1950-present
    1.2.2.(a,b) - All organization and Cluster I: International organizations
    1.2.2.(c,d) - Cluster II: Dependent bodies and Cluster III: Organizational substitutes
    1.2.2.(e,f) - Cluster IV: National bodies and Cluster V: Dead, inactive and unconfirmed bodies


SECTION 2. GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION

2. 1. Current (2005)

    2.1.1. Membership of international organizations, by country
    2.1.2. Countries represented in the greatest number of international organizations
    2.1.3.(a-e) Countries represented in international organizations, ranked by continent
    2.1.4.(a,b) Participation in international organizations, NGO and IGO, by continent
    2.1.5. Membership of international organizations, by mother country
    2.1.6. Membership of international organizations, by region of activity
    2.1.7. Countries hosting international organization secretariats

    Countries hosting the greatest number of organization headquarters
    2.1.8.(a) - international organization headquarters
    2.1.8.(b) - intergovernmental organization headquarters
    2.1.8.(c) - non-governmental organization headquarters
    2.1.8.(d) - intercontinental organization headquarters

    2.1.9.(a,b,c,d,e) Countries hosting the greatest number of international organization headquarters, by continent
    2.1.10.(a,b) Location of international organization secretariats, NGO and IGO, by continent
    2.1.10.(c,d) Location of principal secretariats of international organizations by continent
    2.1.10.(e,f) Location of secondary secretariats of international organizations by continent
    2.1.11.(a) Cities hosting international organization secretariats
    2.1.11.(b) Cities hosting international organization secretariats by continent
    2.1.11.(c,d) Top secretariats cities of the world and top 2 cities per continent
    2.1.12. International organizations by region of activity
    2.1.13. Geographic distribution of international meetings
    2.1.14.(a,b) Size of international meetings - by continent and country
    2.1.15.(a) Top international meeting countries - number of meetings
    2.1.16.(a) Top international meeting cities
    2.1.15.(b) and 2.1.16.(b) Top international meeting countries and cities - number of meetings
    2.1.17.(a,b) International meetings - number of meetings versus national population
    2.1.18.(a,b) - International meetings - number of meetings versus GNI

2.2. Chronological

    Participation trends in international organizations of Cluster I: 1956-present
    2.2.1.(a,b) - Growth in participation in international organizations of Cluster I: past and future
    2.2.1.(c) - Growth in participation in international organizations of Cluster I by continent 1956-2004
    2.2.1.(d) - Growth in participation in international organizations of Cluster I 1960-1980
    2.2.1.(e) - Growth in participation in international organizations of Cluster I 1984-2004

    Participation trends in conventional international organizations: 1956-present
    2.2.2.(a) - Growth in participation in conventional international organizations by continent 1956-2004
    2.2.2.(b) - Growth in participation in conventional international organizations: 1960-1980
    2.2.2.(c) - Growth in participation in conventional international organizations: 1984-2004

    2.2.3.(a) Change in country participation in international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)
    2.2.3.(b) Change in number of secretariats of international NGOs of types A-F
    2.2.4.(a) Secretariats of international organizations of Cluster I by continent: 1984-2004
    2.2.4.(b) Growth in secretariats of international organizations of Cluster I: 1948-2004
    2.2.5.(a) Countries hosting international organization principal secretariats
    2.2.5.(b) Countries hosting international organization principal secretariats - charts

    Change in number of secretariats of international nongovernmental organizations of type G
    2.2.6.(a) Geographic distribution of international meetings 2000-2005 tables
    2.2.6.(b) Geographic distribution of international meetings 2000-2005 graphs
    2.2.7.(a,b,c) International meetings - impact of special events on meeting numbers


SECTION 3. LINKS BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONS

3. 1. Current (2005)

    3.1.1. Links between international organizations, by type
    3.1.2. Links between international organizations, by paragraph
    3.1.3. Links between international organizations, by frequency
    3.1.4. Links between international organizations, by subject

3.2. Chronological

    Links between international organizations by type: past and present
    3.2.1.(a) - Links between international organizations by type: 1986-2005
    3.2.1.(b) - Links between intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) by type: 1986-2005
    3.2.1.(c) - Links between nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) by type: 1986-2005
    3.2.1.(d) - Links between clusters of international organizations: 1994-2004

    3.2.2.(a) Ten-year changes in links, by paragraph: 1994 and 2005
    3.2.2.(b) One-year changes in links, by paragraph: 2004 and 2005


SECTION 4. SUBJECTS (FIELDS OF ACTIVITY)

4. 1. Current (2005)

    4.1.1. Experimental matrix of subjects
    4.1.2. Number of international organizations by subject groups
    4.1.3. International organizations by regional field of activity

    Areas of concern of leading people in international organizations
    4.1.4.(a) - Areas of concern of leading people in international organizations, by subjects: 2005
    4.1.4.(b) - Areas of concern of leading people in international organizations, by regions: 2005

4.2. Chronological

    Number of international organizations by subject groups: 1985-present
    4.2.1.(a,b,c) - Number of international organizations by subject group: 1988-2005
    4.2.1.(d) - Number of international organizations by subject group: 1990-2005

    Trends in subjects: 1985-present
    4.2.2.(a) - Some positive and negative trends: 1985-2005
    4.2.2.(b) - Trends in selected subjects: 1985-2005

    4.3.1. Classification of international organizations 1924


SECTION 5. ORGANIZATIONS: POPULATION

5.1. Current (2005) 

    5.1.1. Foundation dates of international organizations, by type
    5.1.2.(a,b,c) Foundation dates of international organizations - charts


SECTION 6. ORGANIZATIONS: STRUCTURE AND LEADERSHIP

6.1. Current (2005)

    6.1.1. International organizations of special structure
    6.1.2.(a) Distribution of budgets of international organizations
    6.1.2.(b) Frequency distribution of organization budget
    6.1.3.(a,b) Staff of international organizations
    6.1.3.(c,d) Staff of international organizations - charts

6.2. Chronological

    Leading people in international organizations
    6.2.1. - year of birth: 2005
    6.2.2.(a,b,c) - academic background: 2005
    6.2.3. - country of citizenship: 2005
    6.2.4. - gender: 2005


SECTION 7. ORGANIZATIONS: LANGUAGE USE

7.1. Current (2005)

    7.1.1. Index to languages used by international organizations

    7.1.2. Languages used by international organizations

      - All organizations (whether IGO or NGO)               
      - Intergovernmental organizations (IGOs)
      - International nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)

    Top 10 languages used by international organizations
    7.1.3.(a) - Top ten languages used by all international organizations
    7.1.3.(b) - Top ten languages used by intergovernmental organizations
    7.1.3.(c) - Top ten languages used by international nongovernmental organizations

    7.1.4. Number of languages used by international organizations

      - All organizations (whether IGO or NGO)               
      - Intergovernmental organizations (IGOs)
      - International nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)

7.1.5.(a,b,c,d) Leading people in international organizations - languages


SECTION 8. ORGANIZATIONS: PUBLICATIONS

8.1. Current (2005) 

    8.1.1. Number of publications of international organizations by type

8.2. Chronological 

    8.2.1. Number of publications of international organizations by type: 2000 - 2005


SECTION 9. EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSES AND MISCELLANEOUS

9.2. Feedback loop analysis 

    9.2.1. Problem feedback loop analysis


PART B. VISUALIZATIONS AND PATTERNS


SECTION 10. NETWORK ANALYSES

10.1.1. Generating a Million Questions from UIA Databases: Problems, Strategies, Values

10.1.2. Generating a Million Questions from UIA Databases: illustrations

10.1.3. Complementary Knowledge Analysis / Mapping Process

10.1.4. Preliminary NetMap Studies of Databases on Questions, World Problems, Global Strategies, and Values

10.2.1. Patterning Transformative Change for sustainable dialogue, vision, conference, policy, network, community and lifestyle

10.2.2. Mapping Songlines of the Noosphere: Use of hypergraphs in presentation of the I Ching and the Tao te Ching

10.2.3. 9-fold Higher Order Patterning of Tao Te Ching Insights - Possibilities in the mathematics of magic squares, cubes and hypercubes

10.3. Five-fold pattern language

10.4.1. Animating the Representation of Europe: Visualizing the coherence of international institutions using dynamic animal-like structures

10.4.2. Why any Earth Charter or EU Constitution should be singable - Guidelines for consideration


APPENDICES

    1. Methodological issues
    2. Continuity between editions
    3. Visualization and patterns
    4. Spring maps: self-organizing network visualization
    5. Sonorification of visualized network data
    6. Contents of organization descriptions
    7. Types of organization
    8. Functional Classification
    9. The United Nations and the Yearbook of International Organizations
    10. The Editors of the Yearbook of International Organizations

Current Publications of the UIA

2005 (front pages)

NOTES FOR THE USER


PART A. STATISTICAL DATA AND GRAPHICS


SECTION 0. CURRENT OVERVIEW

0.1. Number of international organizations

    0.1.1. All bodies in Yearbook database
    0.1.2. International organizations (Cluster I)
    0.1.3. Dependent bodies (Cluster II)
    0.1.4. Organizational substitutes (Cluster III)
    0.1.5. National bodies (Cluster IV)
    0.1.6. Inactive, unconfirmed and excluded bodies (Cluster V)

0.2. Geographic distribution

    Participation in international organizations
    0.2.1. - by continent and cluster
    0.2.2. - by type and continent
    0.2.3. - in intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) by continent
    0.2.4. - in international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) by continent

