International organizations Nigeria belongs to

The international organizations that Nigeria belongs to are:

  1. United Nations
  2. Commonwealth of Nations (Secretariat) UK. Membership since: 1949
  3. Commonwealth Secretariat
  4. African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP). Belgium
  5. African Union (AU) Secretariat. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Founding Member, 1963
  6. Economic Community of West African States(ECOWAS), Abuja, Nigeria. Founding Member, 1975
  7. Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Coordinating Bureau
  8. IJN Peacekeeping Operations Budget
  9. Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF), N’djamena, Chad. Founding member since 2015. MDA – MFA/MOD/ONSA
  10. New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD)
  11. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
  12. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). France
  13. United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
  14. United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). New York, USA. Membership since: 1969
  15. UN Industrial Development Organization (UNDO) Austria;Membership since: 1973
  16. United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
  17. International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). Rome, Italy
  18. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). France. Membership since: 1963
  19. International Bank for Reconstruction Development (IBRD)
  20. International Development Association (IDA)
  21. International Monetary Fund (IMF)
  22. International Finance Corporation (IFC)
  23. African Development Fund (ADF)
  24. International Court of Justice (ICJ)
  25. Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA). The Netherlands
  26. International Police (INTERPOL)
  27. International Criminal Court (ICC) – 1998Rome Statute. The Hague
  28. South – South Cooperation (SSC) /Partners in Population and Development (PPD)
  29. International Tribunals
  30. Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC). N’Djamena, Chad. Membership since 1964
  31. Gulf of Guinea Commission
  32. Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) – General secretariat Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Membership since: 1975 as observer and 1986 as full member
  33. Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC)/Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
  34. Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO)
  35. Biological Weapons Convention (BWC). Geneva, Switzerland
  36. Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
  37. African Petroleum Producers Organization (APPO)
  38. United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN Habitat)
  39. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
  40. Organization for Economic Cooperation of Countries
  41. United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
  42. Group of 77 and China
  43. World Health Organization (WHO). Geneva, Switzerland. Membership
  44. United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
  45. World Trade Organization (WTO)
  46. World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
  47. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora Species (CITES)
  48. United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
  49. Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade
  50. Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants Switzerland. Membership since: 2004
  51. Minimata Convention on Mercury. Membership since: 2013 but Nigeria yet to ratify
  52. Vienna Convention to phase out Ozone depleting substances/Montreal Protocol on Substances that deplete the Ozone Layer.
  53. Strategic Approach to International Chemical Management (SAICM)
  54. United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
  55. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Rome, Italy
  56. World Food Programme (WFP). Rome, Italy
  57. Arms Trade Treaty
  58. Mine Ban Treaty (Ottawa Convention)
  59. International Telecommunication Satellite Org. (ITSO) USA
  60. World Customs Organization
  61. International Standard Organization (ISO)
  62. International Organization for Migration. (I0M) Switzerland
  63. International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS)
  64. United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
  65. Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF)
  66. International Maritime Organization (IMO). London
  67. World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Geneva, Switzerland
  68. International Labour Organization (ILO)
  69. IJN Women
  70. Federation of International Football Association (FIFA)
  71. International Olympic Committee (IOC)
  72. International Telecommunications Union (ITU). Switzerland Membership since: 1961
  73. Universal Postal Union, Switzerland. Membership since: 1961
  74. Governmental Advisory Council/lnternational Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN)
  75. Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
  76. International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT). Spain
  77. World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). Paris, France
  78. Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC)
  79. International Cooperative Alliance (ICA). Belgium
  80. International Aids Transparency Initiative (IATI)
  81. Internet Governance Forum (IGF). Switzerland
  82. Basel Convention on the Control of Hazardous Waste
  83. United Nations Forum on Forest (UNFF) International Agreement on Forest (IAF) UN Headquarters, New York.
  84. International Tropical Timber Organization(ITTO) Timber Organization (ATO)
  85. Inter-Governmental Group of 24 on Financial & Monetary Affairs (G-24)
  86. International Center for Settlement of Investment Dispute (ICSID)
  87. Global Environmental Facility (GEF)
  88. OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID)
  89. African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) (1991)
  90. African Trade Insurance
  91. African Development Bank (AfDB)
  92. IDEP Institute for Economic Development and Planning
  93. Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
  94. Africa 50
  95. AFRI-EXIM Bank (1993)
