International organisation membership of Canada
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Canada is a member of various international organizations and forums.[1] Canada was a founding member of the United Nations in 1945 and formed the North American Aerospace Defense Command together with the United States in 1958.[2] The country has membership in the World Trade Organization, the Five Eyes, the G7 and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The country joined the Organization of American States (OAS) in 1990,[3] and seeks to expand its ties to Pacific Rim economies through membership in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC).[4] Canada ratified the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, and seven principal UN human rights conventions and covenants since then.[5] As of 2023, Canada is a signatory to 15 free trade agreements with 51 different countries,[6] and has diplomatic and consular offices in over 270 locations in approximately 180 countries.
Below is a list of international organizations and forums in which Canada has membership.[7][8][9]
Organizations, summits, and forums
- Agence de Coopération Culturelle et Technique
- Arctic Council
ASEAN — dialogue partner
- Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
- Community of Democracies
Council of Europe (observer)- Democratic 10-D10
- Diplomatic Forum
- Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council
- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- European Space Agency (cooperating state)
- Food and Agriculture Organization
- G20
- Group of Seven (G7)
- Group of Eight (G8)
- Group of Ten (G10)
International Atomic Energy Agency- International Criminal Court
- International Hydrographic Organization
- International Indigenous Affairs
- International Mobile Satellite Organization
- International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
- International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
- International Telecommunications Satellite Organization
- Interpol
- Multilateral Organisation Performance Assessment Network (MOPAN)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)- Nuclear Suppliers Group
- Open Government Partnership
Order of Malta- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
- Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)- Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF or La Francophonie)
Organization of American States (OAS)- Pacific Alliance
Pacific Islands Forum (partner)- Paris Club
- Permanent Court of Arbitration
- Southeast European Cooperative Initiative (observer)
UNESCO- World Customs Organization
World Trade Organization- Zangger Committee
Multilateral organizations
- African Development Bank (AfDB) — non-regional member
- Asian Development Bank (ADB) — non-regional member
- Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)
Commonwealth of Nations- Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
- Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI)
- Global Environment Facility (GEF)
- Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
- Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
- International Cospas-Sarsat Programme (Cospas-Sarsat)[10]
- International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
- Development Finance Institution
- International Monetary Fund (IMF)
- Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (RCM)
United Nations
- World Bank Group (WBG)
United Nations
- International Atomic Energy Agency
- International Civil Aviation Organization
- International Fund for Agricultural Development
- International Labour Organization
- International Maritime Organization
- International Monetary Fund
- International Organization for Migration
- International Telecommunication Union
- Universal Postal Union
- UNESCO
- United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
- United Nations University (UNU)
World Health Organization- World Intellectual Property Organization
- World Meteorological Organization
- World Tourism Organization
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