    0.2.5.(a) Location of international organization secretariats
    0.2.5.(b) Location of international organization secretariats, principal/secondary offices
    0.2.6. Location of intergovernmental organization (IGO) secretariats
    0.2.7. Location of international nongovernmental organization (NGO) secretariats

0.3. Links between organizations

    0.3.1. Links between international organizations by type
    0.3.2. Links from intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) by type
    0.3.3. Links from international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) by type
    0.3.4. Links between international organizations by paragraph
    0.3.5. Links from intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) by paragraph
    0.3.6. Links from international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) by paragraph
    0.3.7. Links between international organizations by frequency
    0.3.8. Links from intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) by frequency
    0.3.9. Links from international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) by frequency
    0.3.10. Links to intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) by frequency
    0.3.11. Links to international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) by frequency

0.4. Subjects (fields of activity)

    0.4.1. Major subject groupings of international organizations


SECTION 1. TYPES OF ORGANIZATION

1. 1. Current (2004)

    1.1.1.(a) Overview of number of international organizations by type
    1.1.1.(b) Overview of number of international organizations by clusters of type
    1.1.1.(c,d) Relative numbers of international organizations by type

1.2. Chronological

    1.2.1.(a,b) Trends in number of active international organizations 1900-2004

    Trends in number of international organizations by cluster: 1950-present
    1.2.2.(a,b) - All organization and Cluster I: International organizations
    1.2.2.(c,d) - Cluster II: Dependent bodies and Cluster III: Organizational substitutes
    1.2.2.(e,f) - Cluster IV: National bodies and Cluster V: Dead, inactive and unconfirmed bodies


SECTION 2. GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION

2. 1. Current (2004)

    2.1.1. Membership of international organizations, by country
    2.1.2. Countries represented in the greatest number of international organizations
    2.1.3.(a-e) Countries represented in international organizations, ranked by continent
    2.1.4.(a,b) Participation in international organizations, NGO and IGO, by continent
    2.1.5. Membership of international organizations, by ?mother? country
    2.1.6. Membership of international organizations, by region of activity
    2.1.7. Countries hosting international organization secretariats

    Countries hosting the greatest number of organization headquarters
    2.1.8.(a) - international organization headquarters
    2.1.8.(b) - intergovernmental organization headquarters
    2.1.8.(c) - non-governmental organization headquarters
    2.1.8.(d) - intercontinental organization headquarters

    2.1.9.(a,b,c,d,e) Countries hosting the greatest number of international organization headquarters, by continent
    2.1.10.(a,b) Location of international organization secretariats, NGO and IGO, by continent
    2.1.10.(c,d) Location of principal secretariats of international organizations by continent
    2.1.10.(e,f) Location of secondary secretariats of international organizations by continent
    2.1.11. Cities hosting international organization secretariats
    2.1.12. International organizations by region of activity
    2.1.13. Geographic distribution of international meetings
    2.1.14.(a,b) Size of international meetings ? by continent and country
    2.1.15.(a) Top international meeting countries ? number of meetings
    2.1.16.(a) Top international meeting cities
    2.1.15.(b) and 2.1.16.(b) Top international meeting countries and cities ? number of meetings
    2.1.17.(a,b) International meetings ? number of meetings versus national population
    2.1.18.(a,b) - International meetings ? number of meetings versus GNI

2.2. Chronological

    Participation trends in international organizations of Cluster I: 1956-present
    2.2.1.(a,b) - Growth in participation in international organizations of Cluster I: past and future
    2.2.1.(c) - Growth in participation in international organizations of Cluster I by continent 1956-2004
    2.2.1.(d) - Growth in participation in international organizations of Cluster I 1960-1980
    2.2.1.(e) - Growth in participation in international organizations of Cluster I 1984-2004

    Participation trends in conventional international organizations: 1956-present
    2.2.2.(a) - Growth in participation in conventional international organizations by continent 1956-2000
    2.2.2.(b) - Growth in participation in conventional international organizations: 1960-1980
    2.2.2.(c) - Growth in participation in conventional international organizations: 1984-2004

    2.2.3. Change in country participation in international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)
    2.2.4.(a) Secretariats of international organizations of Cluster I by continent: 1984-2004
    2.2.4.(b) Growth in secretariats of international organizations of Cluster I: 1948-2004
    2.2.5. Change in number of secretariats of international NGOs of types A-F

    Change in number of secretariats of international nongovernmental organizations of type G
    2.2.6.(a) Geographic distribution of international meetings 2000-2004 tables
    2.2.6.(b) Geographic distribution of international meetings 2000-2004 graphs
    2.2.7.(a,b,c) International meetings ? impact of special events on meeting numbers


SECTION 3. LINKS BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONS

3. 1. Current (2004)

    3.1.1. Links between international organizations, by type
    3.1.2. Links between international organizations, by paragraph
    3.1.3. Links between international organizations, by frequency
    3.1.4. Links between international organizations, by subject

3.2. Chronological

    Links between international organizations by type: past and present
    3.2.1.(a) - Links between international organizations by type: 1986-2004
    3.2.1.(b) - Links between intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) by type: 1986-2004
    3.2.1.(c) - Links between nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) by type: 1986-2004
    3.2.1.(d) - Links between clusters of international organizations: 1994-2004

    3.2.2.(a) Ten-year changes in links, by paragraph: 1994 and 2004
    3.2.2.(b) One-year changes in links, by paragraph: 2003 and 2004


SECTION 4. SUBJECTS (FIELDS OF ACTIVITY)

4. 1. Current (2004)

    4.1.1. Experimental matrix of subjects
    4.1.2. Number of international organizations by subject groups
    4.1.3. International organizations by regional field of activity

    Areas of concern of leading people in international organizations
    4.1.4.(a) - Areas of concern of leading people in international organizations, by subjects: 2005
    4.1.4.(b) - Areas of concern of leading people in international organizations, by regions: 2005

4.2. Chronological

    Number of international organizations by subject groups: 1985-present
    4.2.1.(a,b,c) - Number of international organizations by subject group: 1987-2004
    4.2.1.(d) - Number of international organizations by subject group: 1989-2004

    Trends in subjects: 1985-present
    4.2.2.(a) - Some positive and negative trends: 1985-2004
    4.2.2.(b) - Trends in selected subjects: 1985-2004

    4.3.1. Classification of international organizations 1924


SECTION 5. ORGANIZATIONS: POPULATION

5.1. Current (2004) 

    5.1.1. Foundation dates of international organizations, by type
    5.1.2.(a,b,c) Foundation dates of international organizations - charts


SECTION 6. ORGANIZATIONS: STRUCTURE AND LEADERSHIP

6.1. Current (2004)

    6.1.1. International organizations of special structure
    6.1.2.(a) Distribution of budgets of international organizations
    6.1.2.(b) Frequency distribution of organization budget
    6.1.3.(a,b) Staff of international organizations
    6.1.3.(c,d) Staff of international organizations - charts

6.2. Chronological

    Leading people in international organizations
    6.2.1. - year of birth: 2005
    6.2.2.(a,b,c) - academic background: 2005
    6.2.3. - country of citizenship: 2005
    6.2.4. - gender: 2005


SECTION 7. ORGANIZATIONS: LANGUAGE USE

7.1. Current (2004)

    7.1.1. Index to languages used by international organizations

    7.1.2. Languages used by international organizations

      - All organizations (whether IGO or NGO)               
      - Intergovernmental organizations (IGOs)
      - International nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)

    Top 10 languages used by international organizations
    7.1.3.(a) - Top ten languages used by all international organizations
    7.1.3.(b) - Top ten languages used by intergovernmental organizations
    7.1.3.(c) - Top ten languages used by international nongovernmental organizations

    7.1.4. Number of languages used by international organizations

      - All organizations (whether IGO or NGO)               
      - Intergovernmental organizations (IGOs)
      - International nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)

7.1.5.(a,b,c,d) Leading people in international organizations ? languages


SECTION 8. ORGANIZATIONS: PUBLICATIONS

8.1. Current (2004) 

    8.1.1. Number of publications of international organizations by type

8.2. Chronological 

    8.2.1. Number of publications of international organizations by type: 1999 - 2004


SECTION 9. EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSES AND MISCELLANEOUS

9.2. Feedback loop analysis 

    9.2.1. Problem feedback loop analysis

9.3. World Problems and Global Strategies

    9.3.1.(a) Growth in number of world problems profiled and interlinked
    9.3.1.(b) Growth in link types of world problems
    9.3.2.(a) Growth in number of global strategies profiled and interlinked
    9.3.2.(b) Growth in link types of global strategies


PART B. VISUALIZATIONS AND PATTERNS


SECTION 10. NETWORK ANALYSES

10.1. Visualization of Organization (1970)

10.2. Visualization of the International Organization Network: the UIA as an international data bank (1970)

10.3. Information Systems and Inter-Organizational Space (1971)

10.4. Inter-organizational Data and Data Bank (1971)

10.5. Next Step in Inter-organizational Relationships (1971)

10.6. Computer-aided Visualization of Psycho-social Structures: Peace as an evolving balance of conceptual and organizational relationships (1971)

10.7. Mapping World Problems: a technique illustrated by relations between IGOs and INGOs, particularly for the case of the United Nations system (1972)

10.8. Compensatory Dynamics: the ecological relationship between the dove and the hawk (1986)

10.9. Visualization: current work (2005)


APPENDICES

    1. Methodological issues
    2. Continuity between editions
    3. Visualization and patterns
    4. Spring maps: self-organizing network visualization
    5. Sonorification of visualized network data
    6. Contents of organization descriptions
    7. Types of organization
    8. Editorial problems and policies
    9. Functional Classification
    10. The United Nations and the Yearbook of International Organizations
    11. The Editors of the Yearbook of International Organizations