  96. ECOWAS Bank for Investment Development (EBID) (1999)
  97. Islamic Development Bank (lsDB)
  98. World Custom Organization
  99. African Fertilizer Financing Mechanism(AFFM)
  100. Africa Trade Insurance
  101. Shelter-Afrique (1982)
  102. International Islamic Finance Corporation (ITFC)
  103. Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD).
  104. Islamic Corporation for Insurance of Investment and Export Credit (ICIEC)
  105. African Capacity Building Foundation
  106. Global Fund for HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (2001)
  107. Forum of Federations
  108. World Anti-counterfeit Congress
  109. Pharmaceutical Inspection Cooperation/Scheme (PIC/S)
  110. Pharmaco Vigilance Uppsala Monitoring Centre. Sweden
  111. International Conference of Drug Regulatory Authorities
  112. WHO Special Programme on Tropical Diseases Research (TDR) Training
  113. WHO Programme on Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC)
  114. Joint Learning Network (JLN). Washington DC, USA
  115. International Sugar Organization
  116. Common Fund for Commodities (CFC)
  117. Cocoa Producers Alliance Nigeria
  118. International Rubber Study Group (IRSG)
  119. International Cocoa Organization (ICCO)
  120. International Trademark Association (ITA)
  121. International Civil Defense Organization (ICDO), Switzerland. Membership since: 2004
  122. United Nations Interrogation Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI)
  123. International Seabed Authority
  124. International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT). Rome, Italy
  125. International Law Development Organization (IDLO)
  126. African Training & Research Centre for Development (CAFRAD)
  127. Commonwealth Foundation (CF). London, UK. Membership since: 1949
  128. Inter-Agency Committee on Cooperation in Energy Related Research & Development Activities with OPEC Member Countries
  129. Commonwealth Fund for Tech. Cooperation (CFTC) Membership since: 1949
  130. African Union (AU) Peace Fund. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
  131. Pan African Parliament (PAP). Midrand, South Africa. Membership since 2004
  132. African Union Labour and Social Affairs Commission (AU-LSAC). Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Membership since 1960
  133. ECOWAS Parliament
  134. ECOWAS Court of Justice
  135. International Astronautical Federation (IAF)
  136. Committee on Space Research (COSPAR)
  137. IJN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space
  138. Maritime Organization of West and Central Africa (MOWCA)
  139. International Hydrographic (IHO)
  140. African Civil Aviation (AFCAC). Dakar, Senegal
  141. Airports Council International (ACI). Montreal, Canada.
  142. International Maritime Security Organization (IMSO)
  143. Union of African Shippers Council (UASC)
  144. Banjul Accord Group Aviation Safety Oversight Organization (BAGASOO). Abuja, Nigeria. Membership since 2009
  145. Abidjan-Lagos Corridor Organization (ALCO)
  146. International Hydrological Organization (IHO). Paris, France
  147. International Commission on Large DAM (ICOLD), France
  148. International Federation on Ageing (IFA)
  149. International Volley Ball Association
  150. International Cricket Association
  151. International Federation of Associated Wresting Styles
  152. Commonwealth Games Federation
  153. Commonwealth Youth Programme (CYP)
  154. International Council of Museums (ICOM),France. Membership since: 1979
  155. International Council on Archives (ICA), France
  156. Fund for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
  157. World Heritage Fund for the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage, France
  158. World Congress for News Agencies
  159. World Association of Press Council
  160. United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), Spain
  161. International Council for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Properties (ICCROM). Rome, Italy. Membership since: 1956
  162. Commonwealth Auditors-General Conference
  163. African Organization of supreme Audit Institutions (AFROSAI)
  164. Association of African Public Service Commission (AAPSC). Kampala, Uganda
  165. Committee of East Central Atlantic Fisheries
  166. German International Cooperative
  167. International Potato Centre. Lima, Peru
  168. Postal Technology Centre (PTC)
  169. West African Postal Cooperation (WAPCO)
  170. International Post Corporation (IPC)
  171. Commonwealth Telecommunication Organization (CTO)
  172. Conference of Commonwealth Postal Administration (CCPA)
  173. African Telecommunications Union (ATU). West Africa Telecommunication Regulators Assembly (WATRA)
  174. Pan-African Postal Union (PAPU)
  175. Regional African Satellite Organization (RASCOM)
  176. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
  177. Commonwealth of Learning (COL). Canada
  178. United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), France, through the following: International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP), International Bureau for Education (IBE), Institute of Lifelong Learning (UIL), Institute for Information Technology Education (IITE), World Federation for UNESCO Clubs and Associations (WFUCUA), World Cultural and Natural Heritage & Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage membership since 1960
  179. UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL). Germany
  180. Islamic Education Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO)
  181. World Federation for UNESCO Clubs and Associations (WFUCUA)
  182. Global Learning Observations (GLOBE)
  183. International Bureau on Education (IBE). Switzerland
  184. Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS)
  185. MoU on the Conservation of Migratory Sharks
  186. International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR)
  187. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN)
  188. United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
  189. Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
  190. Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
  191. RAMSAR Convention on Wetland of International Importance
  192. Community of Democracies (CD)
  193. Group of Fifteen (G15)
  194. South Centre
