Global Civil Society & the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Name	Acronym	Founded	City HQ	Country/Territory HQ	Type I	Type II
World League for Freedom and Democracy	WLFD	1966	Taipei	Taiwan	F	y
World Leisure Organization	WLO	1952	Bilbao	Spain	B	y
World Light Electric Vehicle Summit	LEVS	2016			S	c
World Link for Law		1989	Helston	UK	C
World Literacy Council	WLC		Melbourne VIC	Australia	G
World Literacy Foundation		2003			F	f
World Lupus Federation	WLF	2015	Washington DC	USA	C
World Maritime University	WMU	1983	Malmö	Sweden	E	y
World Martial Arts Masterships Committee	WMC	2016	Seoul	Korea Rep	G
World Martial Arts Union	WoMAU	2002	Chungju	Korea Rep	C
World Master Chefs Society		1947	Grays	UK	D
World Mayors Council on Climate Change	WMCCC	2005	Bonn	Germany	E
World Mediation Forum		1993			F
World Mediation Organization	WMO	2006	Berlin	Germany	C
World Medical Association	WMA	1947	Ferney-Voltaire	France	B
World Memom Organisation	WMO	2002	London	UK	E
World Merit			Liverpool	UK	J
World Meteorological Organization	WMO	1947	Geneva	Switzerland	B	g
World Minigolf Sport Federation	WMF	1980	Bamberg	Germany	C
World Missing Children Organization	WMCO		Sliedrecht	Netherlands	N
World Missionary Evangelism	WME	1958	Dallas TX	USA	F
World Monuments Fund	WMF	1965	New York NY	USA	F	f
World Motor Sport Council			Paris	France	K
World Mountain People Association	WMPA	2001	Paris	France	C
World Movement for Democracy		1999	Washington DC	USA	F
World Movement for Global Democracy	WMGD		Lucknow	India	G
World Muslim Congress	WMC	1926	Karachi	Pakistan	B
World Naked Bike Ride	WNBR				N
World Natural Health Organization	WNHO	1983	Burlington WA	USA	G
World Neighbors	WN	1951	Oklahoma City OK	USA	G	v
World Network for Linguistic Diversity	Maaya		Geneva	Switzerland	E	y
World Network of Biosphere Reserves	WNBR	1971	Paris	France	F
World Network of Indigenous Peoples and Local Community Land and Sea Managers	WIN	2012	New York NY	USA	E
World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry	WNUSP	1991	Odense	Denmark	B
World Nuclear Transport Institute	WNTI	1998	London	UK	E	j
WORLD OBSTACLE		2014	Lausanne	Switzerland	C
World Ocean and Cruise Liner Society	WOCLS	1980	Stamford CT	USA	N
World Ocean Council	WOC	2008	Honolulu HI	USA	C	y
World Ocean Network	WON	1999	Boulogne-sur-Mer	France	C
World of DMCs		2007			C
World of NGOs, The		1997	Vienna	Austria	G
World Order Models Project	WOMP	1966			F	v
World Organisation Against Torture	OMCT	1985	Geneva	Switzerland	F	y
World Organisation for Animal Health	WOAH	1924	Paris	France	B	g
World Organization for Early Childhood Education	OMEP	1948	Buenos Aires	Argentina	C	y
World Organization of Building Officials	WOBO	1984	Cincinnati OH	USA	D
World Organization of the Scout Movement	WOSM	1907	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	B
World Organization of United Cities and Local Governments	UCLG	2004	Barcelona	Spain	B
World ORT	WO	1880	London	UK	C
World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies	WOCAT	1992	Bern	Switzerland	K

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