Current Publications of the UIA

2004 (front pages)

NOTES FOR THE USER


PART A. STATISTICAL DATA AND GRAPHICS


SECTION 0. CURRENT OVERVIEW

0.1. Number of international organizations

    0.1.1. All bodies in Yearbook database
    0.1.2. International organizations (Cluster I)
    0.1.3. Dependent bodies (Cluster II)
    0.1.4. Organizational substitutes (Cluster III)
    0.1.5. National bodies (Cluster IV)
    0.1.6. Inactive, unconfirmed and excluded bodies (Cluster V)

0.2. Geographic distribution

    Participation in international organizations
    0.2.1. - by continent and cluster
    0.2.2. - by type and continent
    0.2.3. - in intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) by continent
    0.2.4. - in international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) by continent

    0.2.5.(a) Location of international organization secretariats
    0.2.5.(b) Location of international organization secretariats, principal/secondary offices
    0.2.6. Location of intergovernmental organization (IGO) secretariats
    0.2.7. Location of international nongovernmental organization (NGO) secretariats

0.3. Links between organizations

    0.3.1. Links between international organizations by type
    0.3.2. Links from intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) by type
    0.3.3. Links from international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) by type
    0.3.4. Links between international organizations by paragraph
    0.3.5. Links from intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) by paragraph
    0.3.6. Links from international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) by paragraph
    0.3.7. Links between international organizations by frequency
    0.3.8. Links from intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) by frequency
    0.3.9. Links from international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) by frequency
    0.3.10. Links to intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) by frequency
    0.3.11. Links to international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) by frequency

0.4. Subjects (fields of activity)

    0.4.1. Major subject groupings of international organizations


SECTION 1. TYPES OF ORGANIZATION

1. 1. Current (2003)

    1.1.1.(a) Overview of number of international organizations by type
    1.1.1.(b) Overview of number of international organizations by cluster
    1.1.1.(c,d) Relative numbers of international organizations by type

1.2. Chronological

    1.2.1.(a,b) Trends in number of active international organizations 1900-present

    Trends in number of international organizations by cluster: 1950-present
    1.2.2.(a,b) - All organization and Cluster I: International organizations
    1.2.2.(c,d) - Cluster II: Dependent bodies and Cluster III: Organizational substitutes
    1.2.2.(e,f) - Cluster IV: National bodies and Cluster V: Dead, inactive and unconfirmed bodies


SECTION 2. GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION

2. 1. Current (2003)

    2.1.1. Membership of international organizations, by country
    2.1.1.(2002) Membership of international organizations, by country 2002 (corrections)
    2.1.2. Countries represented in the greatest number of international organizations
    2.1.3.(a-e) Countries represented in international organizations, ranked by continent
    2.1.4.(a,b) Participation in international organizations, NGO and IGO, by continent
    2.1.5. Membership of international organizations, by ?mother? country
    2.1.6. Membership of international organizations, by region of activity
    2.1.7. Countries hosting international organization secretariats

    2.1.7.(2002) Countries hosting international organization secretariats 2002 (corrections)

      - Intergovernmental organizations (IGOs)
      - International nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)
      - Countries hosting international organization headquarters

    Countries hosting the greatest number of organization headquarters
    2.1.8.(a) - international organization headquarters
    2.1.8.(b) - intergovernmental organization headquarters
    2.1.8.(c) - non-governmental organization headquarters
    2.1.8.(d) - intercontinental organization headquarters

    2.1.9.(a,b,c,d,e) Countries hosting the greatest number of international organization headquarters, by continent
    2.1.10.(a,b) Location of international organization secretariats, NGO and IGO, by continent
    2.1.10.(c,d) Location of secondary secretariats of international organizations by continent

    2.1.11. Cities hosting international organization secretariats
    2.1.11.(2002) Cities hosting international organization secretariats 2002 (corrections)

      - All organizations (whether IGO or NGO)
      - Intergovernmental organizations
      - International nongovernmental organizations

    2.1.12. International organizations by region of activity
    2.1.13. Geographic distribution of international meetings
    2.1.14.(a,b) Size of international meetings ? by continent and country
    2.1.15.(a) Top international meeting countries ? number of meetings
    2.1.16.(a) Top international meeting cities
    2.1.15.(b) and 2.1.16.(b) Top international meeting countries and cities ? number of meetings
    2.1.17.(a,b) International meetings ? number of meetings versus national population
    2.1.18.(a,b) - International meetings ? number of meetings versus GNI

2.2. Chronological

    Participation trends in international organizations of Cluster I: 1956-present
    2.2.1.(a,b) - Growth in participation in international organizations of Cluster I: past and future
    2.2.1.(c) - Growth in participation in international organizations of Cluster I by continent 1956-2000
    2.2.1.(d) - Growth in participation in international organizations of Cluster I 1956-1976
    2.2.1.(e) - Growth in participation in international organizations of Cluster I 1980-2000

    Participation trends in conventional international organizations: 1956-present
    2.2.2.(a) - Growth in participation in conventional international organizations by continent 1956-2000
    2.2.2.(b) - Growth in participation in conventional international organizations: 1956-1976
    2.2.2.(c) - Growth in participation in conventional international organizations: 1980-2000

    2.2.3. Change in country participation in international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)
    2.2.4.(a) Secretariats of international organizations of Cluster I by continent: 1980-2000
    2.2.4.(b) Growth in secretariats of international organizations of Cluster I: 1948-2000
    2.2.5. Change in number of secretariats of international NGOs of types A-F

    Change in number of secretariats of international nongovernmental organizations of type G
    2.2.6.(a) Geographic distribution of international meetings 1999-2003 tables
    2.2.6.(b) Geographic distribution of international meetings 1999-2003 graphs
    2.2.7.(a,b,c) International meetings ? impact of special events on meeting numbers


SECTION 3. LINKS BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONS

3. 1. Current (2003)

    3.1.1. Links between international organizations, by type
    3.1.2. Links between international organizations, by paragraph
    3.1.3. Links between international organizations, by frequency
    3.1.4. Links between international organizations, by subject

3.2. Chronological

    Links between international organizations by type: past and present
    3.2.1.(a) - Links between international organizations by type: 1986-2003
    3.2.1.(b) - Links between intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) by type: 1986-2003
    3.2.1.(c) - Links between nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) by type: 1986-2003
    3.2.1.(d) - Links between clusters of international organizations: 1988-2002

    3.2.2.(a) Ten-year changes in links, by paragraph: 1993 and 2003
    3.2.2.(b) One-year changes in links, by paragraph: 2002 and 2003


SECTION 4. SUBJECTS (FIELDS OF ACTIVITY)

4. 1. Current (2003)

    4.1.1. Experimental matrix of subjects
    4.1.2. Number of international organizations by subject groups
    4.1.3. International organizations by regional field of activity

    Areas of concern of leading people in international organizations
    4.1.4.(a) - Areas of concern of leading people in international organizations, by subjects: 2002
    4.1.4.(b) - Areas of concern of leading people in international organizations, by regions: 2002

4.2. Chronological

    Number of international organizations by subject groups: 1985-present
    4.2.1.(a,b) - Number of international organizations by subject group: 1986-2003
    4.2.1.(c) - Number of international organizations by subject group: 1988-2003

    Trends in subjects: 1985-present
    4.2.2.(a) - Some positive and negative trends: 1985-2003
    4.2.2.(b) - Trends in selected subjects: 1985-2003

    4.3.1. Classification of international organizations 1924


SECTION 5. ORGANIZATIONS: POPULATION

5.1. Current (2003) 

    5.1.1. Foundation dates of international organizations, by type


SECTION 6. ORGANIZATIONS: STRUCTURE AND LEADERSHIP

6.1. Current (2003)

    6.1.1. International organizations of special structure
    6.1.2.(a) Distribution of budgets of international organizations
    6.1.2.(b) Frequency distribution of organization budget
    6.1.3.(a,b) Staff of international organizations
    6.1.3.(c,d) Staff of international organizations - charts

6.2. Chronological

    Leading people in international organizations
    6.2.1. - year of birth: 2002
    6.2.2. - academic background: 2002
    6.2.3. - country of citizenship: 2002
    6.2.4. - gender: 2002


SECTION 7. ORGANIZATIONS: LANGUAGE USE

7.1. Current (2003)

    7.1.1. Index to languages used by international organizations

    7.1.2. Languages used by international organizations

      - All organizations (whether IGO or NGO)               
      - Intergovernmental organizations (IGOs)
      - International nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)

    Top 10 languages used by international organizations
    7.1.3.(a) - Top ten languages used by all international organizations
    7.1.3.(b) - Top ten languages used by intergovernmental organizations
    7.1.3.(c) - Top ten languages used by international nongovernmental organizations

    7.1.4. Number of languages used by international organizations

      - All organizations (whether IGO or NGO)               
      - Intergovernmental organizations (IGOs)
      - International nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)

7.1.5.(a,b,c,d) Leading people in international organizations ? languages


SECTION 8. ORGANIZATIONS: PUBLICATIONS

8.1. Current (2003) 

    8.1.1. Number of publications of international organizations by type

8.2. Chronological 

    8.2.1. Number of publications of international organizations by type: 1996 - 2003


SECTION 9. EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSES AND MISCELLANEOUS