  195. Co-Prosperity Alliance Zone (COPAZ)
  196. International Bureau of Expositions (BIE)
  197. Islamic Centre for Development of Trade (ICDT)
  198. Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation
  199. International Coffee Organization (ICO)
  200. International Cotton Advisory Committee(ICAC)
  201. African Agricultural Technological Development Foundation (AATF)
  202. Research for Life Programme
  203. Advanced Simulation and Modelling of Systems Engineering Group
  204. International Planetary Society
  205. OIC Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation
  206. International Foundation for Sciences
  207. IRENA
  208. African Regional Centre for Technology(ARCT)
  209. West African Power Pool
  210. Centre for Science and Technology of the Non Aligned and other developing Countries
  211. International Energy Charter (IECh)
  212. UNESCO Bioethics Committees,International Bioethics Committee (IBC) and Intergovernmental Bioethics Committee
  213. Borderless Alliance, ACCRA
  214. International Road Federation (IRF), Washington DC
  215. Port Management Association of West and Central Africa (PMAWCA). Lagos, Nigeria
  216. Banjul Accord (BAG)
  217. Pan-African Ports Cooperation (PAPC)
  218. International Association of Light House Authority (IALA)
  219. Sahara and Sahel Observatory (OSS)
  220. World Family Organization
  221. Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS), Social Affairs & Gender Commission.
  222. Commonwealth Legal Services (CLAS)
  223. International Council on Museums and Sites(ICOMOS). France. Membership since: 2004
  224. Community of Sahelian & Saharan States (CENSAD)
  225. Niger Basin Authority (NBA). Niamey, Niger. Membership since 1964
  226. International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID), India
  227. Islamic University of Technology, Dhaka
  228. Islamic Fiqih Academy
  229. Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries, Ankara
  230. Research Centre for Islamic History, Arts and Culture (IRCICA)
  231. International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
  232. African Association of Remote Sensing of the Environment (AARSE)
  233. World Technopolis Association (WTA),Republic of Korea
  234. Association of Industrial Science, Innovation and Technology Parks, Hungary
  235. International Union of Radio Science (URSI)
  236. International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG)
  237. International Centre for Genetic Engineering & (ICGEB). India
  238. Third World Network of Scientific Organization (TWNSO)
  239. Third World Organization for Women in Science (TWOWS)
  240. Third World Academy of Science (TWAS)
  241. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE)
  242. International (Plant) Genetic Resources Institute (IGRI) (IPGRI)
  243. MATLAB Group
  244. International Energy Charter (IEC)
  245. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
  246. Committee for Data for S&T of the International Council of Scientific Unions (CODATA)
  247. Commission on Sci & Tech for Sustainable Dev in the South (COMSATS)
  248. United Nations Economic Commission tor Europe (UNECE)(Working Party on Road Transport-Sc 1)
  249. Global Shippers’ Forum, Under Union of African Shippers’ Council, London, England
  250. The Association of African Aviation Training Organization (AATO)
  251. International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA)
  252. International Air Cargo Association (TIACA)
  253. International Association of Port and Harbours (IAPH)
  254. International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC)
  255. International Harbour Master Association (IHMA)
  256. International Marine Pilot Association (IMPA)
  257. Permanent International Association of Navigation Congress (PINANC)
  258. Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMAREST)
  259. National Institute London (NIL)
  260. Sub-Saharan African Transport Policy Programme (SSATP), World Bank
  261. International Association of Hydrologists (IAH), Reading, UK
  262. International Water Supply Association (IWSA), London, UK
  263. International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS)
  264. International Federation of Social Workers New York, USA
  265. International Association of Schools of Social Work (ASSW), York
  266. International Hydrological Programme (IHP) UNESCO, Paris
  267. African Ministerial Council on Water Resources (AMCOW), Abuja
  268. Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Indonesia
  269. Islamic Solidarity Fund, Jedda
  270. International Corrections and (ICPA)
  271. African Correctional Services Association (ACSA)
  272. International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA), Austria
  273. International Social Security Association(ISSA), Joined: 1972
  274. Pan-African Productivity Association (PAPA)
  275. International Association of Labour Inspection (IALI)
  276. Organization of Africa Trade Union Unity (OATUU)
  277. Organization of Africa Trade Unions of West Africa (OTUWA)
  278. African Association for Public Administration & Management (AAPAM). Nairobi, Kenya
  279. Commonwealth Association for Public Administration Management (CAPAM) Canada
  280. Commonwealth Local Government Forum (CLGF)
  281. Department of International Development (DFID)
  282. International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
  283. Commonwealth Secretariat, Commonwealth Foundation (CF). London, UK. Membership since: 1949
  284. Commonwealth Fund for Tech. Cooperation (CFTC). Membership since: 1949
  285. Commonwealth Association for Administration Management (CAPAM)Canada
  286. Commonwealth Local Government (CLGF)
  287. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), France. Membership since: 1963
  288. UNESCO Bioethics Committees, International Bioethics Committee (IBC) and Intergovernmental Bioethics Committee
  289. Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) -General secretariat Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Membership since: 1975 as observer and1986 as full member.
  290. Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD)
  291. Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries,Ankara
  292. Islamic Solidarity Fund, Jeddah

