SECTION 1. BEFORE YOU START

NOTE: Where no year is indicated in the title, the current edition applies. Titles written in roman type refer to statistical tables. Titles written in italic type refer to visualizations (charts, graphs).

1.1. Comments on this edition
1.2. Geographical names
1.3. Types of organization
1.4. Continuity

SECTION 2. HOW MANY INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS ARE THERE?

2.1. Number of international organizations by type
2.2. Number of international organizations by type
2.3. Number of intergovernmental organizations by type
2.4. Number of international non-governmental organizations by type
2.5. Number of international organizations by cluster
2.6. Number of international organizations by cluster
2.7. Number of intergovernmental organizations by cluster
2.8. Number of international non-governmental organizations by cluster
2.9. Historical overview of number of international organizations by type
2.10. Historical overview of number of active international organizations
2.11. Historical overview of number of international organizations: ABCD
2.12. Historical overview of number of international organizations by type
2.13. Historical overview of number of international organizations by type
2.14. Historical overview of number of international organizations by cluster

SECTION 3. WHERE ARE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS LOCATED?

3.1. Country participation in international organizations by type of organization
3.2. Country participation in international organizations by numerical ranking
3.3. Country participation in intergovernmental organizations by numerical ranking
3.4. Country participation in international non-governmental organizations by numerical ranking
3.5. Country participation in international organizations, ranked by continent
3.6. Country participation in intergovernmental organizations, ranked by continent
3.7. Country participation in international non-governmental organizations, ranked by continent
3.8. Country participation in international organizations by geographical groups
3.9. Country participation in international organizations by "mother" country
3.10. Countries in which international organization secretariats are located
3.11. Countries in which international organization headquarters are located, by numerical ranking
3.12. Countries in which intergovernmental organization headquarters are located, by numerical ranking
3.13. Countries in which international non-governmental organization headquarters are located, by numerical ranking
3.14. Countries in which international organization headquarters are located, ranked by continent
3.15. Countries in which intergovernmental organization headquarters are located, ranked by continent
3.16. Countries in which international non-governmental organization headquarters are located, ranked by continent
3.17. Cities in which international organization secretariats are located
3.18. Cities in which international organization headquarters are located, by numerical ranking
3.19. Cities in which intergovernmental organization headquarters are located, by numerical ranking
3.20. Cities in which international non-governmental organization headquarters are located, by numerical ranking
3.21. Cities in which international organization headquarters are located, ranked by continent
3.22. Cities in which intergovernmental organization headquarters are located, ranked by continent
3.23. Cities in which international non-governmental organization headquarters are located, ranked by continent

SECTION 4. HOW ARE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS LINKED TO ONE ANOTHER?

4.1. Links between international organizations by type
4.2. Links between international organizations by paragraph
4.3. Links between international organizations by frequency
4.4. Links between international organizations by subject

SECTION 5. WHAT INTERESTS INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS?

5.1. Matrix of subjects used in the Yearbook of International Organizations
5.2. Classification of international organizations (1924)
5.3. Number of international organizations by subject of activity
5.4. International organizations by region of activity
5.5. International organizations by subject and region of activity
5.6. Number of publications of international organizations
5.7. Number of international organizations by region of activity
5.8. Number of international organizations by subject and region of activity
5.9. Number of publications of international organizations

SECTION 6. WHERE AND WHEN DID INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS START?

6.1. Foundation dates of international organizations by type
6.2. Foundation dates of international organizations by cluster
6.3. Foundation dates of intergovernmental organizations by cluster
6.4. Foundation dates of international non-governmental organizations by cluster
6.5. Foundation places of international organizations by cluster

SECTION 7. WHAT LANGUAGES DO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS USE?

7.1. Index to languages used by international organizations
7.2. Languages used by international organizations
7.3. Languages most commonly used by international organizations
7.4. Languages most commonly used by international organizations
7.5. Languages most commonly used by intergovernmental organizations
7.6. Languages most commonly used by intergovernmental organizations
7.7. Languages most commonly used by international non-governmental organizations
7.8. Languages most commonly used by international non-governmental organizations
7.9. Number of languages used by international organizations

SECTION 8. WHO REPRESENTS INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS?

8.1. Birth dates of international organization officers (edition 51)
8.2. Birth dates of international organization officers (edition 51)
8.3. Citizenship of international organization officers (edition 51)
8.4. Languages spoken by international organization officers (edition 51)
8.5. Languages most commonly spoken by international organization officers (edition 51)
8.6. Combinations of languages most common among international organization officers (edition 51)
8.7. Multi-lingualism among international organization officers (edition 51)
8.8. Gender of international organization officers (edition 51)
8.9. Subjects of interest of international organization officers (edition 51)
8.10. Regions of interest of international organization officers (edition 51)

SECTION 9. WHERE AND WHEN DO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS MEET?

This section is a reprint of the report International Meetings Statistics for the year 2014 - Comparative tables on the international meetings of international organizations.

This report is prepared annually by the Congress Department of the editors of this Yearbook, the Union of International Associations (UIA).

The data are drawn from the International Congress Calendar, the meetings database of the UIA and sister publication of this Yearbook.

The report is published in June of each year. Access is reserved for Associate Members of the UIA for the first three months. For more information please contactuia@uia.org.

Introduction

9.1. Statistics for the current year, 2014

9.1.1. Geographic distribution of international meetings
9.1.2. Top international meeting countries
9.1.3. Top international meeting cities
9.1.4. Top international meeting countries by continental grouping
9.1.5. Top international meeting cities by continental grouping

9.2. Fifteen year review, 2000-2014

9.2.1. Top international meeting countries
9.2.2. Top international meeting cities
9.2.3. Top 20 international meeting countries
9.2.4. Top 20 international meeting cities

9.3. Fifteen year review, 2000-2014: summplementary information

9.3.1. International meetings: exhibitions and number of participants, 2000-2014
9.3.2. Meetings, and meetings with concurrent exhibitions, by month, 2000-2014
9.3.3. Number of participants in international meetings by month, 2000-2014

SECTION 10. EXPLANATORY NOTES

10.1. Methodological issues
10.2. Contents of organization descriptions
10.3. Editorial problems and policies
10.4. Functional classification
10.5. About the Editors
10.6. Index to figure numbers in previous editions