9.2. Feedback loop analysis 

    9.2.1. Problem feedback loop analysis

9.3. World Problems and Global Strategies

    9.3.1.(a) Growth in number of world problems profiled and interlinked
    9.3.1.(b) Growth in link types of world problems
    9.3.2.(a) Growth in number of global strategies profiled and interlinked
    9.3.2.(b) Growth in link types of global strategies


PART B. VISUALIZATIONS AND PATTERNS


SECTION 10. NETWORK ANALYSES

10.1. International Organizations

    10.1.1. International NGOs linked to United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
    10.1.2. International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)
    10.1.3. Organization of African Unity (OAU)
    10.1.4. European Union (EU)
    10.1.5. Council of Europe (CE)
    10.1.6. North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
    10.1.7. International Council for Science (ICSU)
    10.1.8. Relations amongst international organizations concerned with mathematics (A-F)
    10.1.9. Organizations focusing on astronomy
    10.1.10. International Association of Universities (IAU)
    10.1.11. International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP)
    10.1.12. Relations amongst international organizations concerned with libraries (A-G)
    10.1.13. Organizations focusing on linguistics
    10.1.14. Internet
    10.1.15. Convention on biological diversity
    10.1.16. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN)
    10.1.17. Relations amongst international organizations focusing on environment
    10.1.18. Organizations focusing on trees
    10.1.19. International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)
    10.1.20. World Council of Churches (WCC)
    10.1.21. Relations amongst international peace organizations
    10.1.22. Relations amongst international organizations concerned with human rights (A-F)
    10.1.23. Relations amongst international organizations concerned with migration
    10.1.24. World Tourism Organization (WTO)
    10.1.25. International Music Council (IMC)

10.2. World Problems and Issues

    10.2.1. Meaninglessness
    10.2.2. Injustice
    10.2.3. Super-power arrogance
    10.2.4. Human violence
    10.2.5. Human death
    10.2.6. Unsustainable population levels
    10.2.7. War
    10.2.8. Ideological conflict
    10.2.9. Corruption
    10.2.10. International insecurity
    10.2.11. Censorship
    10.2.12. Terrorism
    10.2.13. Lying
    10.2.14. Racism
    10.2.15. Discrimination against women
    10.2.16. Family breakdown
    10.2.17. Juvenile stress
    10.2.18. Erosion of biological diversity
    10.2.19. Copyright barriers to transfer of knowledge
    10.2.20. Corporate control of genetic material
    10.2.21. Conflicts over fishing rights
    10.2.22. End of the world
    10.2.23. Hero worship
    10.2.24. Incorrect spelling
    10.2.25. Schizophrenia
    10.2.26. Calenture
    10.2.27. Motion sickness
    10.2.28. Fires
    10.2.29. Pathogenic fungi
    10.2.30. Bad smell
    10.2.31. Sneezing
    10.2.32. Snoring

10.3. Global Strategies and Solutions

    10.3.1. Searching for meaning
    10.3.2. Strategies classified under 'perseverance'
    10.3.3. Investigating-Discovering
    10.3.4. Reducing risk
    10.3.5. Facilitating non-governmental organization participation in international affairs
    10.3.6. Sustainable development
    10.3.7. Storytelling
    10.3.8. Recycling materials
    10.3.9. Links amongst strategies focused on pollution
    10.3.10. Researching diseases
    10.3.11. Promoting individualism
    10.3.12. Mapping the network of terror

10.4. Human Values

    10.4.1. Clustering relationships of human values
    10.4.2. Random selection of value polarities
    10.4.3. Certainty-Uncertainty
    10.4.4. Attitude (complex)
    10.4.5. Love - Hate
    10.4.6. Beauty - Ugliness
    10.4.7. Pride - Humility
    10.4.8. Time (complex)

10.5. Human Development

    10.5.1. Human Development Project
    10.5.2. Primordial wonder (ICA)
    10.5.3. Singular adoration (ICA)
    10.5.4. Ninety-nine names of Allah (Sufism)


APPENDICES

    1. Methodological issues
    2. Continuity between editions
    3. Visualization and patterns
    4. Spring maps: self-organizing network visualization
    5. Sonorification of visualized network data
    6. Contents of organization descriptions
    7. Types of organization
    8. Editorial problems and policies
    9. Functional Classification
    10. Related reference works
    11. The United Nations and the Yearbook of International Organizations
    12. The Editors of the Yearbook of International Organizations

Current Publications of the UIA
Yearbook PLUS / Annuaire PLUS
Yearbook of International Organizations - Online Access

2003 (front pages)

NOTES FOR THE USER


PART A. STATISTICAL DATA AND GRAPHICS


SECTION 0. CURRENT OVERVIEW

0.1. Number of international organizations

    0.1.1. All bodies in Yearbook database
    0.1.2. International organizations (Cluster I)
    0.1.3. Dependent bodies (Cluster II)
    0.1.4. Organizational substitutes (Cluster III)
    0.1.5. National bodies (Cluster IV)
    0.1.6. Inactive, unconfirmed and excluded bodies (Cluster V)

0.2. Geographic distribution

    Participation in international organizations
    0.2.1. - by continent and cluster
    0.2.1.(2001) - by continent and cluster (2001 reprinted)
    0.2.2. - by type and continent
    0.2.3. - in intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) by continent
    0.2.4. - in international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) by continent

    0.2.5.(a) Location of international organization secretariats
    0.2.5.(2001) Location of international organization secretariats (2001 reprinted)
    0.2.5.(b) Location of international organization secretariats, by principal/secondary offices
    0.2.6. Location of intergovernmental organization (IGO) secretariats
    0.2.7. Location of international nongovernmental organization (NGO) secretariats

0.3. Links between organizations

    0.3.1. Links between international organizations by type
    0.3.2. Links from intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) by type
    0.3.3. Links from international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) by type
    0.3.4. Links between international organizations by paragraph
    0.3.5. Links from intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) by paragraph
    0.3.6. Links from international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) by paragraph
    0.3.7. Links between international organizations by frequency
    0.3.8. Links from intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) by frequency
    0.3.9. Links from international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) by frequency
    0.3.10. Links to intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) by frequency
    0.3.11. Links to international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) by frequency

0.4. Subjects (fields of activity)

    0.4.1. Major subject groupings of international organizations


SECTION 1. TYPES OF ORGANIZATION

1. 1. Current (2002)

    1.1.1.(a) Overview of number of international organizations by type
    1.1.1.(b) Overview of number of international organizations by cluster
    1.1.1.(c,d) Relative numbers of international organizations by type

1.2. Chronological

    1.2.1.(a,b) Trends in number of active international organizations: 1900-present

    Trends in number of international organizations by cluster: 1950-present
    1.2.2.(a,b) - All organizations and Cluster I: International organizations
    1.2.2.(c,d) - Cluster II: Dependent organizations and Cluster III: Organizational substitutes
    1.2.2.(e,f) - Cluster IV: National organizations and Cluster V: Dead, inactive and unconfirmed bodies


SECTION 2. GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION

2. 1. Current (2002)

    2.1.1. Membership of international organizations, by country
    2.1.2. Countries represented in the greatest number of international organizations
    2.1.3.(a-e) Countries represented in international organizations, ranked by continent
    2.1.4. Participation in international organizations, NGO and IGO, by continent
    2.1.5. Membership of international organizations, by region of activity
    2.1.6. Countries hosting international organization secretariats

      - All organizations (whether IGO or NGO)
      - Intergovernmental organizations (IGOs)
      - International nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)
      - Countries hosting international organization headquarters

    Countries hosting the greatest number of organization headquarters
    2.1.7.(a) - international organization headquarters
    2.1.7.(b) - intergovernmental organization headquarters
    2.1.7.(c) - nongovernmental organization headquarters
    2.1.7.(d) - intercontinental organization headquarters

    2.1.8. Countries hosting the greatest number of regional organization headquarters, ranked by continent
    2.1.10.(a,b) Location of international organization secretariats, NGO and IGO, by continent
    2.1.10.(2001) Location of international organization secretariats, NGO and IGO, by continent (2001 reprinted)
    2.1.11.(a,b) Location of secondary secretariats of international organizations by continent
    2.1.11.(2001) Location of secondary secretariats of international organizations by continent (2001 reprinted)

    2.1.12. Cities hosting international organization secretariats

      - All organizations (whether IGO or NGO)
      - Intergovernmental organizations
      - International nongovernmental organizations

    2.1.13. International organizations by region of activity
    2.1.14. Geographic distribution of international meetings
    2.1.15. Size of international meetings - by continent and country
    2.1.16.(a) Top international meeting countries - number of meetings
    2.1.17.(a) Top international meeting cities
    2.1.16.(b) and 2.1.17.(b) Top international meeting cities and countries - number of meetings

    International meetings - number of meetings vs national population
    2.1.18.(a,b) - meetings vs population size and meetings against population

    International meetings - number of meetings versus GDP
    2.1.19.(a,b) - international meetings vs GDP and meetings against per capita GDP

2.2. Chronological

    Participation trends in international organizations of Cluster I: 1956-present
    2.2.1.(a,b) - Growth in participation: past and future
    2.2.1.(c) - Growth in participation by continent
    2.2.1.(d) - Growth in participation: 1956-1976
    2.2.1.(e) - Growth in participation: 1980-2000

    Participation trends in conventional international organizations: 1956-present
    2.2.2.(a) - Growth in participation by continent
    2.2.2.(b) - Growth in participation: 1956-1976
    2.2.2.(c) - Growth in participation: 1980-2000