Reference: osgf.gov.ng/storage/app/media/pdf/Internationalorg.pdf

The international organisations that Nigeria is a member, in alphabetical order:

  1. Abidjan-Lagos Corridor Organization (ALCO)
  2. Advanced Simulation and Modelling of Systems Engineering Group
  3. Africa 50
  4. Africa Trade Insurance
  5. African Agricultural Technological Development Foundation (AATF)
  6. African Association for Public Administration & Management (AAPAM). Nairobi, Kenya
  7. African Association of Remote Sensing of the Environment (AARSE)
  8. African Capacity Building Foundation
  9. African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) (1991)
  10. African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP). Belgium
  11. African Correctional Services Association (ACSA)
  12. African Development Bank (AfDB)
  13. African Development Fund (ADF)
  14. African Fertilizer Financing Mechanism(AFFM)
  15. African Ministerial Council on Water Resources (AMCOW), Abuja
  16. African Organization of supreme Audit Institutions (AFROSAI)
  17. African Petroleum Producers Organization (APPO)
  18. African Regional Centre for Technology(ARCT)
  19. African Telecommunications Union (ATU). West Africa Telecommunication Regulators Assembly (WATRA)
  20. African Trade Insurance
  21. African Training & Research Centre for Development (CAFRAD)
  22. African Union (AU) Peace Fund. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
  23. African Union (AU) Secretariat. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Founding Member, 1963
  24. African Union Labour and Social Affairs Commission (AU-LSAC). Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Membership since 1960
  25. African Civil Aviation (AFCAC). Dakar, Senegal
  26. AFRI-EXIM Bank (1993)
  27. Airports Council International (ACI). Montreal, Canada.
  28. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
  29. Arms Trade Treaty
  30. Association of African Aviation Training Organization (AATO)
  31. Association of African Public Service Commission (AAPSC). Kampala, Uganda
  32. Association of Industrial Science, Innovation and Technology Parks, Hungary
  33. Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Indonesia
  34. Banjul Accord (BAG)
  35. Banjul Accord Group Aviation Safety Oversight Organization (BAGASOO). Abuja, Nigeria. Membership since 2009
  36. Basel Convention on the Control of Hazardous Waste
  37. Biological Weapons Convention (BWC). Geneva, Switzerland
  38. Borderless Alliance, ACCRA
  39. Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
  40. Centre for Science and Technology of the Non Aligned and other developing Countries
  41. Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC)/Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
  42. Cocoa Producers Alliance Nigeria
  43. Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC)
  44. Commission on Sci & Tech for Sustainable Dev in the South (COMSATS)
  45. Committee for Data for S&T of the International Council of Scientific Unions (CODATA)
  46. Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation
  47. Committee of East Central Atlantic Fisheries
  48. Committee on Space Research (COSPAR)
  49. Common Fund for Commodities (CFC)
  50. Commonwealth Association for Administration Management (CAPAM)Canada
  51. Commonwealth Association for Public Administration Management (CAPAM) Canada
  52. Commonwealth Auditors-General Conference
  53. Commonwealth Foundation (CF). London, UK. Membership since: 1949
  54. Commonwealth Fund for Tech. Cooperation (CFTC) Membership since: 1949
  55. Commonwealth Fund for Tech. Cooperation (CFTC). Membership since: 1949
  56. Commonwealth Games Federation
  57. Commonwealth Legal Services (CLAS)
  58. Commonwealth Local Government (CLGF)
  59. Commonwealth Local Government Forum (CLGF)
  60. Commonwealth of Learning (COL). Canada
  61. Commonwealth of Nations (Secretariat) UK. Membership since: 1949
  62. Commonwealth Secretariat
  63. Commonwealth Secretariat, Commonwealth Foundation (CF). London, UK. Membership since: 1949
  64. Commonwealth Telecommunication Organization (CTO)
  65. Commonwealth Youth Programme (CYP)
  66. Community of Democracies (CD)
  67. Community of Sahelian & Saharan States (CENSAD)
  68. Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO)
  69. Conference of Commonwealth Postal Administration (CCPA)
  70. Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
  71. Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
  72. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora Species (CITES)
  73. Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS)
  74. Co-Prosperity Alliance Zone (COPAZ)
  75. Department of International Development (DFID)
