Global Civil Society & the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Name	Acronym	Founded	City HQ	Country/Territory HQ	Type I	Type II
World Aquaculture Society	WAS	1970	Sorrento LA	USA	C
World Armenian Congress	WAC				S	c
World Assemblies of God Relief and Development Agency	WAGRA		Springfield MO	USA	K
World Associates for Biosystem Science and Engineering	WABSE	1999	Guangzhou	China	G
World Association for Animal Production	WAAP	1965	Rome	Italy	C	y
World Association for Christian Communication	WACC	1975	Toronto ON	Canada	B	y
World Association for Cooperative Education	WACE	1983	Lowell MA	USA	F
World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine	WADEM	1976	Madison WI	USA	F	v
World Association for Hospitality and Tourism Education and Training	WAHTT	1969	Trelissac	France	C	y
World Association for Medical Law	WAML	1967			D
World Association for Political Economy	WAPE	2004	Shanghai	China	C
World Association for Psychosocial Rehabilitation	WAPR	1986	Bengaluru	India	B
World Association for Sedimentation and Erosion Research	WASER		Beijing	China	D
World Association for Sexual Health	WAS	1978	Stellenbosch	South Africa	B	y
World Association for Small and Medium Enterprises	WASME	1980	Noida	India	B
World Association for Sustainable Development	WASD	2003	London	UK	C
World Association for the Protection of Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage	WATCH		Rome	Italy	E
World Association for the School as an Instrument of Peace		1967	Geneva	Switzerland	C
World Association for Transport Animal Welfare and Studies	TAWS	1989	Chertsey	UK	G	y
World Association for Voice of Animals	WAVA		Gordon NSW	Australia	N
World Association of Former United Nations Internes and Fellows	WAFUNIF	1978	New York NY	USA	E
World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts	WAGGGS	1928	London	UK	B
World Association of Industrial and Technological Research Organizations	WAITRO	1970	Nanjing	China	B	yt
World Association of Judges	WAJ	1966			E	v
World Association of Law Professors	WALP	1975			E	v
World Association of Lawyers	WAL	1975	Rockville MD	USA	E	v
World Association of Marine Stations	WAMS	2010			E	y
World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations	WANGO	2000	New York NY	USA	C
World Association of Press Councils	WAPC	1992	Istanbul	Türkiye	D
World Association of Public Employment Services	WAPES	1988	Brussels	Belgium	C
World Association of Soil and Water Conservation	WASWAC	1983	Beijing	China	B
World Association of the Major Metropolises	Metropolis	1985	Barcelona	Spain	B
World Association of Zoos and Aquariums	WAZA	1946	Barcelona	Spain	C	y
World Atlatl Association	WAA	1987	Cheyenne WY	USA	F	v
World Autism Organisation	WAO	1998	Windhoek	Namibia	C
World Bamboo Organization	WBO	1992	Plymouth MA	USA	C
World Bank - WWF Alliance for Forest Conservation and Sustainable Use	WB - WWF Forest Alliance	1998	Washington DC	USA	E
World Bank Administrative Tribunal	WBAT	1980	Washington DC	USA	F	g
World Batik Council			Seri Kembangan	Malaysia	C
World Benchmarking Alliance	WBA		Amsterdam	Netherlands	C	y
World BEYOND War		2014	Charlottesville VA	USA	F
World Bicycle Relief		2005	Chicago IL	USA	G
World Bioenergy Association	WBA	2008	Stockholm	Sweden	C
World Biogas Association	WBA		London	UK	J
World Birdstrike Association	WBA	2012	Bremen	Germany	C
World Blue Chain: for the Protection of Animals and Nature		1962	Brussels	Belgium	F
World Buddhist Sangha Council	WBSC	1966	Taipei	Taiwan	F
World Business Academy		1986	Santa Barbara CA	USA	F
World Business Angels Investment Forum	WBAF				F
World Business Associates	WBA	1979	Bethesda MD	USA	E	v

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