    2.2.3. Growth in country participation in international nongovernmental organizations
    2.2.4.(a) Secretariats of international organizations of Cluster I by continent: 1980-present
    2.2.4.(b) Growth in secretariats of international organizations of Cluster I: 1948-present
    2.2.5.(a) Change in number of secretariats of international nongovernmental organizations of types A-F

    Change in number of secretariats of international nongovernmental organizations of type G
    2.2.6.(a) Geographic distribution of international meetings (tables)
    2.2.6.(b) Geographic distribution of international meetings (graphs)
    2.2.7.(a) International meetings - impact of several events on meeting numbers
    2.2.7.(b,c) International meetings - impact of several events on meeting numbers


SECTION 3. LINKS BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONS

3. 1. Current (2002)

    3.1.1. Links between international organizations, by type
    3.1.2. Links between international organizations, by paragraph
    3.1.3. Links between international organizations, by frequency
    3.1.4. Links between international organizations, by subject

3.2. Chronological

    Links between international organizations by type: past and present
    3.2.1.(a) - All organizations (whether IGO or NGO)
    3.2.1.(b) - Intergovernmental organizations
    3.2.1.(c) - International nongovernmental organizations
    3.2.1.(d) - Clusters by year

    3.2.2.(a) Changes in links by paragraph (10 year intervals)
    3.2.2.(b) Changes in links by paragraph (1 year intervals)


SECTION 4. SUBJECTS (FIELDS OF ACTIVITY)

4. 1. Current (2002)

    4.1.1. Experimental matrix of subjects
    4.1.2. Number of international organizations by subject groups
    4.1.3. International organizations by regional field of activity

    Areas of concern of leading people in international organizations
    4.1.4.(a) - By subject
    4.1.4.(b) - By region

4.2. Chronological

    Number of international organizations by subject groups: 1985-present
    4.2.1.(a,b) - Summary of 10 major subject categories and Ten major subject categories, with first level of detail
    4.2.1.(c) - Complete listing of subjects

    Trends in subjects: 1985-present
    4.2.2.(a) - Some positive and negative trends
    4.2.2.(b) - Selected subjects

    4.3.1. Classification of international organizations: 1924


SECTION 5. ORGANIZATIONS: POPULATION

5.1. Current (2002) 

    5.1.1. Foundation dates of international organizations by type


SECTION 6. ORGANIZATIONS: STRUCTURE AND LEADERSHIP

6.1. Current (2002)

    6.1.1. International organizations of special structure
    6.1.2. Distribution of budgets of international organizations
    6.1.3. Frequency of distribution of budgets of international organizations

6.2. Chronological

    Leading people in international organizations
    6.2.1. - Birth years
    6.2.2.(a,b,c) - Tertiary educational qualifications
    6.2.3. - Country of citizenship
    6.2.4. - Gender


SECTION 7. ORGANIZATIONS: LANGUAGE USE

7.1. Current (2002)

    7.1.1. Index to languages

    7.1.2. Languages used by international organizations

      - All organizations (whether IGO or NGO)               
      - Intergovernmental organizations (IGOs)
      - International nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)

    Top 10 languages used by international organizations
    7.1.3.(a) - All organizations (whether IGO or NGO)
    7.1.3.(b) - Intergovernmental organizations (IGOs)
    7.1.3.(c) - International nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)

    7.1.4. Number of languages used by international organizations

      - All organizations (whether IGO or NGO)               
      - Intergovernmental organizations (IGOs)
      - International nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)

7.2. Chronological 

    7.2.2.(abcd) Languages spoken by leading people in international organizations


SECTION 8. ORGANIZATIONS: PUBLICATIONS

8.1. Current (2002) 

    8.1.1. Number of publications of international organizations by type

8.2. Chronological 

    8.2.1. Number of publications of international organizations by type


SECTION 9. EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSES AND MISCELLANEOUS

9.2. Feedback loop analysis 

    9.2.1. Problem feedback loop analysis

9.3. World Problems and Global Strategies

    9.3.1.(a) Growth in number of world problems profiled and interlinked
    9.3.1.(b) Growth in link types of world problems
    9.3.2.(a) Growth in number of global strategies profiled and interlinked
    9.3.2.(b) Growth in link types of global strategies


PART B. VISUALIZATIONS AND PATTERNS


SECTION 10. NETWORK ANALYSES

10.1. International Organizations

    10.1.1. UBUNTU World Forum of Networks
    10.1.2. Organizations focusing on astronomy
    10.1.3. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
    10.1.4. Monasteries
    10.1.5. Organizations focusing on corals
    10.1.6. Organizations focusing on trees
    10.1.7. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
    10.1.8. Organizations focusing on distance education
    10.1.9. Organizations focusing on linguistics
    10.1.10. Asian Buddhist Conference for Peace (ABCP)
    10.1.11. International Council on Monuments and Sites
    10.1.12. International PEN
    10.1.13. Organizations focusing on ethnology
    10.1.14. International Federation of Association Football
    10.1.15. International Music Council (IMC)

10.2. World Problems and Issues

    10.2.1. Human suffering
    10.2.2. Stroke
    10.2.3. Adultery
    10.2.4. Injurious accidents
    10.2.5. Motion sickness
    10.2.6. Problems related to petroleum
    10.2.7. Fires
    10.2.8. Militarization of the deep ocean and sea-bed
    10.2.9. Ideological conflict
    10.2.10. Inadequate housing
    10.2.11. Involuntary mass resettlement
    10.2.12. Medical quackery
    10.2.13. Insufficient common land in urban environments
    10.2.14. Fear of growing old
    10.2.15. Ill-considered missionary activity
    10.2.16. Ecotourism
    10.2.17. Calenture
    10.2.18. Kidnapping
    10.2.19. Genocide
    10.2.20. Misuse of psychiatric diagnosis
    10.2.21. Brain drain
    10.2.22. Dependence on breast feeding
    10.2.23. Family breakdown
    10.2.24. Human cannibalism
    10.2.25. Glorification of the past
    10.2.26. Historical misrepresentation
    10.2.27. Fabricated quotations
    10.2.28. Class consciousness
    10.2.29. Occultism
    10.2.30. International aid paternalism
    10.2.31. Profanity
    10.2.32. Schizophrenia
    10.2.33. Hero worship
    10.2.34. Consanguineous marriage
    10.2.35. Juvenile stress

10.3. Global Strategies and Solutions

    10.3.1. Providing health services
    10.3.2. Strategies related to travel
    10.3.3. Educating women
    10.3.4. Combating drought
    10.3.5. Investigating-Discovering
    10.3.6. Protecting indigenous habitats
    10.3.7. Strategies related to medicine
    10.3.8. Measuring sustainability
    10.3.9. Managing natural areas
    10.3.10. Evaluating effects of world trade agreements on developing countries
    10.3.11. Researching sudden unexpected infant death
    10.3.12. Promoting individualism
    10.3.13. Using solar energy
    10.3.14. Motivating community involvement
    10.3.15. Controlling transboundary air pollution
    10.3.16. Promoting civil society activity on the internet
    10.3.17. Reducing traffic congestion
    10.3.18. Mythologizing
    10.3.19. Providing basic needs
    10.3.20. Strategies classified under 'perseverance'

10.4. Human Values

    10.4.1. Attitude (complex)
    10.4.2. Time (complex)

10.5. Human Development

    10.5.1. Human Development Project
    10.5.2. Freedom of choice
    10.5.3. Definitive predestination
    10.5.4. Primordial wonder
    10.5.5. Singular adoration


APPENDICES

    1. Methodological issues
    2. Continuity between editions
    3. Visualization and patterns
    4. Spring maps
    5. Sonorification of visualized network data
    6. Contents of organization descriptions
    7. Types of organization
    8. Editorial problems and policies
    9. Functional classification [a] [b] [c]
    10. Related reference works
    11. The United Nations and the Yearbook
    12. The Editors of the Yearbook

Current UIA Publications

2002 (front pages)

NOTES FOR THE USER


PART A. STATISTICAL DATA AND GRAPHICS


SECTION 0. CURRENT OVERVIEW

0.1. Number of international organizations: 2001

    0.1.1. All bodies in Yearbook database
    0.1.2. Cluster I: International organizations
    0.1.3. Cluster II: Dependent bodies
    0.1.4. Cluster III: Organizational substitutes
    0.1.5. Cluster IV: National bodies
    0.1.6. Cluster V: Inactive, unconfirmed and excluded bodies

0.2. Geographic distribution

    0.2.1. - Participation in international organizations by continent and cluster
    0.2.2.(a) - Participation in international organizations by type and continent
    0.2.2.(b) - Participation in international organizations by type and continent: 2000 (reprinted)
    0.2.3. - Participation in intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) by continent
    0.2.4. - Participation in international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) by continent
    0.2.5.(a) - Location of international organization secretariats
    0.2.5.(b) - Location of international organization secretariats, principal and secondary offices
    0.2.6. - Location of intergovernmental organization (IGO) secretariats
    0.2.7. - Location of international nongovernmental organization (NGO) secretariats

0.3. Links between organizations

    0.3.1. Links between international organizations by type
    0.3.2. Links from intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) by type
    0.3.3. Links from international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) by type
    0.3.4. Links between international organizations by paragraph
    0.3.5. Links from intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) by paragraph
    0.3.6. Links from international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) by paragraph
    0.3.7. Links between international organizations by frequency
    0.3.8. Links from intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) by frequency
    0.3.9. Links from international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) by frequency
    0.3.10. Links to intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) by frequency
    0.3.11. Links to international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) by frequency

