…any of four associations founded (1864–1936) to promote socialist or communist action…
…a body of rules established by custom or treaty and recognized by nations as binding in their relations with one another…
…a unit of activity or potency for vitamins, hormones, or other substances, defined individually for each substance in terms of the activity of a standard quantity or preparation…
…an independent international organization in support of human rights, especially for prisoners of conscience. The organization was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1977…
…an international Christian organization of business and professional people, founded in 1899 in the US…
…a group of volunteers which was raised internationally by foreign communist parties and which fought on the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War…
…a functional style of 20th-century architecture, so called because it crossed national and cultural barriers. It is characterized by the use of steel and reinforced concrete, wide windows, uninterrupted interior spaces, simple lines, and strict geometric forms…
…a set of examinations intended to qualify successful candidates for higher education in any of several countries…
…the countries of the world considered collectively…
…an international tribunal formed in 2002 for the prosecution of crimes against humanity. Its headquarters are at The Hague. In contrast with the International Court of Justice, it is not affiliated with the United Nations…
…an agency founded in 1974, within the framework of the OECD, to coordinate energy supply and demand worldwide. Its headquarters are in Paris…
…an international organization established in 1945 which aims to promote international trade and monetary cooperation and the stabilization of exchange rates…
…a modern English translation of the Bible published in 1973-8…
…a judicial court of the United Nations which replaced the Cour Permanente de Justice in 1945 and meets at The Hague…
…an affiliate of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) established in 1960 to provide assistance primarily in the poorer developing countries…
…an affiliate of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) established in 1956 to assist developing member countries by promoting the growth of the private sector of their economies…
…an organization established in 1919 whose aim is to promote lasting peace through social justice, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1969…
…an agency of the United Nations established in 1958 for cooperation and exchange of information among governments on matters relating to international shipping. Its headquarters are in London…
…an internationally recognized set of phonetic symbols developed in the late 19th century, based on the principle of strict one-to-one correspondence between sounds and symbols…
…a system of physical units (SI units) based on the metre, kilogram, second, ampere, kelvin, candela, and mole, together with a set of prefixes to indicate multiplication or division by a power of ten…
…an organization whose purpose is to promote international cooperation in the use and improvement of telecommunications of all kinds. Founded in Paris in 1865 as the International Telegraph Union, it became an agency of the United Nations in 1947…
…a bank founded in 1930 to promote the cooperation of central banks and to provide facilities for international financial operations. It is located at Basle in Switzerland…
…an international organization set up in 1957 to promote research into and the development of atomic energy for peaceful purposes…
…an agency of the United Nations, founded in 1947 to study problems of international civil aviation and establish standards and regulations…
…an organization founded in 1946 to standardize measurements for international industrial, commercial, and scientific purposes…
…an association formed in 1949 to promote free trade unionism worldwide. Its headquarters are in Brussels…
…an agency of the United Nations whose purpose is to mobilize additional funds for agricultural and rural development in developing countries through programmes that directly benefit the poorest rural populations. It began operations in 1977…
…an agency of the United Nations which constitutes the main part of the World Bank. It was established in 1945 and its headquarters are in Washington DC…
…a unit of luminous intensity, superseded by the candela…
…a worldwide charitable society of business and professional people, formed in 1905…
…an imaginary North-South line through the Pacific Ocean, adopted in 1884, to the east of which the date is a day earlier than it is to the west. It lies chiefly along the meridian furthest from Greenwich (i.e. longitude 180°), with diversions to pass around some island groups…
…an international festival of the arts held annually in Edinburgh since 1947. In addition to the main programme a flourishing fringe festival has developed…