  76. Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS), Social Affairs & Gender Commission.
  77. Economic Community of West African States(ECOWAS), Abuja, Nigeria. Founding Member, 1975
  78. ECOWAS Bank for Investment Development (EBID) (1999)
  79. ECOWAS Court of Justice
  80. ECOWAS Parliament
  81. Federation of International Football Association (FIFA)
  82. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Rome, Italy
  83. Forum of Federations
  84. Fund for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
  85. Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF)
  86. German International Cooperative
  87. Global Environmental Facility (GEF)
  88. Global Fund for HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (2001)
  89. Global Learning Observations (GLOBE)
  90. Global Shippers’ Forum, Under Union of African Shippers’ Council, London, England
  91. Governmental Advisory Council/lnternational Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN)
  92. Group of 77 and China
  93. Group of Fifteen (G15)
  94. Gulf of Guinea Commission
  95. IDEP Institute for Economic Development and Planning
  96. IJN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space
  97. IJN Peacekeeping Operations Budget
  98. IJN Women
  99. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE)
  100. Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMAREST)
  101. Inter-Agency Committee on Cooperation in Energy Related Research & Development Activities with OPEC Member Countries
  102. Inter-Governmental Group of 24 on Financial & Monetary Affairs (G-24)
  103. International (Plant) Genetic Resources Institute (IGRI) (IPGRI)
  104. International Aids Transparency Initiative (IATI)
  105. International Air Cargo Association (TIACA)
  106. International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA), Austria
  107. International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC)
  108. International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS)
  109. International Association of Hydrologists (IAH), Reading, UK
  110. International Association of Labour Inspection (IALI)
  111. International Association of Light House Authority (IALA)
  112. International Association of Port and Harbours (IAPH)
  113. International Association of Schools of Social Work (ASSW), York
  114. International Astronautical Federation (IAF)
  115. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
  116. International Bank for Reconstruction Development (IBRD)
  117. International Bureau of Expositions (BIE)
  118. International Bureau on Education (IBE). Switzerland
  119. International Center for Settlement of Investment Dispute (ICSID)
  120. International Centre for Genetic Engineering & (ICGEB). India
  121. International Civil Defense Organization (ICDO), Switzerland. Membership since: 2004
  122. International Cocoa Organization (ICCO)
  123. International Coffee Organization (ICO)
  124. International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT). Spain
  125. International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID), India
  126. International Commission on Large DAM (ICOLD), France
  127. International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
  128. International Conference of Drug Regulatory Authorities
  129. International Cooperative Alliance (ICA). Belgium
  130. International Corrections and (ICPA)
  131. International Cotton Advisory Committee(ICAC)
  132. International Council for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Properties (ICCROM). Rome, Italy. Membership since: 1956
  133. International Council of Museums (ICOM),France. Membership since: 1979
  134. International Council on Archives (ICA), France
  135. International Council on Museums and Sites(ICOMOS). France. Membership since: 2004
  136. International Court of Justice (ICJ)
  137. International Cricket Association
  138. International Criminal Court (ICC) – 1998Rome Statute. The Hague
  139. International Development Association (IDA)
  140. International Energy Charter (IEC)
  141. International Energy Charter (IECh)
  142. International Federation of Associated Wresting Styles
  143. International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA)
  144. International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
  145. International Federation of Social Workers New York, USA
  146. International Federation on Ageing (IFA)
  147. International Finance Corporation (IFC)
  148. International Foundation for Sciences
  149. International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). Rome, Italy
  150. International Harbour Master Association (IHMA)
  151. International Hydrographic (IHO)