0.4. Subjects / fields of activity

    0.4.1. Major subject groupings of international organizations


SECTION 1. TYPES OF ORGANIZATION

1. 1. Current (2001)

    1.1.1.(a) Overview of number of international organizations by type
    1.1.1.(b) Overview of number of international organizations by type: 2000 (reprinted)
    1.1.1.(c,d) Relative numbers of international organizations by type

1.2. Chronological

    1.2.1.(a,b) Trends in number of active international organizations: 1900-2001

    Trends in number of international organizations by cluster: 1950-2001
    1.2.2.(a,b) - Trends in number of all international organization and Cluster I organizations
    1.2.2.(c,d) - Trends in number of international organizations: Cluster II and III
    1.2.2.(e,f) - Trends in number of international organizations: Cluster IV and V


SECTION 2. GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION

2. 1. Current (2001)

    2.1.1. Membership of international organizations, by country
    2.1.2. Countries represented in the greatest number of international organizations
    2.1.3.(a,b,c,d,e) Countries represented in international organizations, ranked by continent
    2.1.4.(a,b) Participation in international organizations, NGO and IGO, by continent
    2.1.5. Membership of international organizations, by region of activity

    Countries hosting international organization secretariats
    2.1.6.(a) Countries hosting international organization secretariats (IGO and NGO)
    2.1.6.(b) Countries hosting intergovernmental organization secretariats
    2.1.6.(c) Countries hosting international non-governmental organization secretariats

    2.1.7. Countries hosting international organization secretariats

    Countries hosting the greatest number of organization secretariats
    2.1.8.(a) - Countries hosting the greatest number of international organization headquarters
    2.1.8.(b) - Countries hosting the greatest number of intergovernmental organization headquarters
    2.1.8.(c) - Countries hosting the greatest number of nongovernmental organization headquarters
    2.1.8.(d) - Countries hosting the greatest number of intercontinental organization headquarters

    2.1.9.(a,b,c,d,e) Countries hosting the greatest number of regional organization headquarters
    2.1.10.(a,b) Location of international organization secretariats, NGO and IGO, by continent
    2.1.11.(a,b) Location of secondary secretariats of international organizations by continent

    Cities hosting international organization secretariats
    2.1.12.(a) Cities hosting international organization secretariats
    2.1.12.(b) Cities hosting intergovernmental organization secretariats
    2.1.12.(c) Cities hosting non-governmental organization secretariats

    2.1.13. International organizations by region of activity

    International meetings
    2.1.14. Geographic distribution
    2.1.15. Size of international meetings ? by continent and country
    2.1.16.(a) Top international meeting countries ? number of meetings
    2.1.17.(a) Top international meeting cities
    2.1.16.(b) + 2.1.17.(b) Top international meeting countries and cities ? number of meetings
    2.1.18.(a,b) International meetings ? number of meetings versus national population
    2.1.19.(a,b) International meetings ? number of meetings versus GDP

2.2. Chronological

    Participation trends in international organizations of Cluster I: 1956-2001
    2.2.1.(a,b) - Growth in participation in international organizations of Cluster I: past and future
    2.2.1.(c) - Growth in participation in international organizations of Cluster I by continent: 1956-2000
    2.2.1.(d) - Growth in participation in international organizations of Cluster I: 1956-1976
    2.2.1.(e) - Growth in participation in international organizations of Cluster I: 1980-2000

    Participation trends in conventional international organizations: 1956-2001
    2.2.2.(a) - Growth in participation in conventional international organizations by continent: 1956-2000
    2.2.2.(b) - Growth in participation in conventional international organizations: 1956-1976
    2.2.2.(c) - Growth in participation in conventional international organizations: 1980-2000

    Participation trends in international nongovernmental organizations: 1956-2001
    2.2.3. Change in country participation in international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs): 1991 and 2001

    Location of secretariats
    2.2.4.(a) Secretariats of international organizations of Cluster I by continent: 1980-2000
    2.2.4.(b) Growth in secretariats of international organizations of Cluster I: 1948-2000
    2.2.5.(a) Change in number of secretariats of international NGOs of types A-F: 1991 and 2001
    2.2.5.(b) Change in number of secretariats of international NGOs of type G: 1991 and 2001

    Geographic distribution of international meetings: 1997-2001
    2.2.6.(a) Geographic distribution of international meetings: 1997-2001, tables
    2.2.6.(b) Geographic distribution of international meetings: 1997-2001, graphs


SECTION 3. LINKS BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONS

3. 1. Current (2001) links between international organizations

    3.1.1. Links between international organizations, by type
    3.1.2. Links between international organizations, by paragraph
    3.1.3. Links between international organizations, by frequency
    3.1.4. Links between international organizations, by subject

3.2. Chronological

    3.2.1.(a) - Links between international organizations by type: 1986-2001
    3.2.1.(b) - Links between intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) by type: 1986-2001
    3.2.1.(c) - Links between international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) by type: 1986-2001
    3.2.1.(d) - Links between clusters of international organizations: 1986-2000
    3.2.2.(a) Ten-year changes in links, by paragraph: 1991 and 2001
    3.2.2.(b) One-year changes in links, by paragraph: 2000 and 2001


SECTION 4. SUBJECTS / FIELDS OF ACTIVITY

4. 1. Current (2001)

    4.1.1. Experimental matrix of subjects
    4.1.2. Number of international organizations by subject groups
    4.1.3. International organizations by regional field of activity
    4.1.4.(a) - Areas of concern of leading people in international organizations, by subjects: 1999
    4.1.4.(b) - Areas of concern of leading people in international organizations, by regions: 1999

4.2. Chronological

    Numbers of international organizations by subject groups: 1985-2001
    4.2.1.(a,b) - Number of international organizations by subject group: 1985-2001
    4.2.1.(c) - Number of international organizations by subject group: 1986-2001

    Trends in selected subjects: 1985-2001
    4.2.2.(a) - Some positive and negative trends: 1985-2000
    4.2.2.(b) - Trends in selected subjects: 1985-2000

4.3. Other series

    4.3.1. Classification of international organizations: 1924


SECTION 5. ORGANIZATIONS: POPULATION

5.1. Current (2001) 

    5.1.1. Foundation dates of international organizations, by type


SECTION 6. ORGANIZATIONS: STRUCTURE AND LEADERSHIP

6.1. Current (2001)

    6.1.1. International organizations of special structure

6.2. Chronological

    Leading people in international organizations
    6.2.1.(a) - Leading people in international organizations: 1995 and 1999: born in a given year
    6.2.1.(b,c) - Leading people in international organizations: 1996 and 2000: tertiary educational qualifications and gender
    6.2.1.(d) - Leading people in international organizations: 1996 and 2000: country of citizenship


SECTION 7. ORGANIZATIONS: LANGUAGE USE

7.1. Current (2001)

    Languages used by international organizations
    7.1.1.(a) Languages used by international organizations
    7.1.1.(b) Languages used by intergovernmental organizations
    7.1.1.(c) Languages used by non-governmental organizations

    Top ten languages used by international organizations
    7.1.2.(a) Top ten languages used by all international organizations
    7.1.2.(b) Top ten languages used by intergovernmental organizations
    7.1.2.(c) Top ten languages used by international nongovernmental organizations

    Number of languages used by international organizations
    7.1.3.(a) - Number of languages used by international organizations
    7.1.3.(b) - Number of languages used by intergovernmental organizations
    7.1.3.(c) - Number of languages used by non-governmental organizations

7.2. Chronological

    Major languages used by international organizations of Cluster I
    7.2.1.(a) Major languages used by international organizations of Cluster I
    7.2.1.(b) Major languages used by intergovernmental organizations of Cluster I
    7.2.1.(c) Major languages used by nongovernmental organizations of Cluster I

    Languages spoken by leading people in international organizations
    7.2.2.(a) Frequency of individual languages
    7.2.2.(b) Frequency of language pairs


SECTION 8. ORGANIZATIONS: PUBLICATIONS

8.1. Current (2001) 

    8.1.1. Number of publications of international organizations by type

8.2. Chronological

    8.2.1. Number of publications of international organizations by type: 1996 - 2001


SECTION 9. EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSES AND MISCELLANEOUS

9.1. Historical documents

    9.1.1. International Non-Governmental Organizations and the UN (1963 facsimile)

9.2. Feedback loop analysis

    9.2.1. Problem feedback loop analysis

9.3. World Problems and Global Strategies

    9.3.1.(a) Growth in number of world problems profiled and interlinked
    9.3.1.(b) Growth in link types of world problems
    9.3.2.(a) Growth in number of global strategies profiled and interlinked
    9.3.2.(b) Growth in link types of global strategies


PART B. VISUALIZATIONS AND PATTERNS


SECTION 10. NETWORK ANALYSES

10.1. International Organizations

    10.1.1. Internet
    10.1.2. European Union (EU)
    10.1.3. International organizations concerned with UFO
    10.1.4. Intergovernmental organizations (A-C)
    10.1.5. International NGOs linked to United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
    10.1.6. Relations amongst international peace organizations
    10.1.7. Relations amongst international organizations focusing on faith (A-G)
    10.1.8. Relations amongst international organizations focusing on environment
    10.1.9. Relations amongst international organizations concerned with libraries (A-G)
    10.1.10. Relations amongst international organizations concerned with documentation (A-F)
    10.1.11. Relations amongst international organizations concerned with biology (A-F)
    10.1.12. Relations amongst international organizations concerned with mathematics (A-F)
    10.1.13. Relations amongst international organizations concerned with Islam(A-D, F)
    10.1.14. Relations amongst international organizations concerned with Christianity (A-D, F)
    10.1.15. Relations amongst international organizations concerned with Buddhism(A-F)
    10.1.16. Relations amongst international organizations concerned with migration
    10.1.17. Relations amongst international organizations concerned with human rights (A-F)

