🌐 International Relations

IR Notes for
UPSC Preparation

Comprehensive notes on International Organisations, India's Foreign Policy, UN System, Regional Forums & Global Bodies — covering the full static IR syllabus.

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Which of the following is the headquarters of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)?

A Geneva, Switzerland

B New York, USA

C Vienna, Austria

D Brussels, Belgium

💡 Correct: C — Vienna, Austria. The IAEA is headquartered in Vienna and is the world's central intergovernmental forum for scientific and technical cooperation in the nuclear field.

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Regional Organisations 16

Regional Organisations

ASEAN SAARC BIMSTEC SCO Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) NATO Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) East Asia Summit (EAS) Eurasian Economic Union Commonwealth of Nations +6 more topics →

Multilateral Forums 12

Multilateral Strategic & Economic Forums

G20 G7 BRICS QUAD FATF IAEA OECD APEC World Economic Forum (WEF) IEA +2 more topics →

Security & Legal Bodies 5

Global Security, Justice & Legal Bodies

International Court of Justice (ICJ) International Criminal Court (ICC) INTERPOL Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) CSTO

United Nations System 12

United Nations & Principal Organs

United Nations UN System UNDP UNHRC UNHCR UNFPA UNRWA +5 more topics →

UN Specialized Agencies 9

UN Specialized Agencies

UNESCO ILO FAO WIPO IMO ICAO WMO ITU UPU

Development & Sustainability 5

Global Development & Sustainability Bodies

UNCTAD HLPF IFAD ESCAP UNCDF

Rights & Humanitarian 5

Global Rights, Humanitarian & Social

UDHR OHCHR CSW UN Women UNAIDS

Other Organisations 3

Other Organisations

OPEC WADA WFP

Regional Organisations

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Eurasian Economic Union

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International Relations Notes for UPSC

IR Notes forUPSC Preparation

Regional Organisations

Eurasian Economic Union

Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)

ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF)

Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)

BIMSTEC

Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA)

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

The Commonwealth of Nations

East Asia Summit (EAS)

Council of Europe (CoE)

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)

Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative (IPOI)

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)

SAARC

ASEAN

Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)

Multilateral Strategic & Economic Forums

Group of Twenty (G20)

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)

Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

Eastern Economic Forum (EEF)

QUAD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

International Energy Agency (IEA)

Trump's Board of Peace

Group of Seven (G7)

World Economic Forum (WEF)

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

BRICS

Global Security, Justice & Legal Bodies

International Court of Justice (ICJ)

INTERPOL

Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)

Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO)

International Criminal Court (ICC)

United Nations & Its Principal Organs / System

United Nations

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA)

UNCITRAL

United Nations System

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)

UNRWA (Palestine Refugees)

United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC)

UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)

UNHCR

United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

UN Specialized Agencies

UNESCO

International Maritime Organization (IMO)

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

International Labour Organization (ILO)

International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

World Meteorological Organisation (WMO)

International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Universal Postal Union (UPU)

Global Development & Sustainability Bodies

UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)

High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF)

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)

Global Rights, Humanitarian & Social Institutions

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)

Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)

UNAIDS

UN Women

Other Organisations

Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)

World Food Programme (WFP)

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