  152. International Hydrological Organization (IHO). Paris, France
  153. International Hydrological Programme (IHP) UNESCO, Paris
  154. International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT). Rome, Italy
  155. International Islamic Finance Corporation (ITFC)
  156. International Labour Organization (ILO)
  157. International Law Development Organization (IDLO)
  158. International Marine Pilot Association (IMPA)
  159. International Maritime Organization (IMO). London
  160. International Maritime Security Organization (IMSO)
  161. International Monetary Fund (IMF)
  162. International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR)
  163. International Olympic Committee (IOC)
  164. International Organization for Migration. (I0M) Switzerland
  165. International Planetary Society
  166. International Police (INTERPOL)
  167. International Post Corporation (IPC)
  168. International Potato Centre. Lima, Peru
  169. International Road Federation (IRF), Washington DC
  170. International Rubber Study Group (IRSG)
  171. International Seabed Authority
  172. International Social Security Association(ISSA), Joined: 1972
  173. International Standard Organization (ISO)
  174. International Sugar Organization
  175. International Telecommunication Satellite Org. (ITSO) USA
  176. International Telecommunications Union (ITU). Switzerland Membership since: 1961
  177. International Trademark Association (ITA)
  178. International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS)
  179. International Tribunals
  180. International Tropical Timber Organization(ITTO) Timber Organization (ATO)
  181. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN)
  182. International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG)
  183. International Union of Radio Science (URSI)
  184. International Volley Ball Association
  185. International Water Supply Association (IWSA), London, UK
  186. Internet Governance Forum (IGF). Switzerland
  187. IRENA
  188. Islamic Centre for Development of Trade (ICDT)
  189. Islamic Corporation for Insurance of Investment and Export Credit (ICIEC)
  190. Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD)
  191. Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD).
  192. Islamic Development Bank (lsDB)
  193. Islamic Education Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO)
  194. Islamic Fiqih Academy
  195. Islamic Solidarity Fund, Jedda
  196. Islamic Solidarity Fund, Jeddah
  197. Islamic University of Technology, Dhaka
  198. Joint Learning Network (JLN). Washington DC, USA
  199. Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC). N’Djamena, Chad. Membership since 1964
  200. Maritime Organization of West and Central Africa (MOWCA)
  201. MATLAB Group
  202. Mine Ban Treaty (Ottawa Convention)
  203. Minimata Convention on Mercury. Membership since: 2013 but Nigeria yet to ratify
  204. MoU on the Conservation of Migratory Sharks
  205. Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
  206. Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF), N’djamena, Chad. Founding member since 2015. MDA – MFA/MOD/ONSA
  207. National Institute London (NIL)
  208. New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD)
  209. Niger Basin Authority (NBA). Niamey, Niger. Membership since 1964
  210. Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Coordinating Bureau
  211. OIC Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation
  212. OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID)
  213. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
  214. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). France
  215. Organization for Economic Cooperation of Countries
  216. Organization of Africa Trade Union Unity (OATUU)
  217. Organization of Africa Trade Unions of West Africa (OTUWA)
  218. Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) – General secretariat Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Membership since: 1975 as observer and 1986 as full member
  219. Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) -General secretariat Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Membership since: 1975 as observer and1986 as full member.
  220. Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
  221. Pan African Parliament (PAP). Midrand, South Africa. Membership since 2004
  222. Pan-African Ports Cooperation (PAPC)
  223. Pan-African Postal Union (PAPU)
  224. Pan-African Productivity Association (PAPA)
  225. Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA). The Netherlands
  226. Permanent International Association of Navigation Congress (PINANC)
  227. Pharmaceutical Inspection Cooperation/Scheme (PIC/S)