10.2. World Problems and Issues

    10.2.1. Superstition
    10.2.2. Human violence
    10.2.3. End of the world
    10.2.4. Consumerism
    10.2.5. Predominance of fast food
    10.2.6. Unethical practices in transportation
    10.2.7. Lying
    10.2.8. Irresponsible nationalism
    10.2.9. International insecurity
    10.2.10. Food fads
    10.2.11. Occidentalism
    10.2.12. Censorship
    10.2.13. Erosion of biological diversity
    10.2.14. Anti-social behaviour
    10.2.15. Human death
    10.2.16. Conflicts over fishing rights
    10.2.17. Mapping the network of terror
    10.2.18. Temptation
    10.2.19. Disruptive fundamentalism
    10.2.20. Denial of right to freedom from cruel, inhumane or degrading punishment
    10.2.21. Counter-dependency
    10.2.22. Cultural prejudice
    10.2.23. Enforced celibacy
    10.2.24. Super-power arrogance
    10.2.25. Copyright barriers to transfer of knowledge
    10.2.26. Corporate control of genetic material
    10.2.27. Parallel economy
    10.2.28. Incorrect spelling
    10.2.29. Poverty
    10.2.30. Sneezing
    10.2.31. Pathogenic fungi
    10.2.32. Sleep disorders
    10.2.33. Bad smell
    10.2.34. Verbal abuse
    10.2.35. Social dictatorship
    10.2.36. World problems involving explicit danger
    10.2.37. Problem loops sustaining irresponsible policy-making

10.3. Global Strategies and Solutions

    10.3.1. Exploring reality
    10.3.2. Enhancing diversity
    10.3.3. Liberalizing trade
    10.3.4. Managing data base on biodiversity
    10.3.5. Transferring technology
    10.3.6. Sustainable development
    10.3.7. Predicting natural disasters
    10.3.8. Making love
    10.3.9. Mapping
    10.3.10. Applying precautionary principle to trade and environment matters
    10.3.11. Links amongst strategies focused on pollution
    10.3.12. Researching futures
    10.3.13. Searching for meaning
    10.3.14. Continuing role of the USA in global stability
    10.3.15. Pursuing nuclear disarmament
    10.3.16. Reducing risk
    10.3.17. Storytelling

10.4. Human Values

    10.4.1. Clustering relationships of human values
    10.4.2. Beauty - Ugliness
    10.4.3. Pride - Humility

10.5. Human Development

    10.5.1. Consciousness
    10.5.2. Holistic medicine

10.6. Other

    10.6.1. International Organizations, World Problems and Strategies concerned with security


APPENDICES

    1. Methodological issues
    2. Continuity between editions
    3. Visualization and patterns
    4. Spring maps: self-organizing network visualization
    5. Decision Explorer
    6. NetMap
    7. Sonorification of visualized network data
    8. Contents of CD-ROM
    9. Contents of organization descriptions
    10. Types of organization
    11. Editorial problems and policies
    12. Functional Classification
    13. Related reference works
    14. The United Nations and the Yearbook of International Organizations
    15. The Editors of the Yearbook of International Organizations

Current Publications of the UIA
Yearbook PLUS / Annuaire PLUS
Yearbook of International Organizations - Online Access
International Congress Calendar
Transnational Associations / Associations transnationales

2001 (front pages)

NOTES FOR THE USER


PART A. STATISTICAL DATA AND GRAPHICS


SECTION 0. CURRENT OVERVIEW

0.1. Number of international organizations

    0.1.1. All bodies in Yearbook database: 2000
    0.1.2. Cluster I: International organizations
    0.1.3. Cluster II: Dependent bodies
    0.1.4. Cluster III: Organizational substitutes
    0.1.5. Cluster IV: National bodies
    0.1.6. Cluster V: Dead, inactive and unconfirmed bodies

0.2. Geographic distribution

    0.2.1. - Participation in international organizations by continent: 2000
    0.2.2. - Participation in all international organizations (whether IGO or NGO)
    0.2.3. - Participation in intergovernmental organizations (IGOs)
    0.2.4. - Participation in international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)

0.3. Links between organizations

    0.3.1. Links between international organizations by type: 2000
    0.3.2. Links from intergovernmental organizations by type
    0.3.3. Links from international nongovernmental organizations by type
    0.3.4. Links between international organizations by paragraph
    0.3.5. Links from intergovernmental organizations, by paragraph
    0.3.6. Links from nongovernmental organizations by paragraph
    0.3.7. Links between international organizations by frequency and by type
    0.3.8. Links between international organizations by frequency and by IGO / NGO
    0.3.9. and 0.3.10. Links to intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations by frequency

0.4. Subjects (fields of activity)

    0.4.1. Major subject groupings of international organizations


SECTION 1. TYPES OF ORGANIZATION

1. 1. Current (2000)

    1.1.1.(a) Number of international organizations by type: 2000
    1.1.1.(b,c) Number of international organizations by type - charts

1.2. Chronological

    1.2.1.(a,b) Trends in number of active international organizations 1900-2000

    Trends in number of international organizations by cluster: 1950-2000
    1.2.2.(a,b) - Trends in number of all international organizations and Cluster I organizations
    1.2.2.(c,d) - Trends in number of international organizations: Cluster II and III
    1.2.2.(e,f) - Trends in number of international organizations: Cluster IV and V


SECTION 2. GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION

2. 1. Current (2000)

    2.1.1. Membership of international organizations, by country: 2000
    2.1.2. Countries represented in the greatest number of international organizations: 2000
    2.1.3.(a-e) Countries represented in international organizations, ranked by continent: 2000
    2.1.4. Membership of international organizations, by region of activity: 2000

    Countries hosting international organizations secretariats: 2000
    2.1.5.(a) Countries hosting international organization secretariats
    2.1.5.(b) Countries hosting intergovernmental organization secretariats
    2.1.5.(c) Countries hosting international nongovernmental organization secretariats

    2.1.6. Countries hosting international organization headquarters: 2000

    Countries hosting most international organizations secretariats: 2000
    2.1.7.(a) Countries hosting the greatest number of international organization headquarters
    2.1.7.(b) Countries hosting the greatest number of intergovernmental organization secretariats
    2.1.7.(c) Countries hosting the greatest number of intercontinental organization secretariats
    2.1.7.(d) Countries hosting the greatest number of regional organization secretariats

    Cities hosting international organization secretariats: 2000
    2.1.8.(a) - Cities hosting international organization secretariats
    2.1.8.(b) - Cities hosting intergovernmental organization secretariats
    2.1.8.(c) - Cities hosting international nongovernmental organization secretariats

    2.1.9. International organizations by region of activity: 2000
    2.1.10. Geographic distribution of international meetings: 2000
    2.1.11. Size of international meetings - by continent and country: 2000

    Top international meeting countries: 2000
    2.1.12.(a) Top international meeting countries ? number of meetings
    2.1.12.(b,c) Top international meeting countries ? number of meetings - charts

    2.1.13. Top international meeting cities

2.2. Chronological

    Participation trends in international organizations of Cluster I: 1956-2000
    2.2.1.(a,b) - Growth in participation in international organizations of Cluster I: past and future
    2.2.1.(c) - Growth in participation in international organizations of Cluster I by continent: 1956-2000 (Africa, America, Asia)
    2.2.1.(d) - Growth in participation in international organizations of Cluster I by continent: 1956-2000 (Australasia/Oceania, Europe, World)
    2.2.1.(e) - Growth in participation in international organizations of Cluster I by fourth year: 1956-1976
    2.2.1.(f) - Growth in participation in international organizations of Cluster I by fourth year: 1980-2000

    Participation trends in conventional international organizations: 1956-2000
    2.2.2.(a) - Growth in participation in conventional international organizations: 1956-2000
    2.2.2.(b) - Growth in participation in conventional international organizations: 1960-2000
    2.2.2.(c) - Growth in participation in conventional international organizations by fourth year: 1956-1976
    2.2.2.(d) - Growth in participation in conventional international organizations by fourth year: 1980-2000

    Growth in country participation in international NGOs: 1990 and 2000
    2.2.3.(a) Growth of country participation in international NGOs: 1990 and 2000
    2.2.3.(b) Growth of participation in international NGOs: 1990 and 2000

    Growth in secretariats of international organizations of Cluster I: 1948-2000
    2.2.4.(a) Secretariats of international organizations of Cluster I by continent: 1980-2000
    2.2.4.(b) Growth in secretariats of international organizations of Cluster I: 1948-2000

    Growth in international NGO secretariats by country: 1990 and 2000
    2.2.5.(a) Growth of international NGO secretariats: 1990 and 2000
    2.2.5.(b) Growth of international NGO secretariats: 1990 and 2000 countries with 50% growth or over

    Geographic distribution of international meetings: 1996-2000
    2.2.6.(a) Geographic distribution of international meetings: 1996-2000
    2.2.6.(b,c,d) Geographic distribution of international meetings: 1996-2000 - charts (Africa, Asia, America)
    2.2.6.(e,f,g) Geographic distribution of international meetings: 1996-2000 - charts ( Australasia/Oceania, Europe, World)


SECTION 3. LINKS BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONS

3. 1. Current (2000)

    3.1.1. Links between international organizations, by type: 2000
    3.1.2. Links between international organizations, by paragraph: 2000
    3.1.3. Links between international organizations, by frequency: 2000
    3.1.4. Links between international organizations, by subject: 2000

3.2. Chronological

    Links between international organizations by type: 1986-2000
    3.2.1.(a) - Links between international organizations by type: 1986-2000
    3.2.1.(b) - Links between intergovernmental organizations by type: 1986-2000
    3.2.1.(c) - Links between international nongovernmental organizations by type: 1986-2000
    3.2.1.(d) - Links between clusters of international organizations: 1986-2000

    3.2.2. Links between international organizations by type: 1990 and 2000


SECTION 4. SUBJECTS (FIELDS OF ACTIVITY)

4. 1. Current (2000)

    4.1.1. Experimental matrix of subjects

    Number of international organizations by subject groups: 2000
    4.1.2.(a) Number of international organizations by subject groups
    4.1.2.(b) Number of intergovernmental organizations by subject groups
    4.1.2.(c) Number of international nongovernmental organizations by subject groups

    International organizations by regional field of activity: 2000
    4.1.3.(a) International organization activity by major subject / region category
    4.1.3.(b) International organization activity, by detailed subject / region category

    Areas of concern of leading people in international organizations: 1999
    4.1.4.(a) - Areas of concern of leading people in international organizations, by subjects
    4.1.4.(b) - Areas of concern of leading people in international organizations, by regions

4.2. Chronological

    Number of international organizations by subject group: 1985-2000
    4.2.1.(a,b) - Number of international organizations by subject group: 1985-2000
    4.2.1.(c) - Number of international organizations by subject group: 1985-2000 - complete listing of subjects

    Trends in selected subjects: 1985-2000
    4.2.2.(a,b) - Trends in selected subjects: 1985-2000 positive and negative trends
    4.2.2.(c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,n) - Trends in selected subjects: 1985-2000

4.3. Other series

    4.3.1. Classification of international organizations: 1924


SECTION 5. ORGANIZATIONS: POPULATION

5.1. Current (2000) 

    5.1.1. Foundation dates of international organizations, by type: 2000


SECTION 6. ORGANIZATIONS: STRUCTURE AND LEADERSHIP

6.1. Current (2000)

    6.1.1. International organizations of special structure: 2000

6.2. Chronological

    Leading people in international organizations: 1995 and 1999
    6.2.1.(a) - Leading people in international organizations: 1995 and 1999 - born in a given year
    6.2.1.(b,c) - Leading people in international organizations: 1995 and 1999 - educational qualifications and gender
    6.2.1.(d) - Leading people in international organizations: 1995 and 1999 - country of citizenship


SECTION 7. ORGANIZATIONS: LANGUAGE USE

7.1. Current (2000)

    Languages used by international organizations: 2000
    7.1.1.(a) Languages used by international organizations
    7.1.1.(b) Languages used by intergovernmental organizations
    7.1.1.(c) Languages used by international nongovernmental organizations

    Top ten languages used by international organizations: 2000
    7.1.2.(a) Top ten languages used by all international organizations
    7.1.2.(b) Top ten languages used by intergovernmental organizations
    7.1.2.(c) Top ten languages used by international nongovernmental organizations

    Number of languages used by international organizations: 2000
    7.1.3.(a) - Number of languages used by international organizations
    7.1.3.(b) - Number of languages used by intergovernmental organizations
    7.1.3.(c) - Number of languages used by international nongovernmental organizations

7.2. Chronological

    Major languages used by international organizations of Cluster I: 1993-2000
    7.2.1.(a) Major languages used by international organizations of Cluster I: 1993-2000
    7.2.1.(b) Major languages used by intergovernmental organizations of Cluster I: 1993-2000
    7.2.1.(c) Major languages used by nongovernmental organizations of Cluster I: 1993-2000

    Languages spoken by leading people in international organizations: 1995 and 1999
    7.2.2.(a) Principal languages spoken by leading people in international organizations: 1995 and 1999
    7.2.2.(b) Languages spoken by leading people in international organizations: 1995 and 1999


SECTION 8. ORGANIZATIONS: PUBLICATIONS

8.1. Current (2000) 

    8.1.1. Number of publications of international organizations by type: 2000


PART B. VISUALIZATIONS AND PATTERNS


SECTION 10. NETWORK ANALYSES

10.1. Spring maps

10.1.1. International Organizations

    10.1.1.1. Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
    10.1.1.2. Convention on biological diversity
    10.1.1.3. Council of Europe (CE)
    10.1.1.4. International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF)
    10.1.1.5. International Association of Universities (IAU)
    10.1.1.6. International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
    10.1.1.7. International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU)
    10.1.1.8. International Council for Science (ICSU)
    10.1.1.9. International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)
    10.1.1.10. International Council of Voluntary Agencies (ICVA)
    10.1.1.11. International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)
    10.1.1.12. International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP)
    10.1.1.13. International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
    10.1.1.14. International Olympic Committee (IOC)
    10.1.1.15. International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
    10.1.1.16. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN)
    10.1.1.17. North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
    10.1.1.18. North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
    10.1.1.19. Organization of African Unity (OAU)
    10.1.1.20. Several organizations dealing with industry and environment
    10.1.1.21. World Council of Churches (WCC)
    10.1.1.22. World Tourism Organization (WTO)

10.2. World Problems and Issues

    10.1.2.1. Abuse of science
    10.1.2.2. Alcohol abuse
    10.1.2.3. Anthropogenic climate change
    10.1.2.4. Biological warfare
    10.1.2.5. Colonialism
    10.1.2.6. Corruption
    10.1.2.7. Deforestation
    10.1.2.8. Discrimination against women
    10.1.2.9. Fascism
    10.1.2.10. Food insecurity
    10.1.2.11. Gypsy persecution
    10.1.2.12. Hazardous remnants of war
    10.1.2.13. Injustice
    10.1.2.14. Maltreatment of animals
    10.1.2.15. Meaninglessness
    10.1.2.16. Obesity
    10.1.2.17. Racism
    10.1.2.18. Refugees
    10.1.2.19. Seasonal fluctuations / Bad weather
    10.1.2.20. Sexual immorality
    10.1.2.21. Snoring
    10.1.2.22. Substance abuse
    10.1.2.23. Terrorism
    10.1.2.24. Tobacco smoking
    10.1.2.25. Unsustainable population levels
    10.1.2.26. War
    10.1.2.27. Waste of resources
    10.1.2.28. Water pollution

10.3. Global Strategies and Solutions

    10.1.3.1. Conserving global biodiversity
    10.1.3.2. Facilitating nongovernmental organization participation in international affairs
    10.1.3.3. Globalizing information flow
    10.1.3.4. Implementing global strategy for shelter
    10.1.3.5. Improving access to information
    10.1.3.6. Improving education
    10.1.3.7. Recycling materials
    10.1.3.8. Regulating world trade
    10.1.3.9. Researching diseases

10.4. Human Values

    10.1.4.1. Certainty-Uncertainty
    10.1.4.2. Love - Hate
    10.1.4.3. Random selection of value polarities

10.5. Human Development

    10.1.5.1. Ninety-nine names of Allah (Sufism)
    10.1.5.2. Yoga

10.2. Decision Explorer

10.2.1 International Organizations

    10.2.1.1. Greenpeace International

10.2.2 World Problems and Issues

    10.2.2.1. Capitalism
    10.2.2.2. Communism
    10.2.2.3. Gambling
    10.2.2.4. Ideological conflict
    10.2.2.5. Social environmental degradation from recreation and tourism
    10.2.2.6. Soil erosion

10.2.3 Global Strategies and Solutions

    10.2.3.1. Conserving landscape diversity
    10.2.3.2. Developing sustainable economic systems
    10.2.3.3. Eliminating violence against women
    10.2.3.4. Securing equality of opportunity for males and females

10.3. NetMap

    10.3.1. NetMap visualization technique
    10.3.2. Sample application of NetMap


SECTION 11. ORGANIZATION CHARTS

    11.1. United Nations System
    11.2. World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
    11.3. World Trade Organization (WTO)
    11.4. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
    11.5. United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
    11.6. International Labour Office (ILO)
    11.7. ILO Employment-Intensive Investment Programme (EIIP)
    11.8. United Nations Human Rights (UNHCR)
    11.9. Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
    11.10. International Monetary Fund (IMF)
    11.11. Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
    11.12. Joint WMO/IOC Technical commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology (JCOMM)
    11.13. F?d?ration Internationale de Motocyclism (FIM)
    11.14. Centre for International Research on Economic Tendency Surveys (CIRET)
    11.15. Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
    11.16. International Actuarial Association (IAA)
    11.17. North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
    11.18. Arctic Climate System Study (ACSYS)
    11.19. International Olympic Committee (IOC)


APPENDICES

    1. Methodological issues
    2. Continuity between editions
    3. Visualization and patterns
    4. Spring maps: self-organizing network visualization
    5. Decision Explorer
    6. NetMap
    7. Sonorification of visualized network data
    8. Contents of CD-ROM
    9. Contents of organization descriptions
    10. Types of organization
    11. Editorial problems and policies
    12. Functional Classification
    13. Related reference works
    14. The United Nations and the Yearbook of International Organizations
    15. The Editors of the Yearbook of International Organizations

Current Publications of the UIA
Yearbook PLUS / Annuaire PLUS
Yearbook of International Organizations - On-line Access
Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential
Who's Who in International Organizations
World Guide to Logotypes, Emblems, and Trademarks of International Organizations
International Congress Calendar
Transnational Associations / Associations transnationales