  228. Pharmaco Vigilance Uppsala Monitoring Centre. Sweden
  229. Port Management Association of West and Central Africa (PMAWCA). Lagos, Nigeria
  230. Postal Technology Centre (PTC)
  231. RAMSAR Convention on Wetland of International Importance
  232. Regional African Satellite Organization (RASCOM)
  233. Research Centre for Islamic History, Arts and Culture (IRCICA)
  234. Research for Life Programme
  235. Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade
  236. Sahara and Sahel Observatory (OSS)
  237. Shelter-Afrique (1982)
  238. South – South Cooperation (SSC) /Partners in Population and Development (PPD)
  239. South Centre
  240. Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries, Ankara
  241. Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries,Ankara
  242. Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants Switzerland. Membership since: 2004
  243. Strategic Approach to International Chemical Management (SAICM)
  244. Sub-Saharan African Transport Policy Programme (SSATP), World Bank
  245. Third World Academy of Science (TWAS)
  246. Third World Network of Scientific Organization (TWNSO)
  247. Third World Organization for Women in Science (TWOWS)
  248. UN Industrial Development Organization (UNDO) Austria;Membership since: 1973
  249. UNESCO Bioethics Committees, International Bioethics Committee (IBC) and Intergovernmental Bioethics Committee
  250. UNESCO Bioethics Committees,International Bioethics Committee (IBC) and Intergovernmental Bioethics Committee
  251. UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL). Germany
  252. Union of African Shippers Council (UASC)
  253. United Nations
  254. United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
  255. United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
  256. United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
  257. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
  258. United Nations Economic Commission tor Europe (UNECE)(Working Party on Road Transport-Sc 1)
  259. United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), France, through the following: International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP), International Bureau for Education (IBE), Institute of Lifelong Learning (UIL), Institute for Information Technology Education (IITE), World Federation for UNESCO Clubs and Associations (WFUCUA), World Cultural and Natural Heritage & Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage membership since 1960
  260. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), France. Membership since: 1963
  261. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). France. Membership since: 1963
  262. United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
  263. United Nations Forum on Forest (UNFF) International Agreement on Forest (IAF) UN Headquarters, New York.
  264. United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
  265. United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN Habitat)
  266. United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
  267. United Nations Interrogation Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI)
  268. United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
  269. United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). New York, USA. Membership since: 1969
  270. United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
  271. United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), Spain
  272. Universal Postal Union, Switzerland. Membership since: 1961
  273. Vienna Convention to phase out Ozone depleting substances/Montreal Protocol on Substances that deplete the Ozone Layer.
  274. West African Postal Cooperation (WAPCO)
  275. West African Power Pool
  276. WHO Programme on Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC)
  277. WHO Special Programme on Tropical Diseases Research (TDR) Training
  278. World Anti-counterfeit Congress
  279. World Association of Press Council
  280. World Congress for News Agencies
  281. World Custom Organization
  282. World Customs Organization
  283. World Family Organization
  284. World Federation for UNESCO Clubs and Associations (WFUCUA)
  285. World Food Programme (WFP). Rome, Italy
  286. World Health Organization (WHO). Geneva, Switzerland. Membership
  287. World Heritage Fund for the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage, France
  288. World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
  289. World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Geneva, Switzerland
  290. World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). Paris, France
  291. World Technopolis Association (WTA),Republic of Korea
  292. World Trade Organization (WTO)

Nigerian foreign policy amd its relations with other countries and international prganisations since independence in 1960 has been characterised by a focus on Africa and to several fundamental principles: African unity and economic independence; capability to exercise super influence in the region; peaceful settlement of disputes; non-alignment and non-intentional interference in the internal affairs of other nations; and regional economic cooperation and development.

In the execution of it foreign policies, Nigeria participates in the African Union, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the Non-Aligned Movement, the Commonwealth of Nations, the United Nations among other organisations.

Nigeria is a country in Africa, a regional power on the continent and an emerging power on the international scene.

It has 36 states and a Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

Having being divided into states, the country is further divided into 774 Local Government Areas (LGAs).

The LGAs are under the control of their respective states.

The country has the largest economy in Africa.

Nigeria’s population is over 230 million, making it number 1 most populated country in Africa, and number 6 in the world.

Tiv people of Nigeria

It covers an area of 923,769 square kilometres (356,669 sq mi).

It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea to the south in the Atlantic Ocean.

Abuja City Gate

Nigeria borders Niger in the north, Chad in the northeast, Cameroon in the east, and Benin in the west.

It is often referred to as the Giant of Africa owing to its large population and economy and is considered to be an emerging market by the World Bank.

National Assembly building

However, the country ranks very low in the Human Development Index and remains one of the most corrupt nations in the world.

Maitama, Abuja with Hilton Hotel’s high-rise building in the foreground

The largest city in Nigeria is Lagos, one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world and the largest in Africa.

Lagos, the commercial capital and main sea port city

Nigeria is a multinational state inhabited by more than 250 ethnic groups speaking 500 distinct languages, all identifying with a wide variety of cultures.

The official language is English, chosen to facilitate linguistic unity at the national level.

Nigeria is a founding member of AU (African Union) and a member of other international organizations including UN (United Nations), Commonwealth of Nations and ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States).