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3.3.3.1 General terminologies
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Some governmental or non-governmental organizations use the terms such as federation,
association, society, brotherhood, league etc. In each case this may mean an organization of
individuals or an organization of national organizations. For example; The International
Federation of Association Football, Association of South East Asian Nations, Society for
International Development, Brotherhood of Asian Trade Unionists, League of Arab States,
European Broadcasting Union
3.3.3.2 Treaty related terms
Intergovernmental organizations are based upon an international treaty or agreement but in some
cases the word treaty is embodied into the name of the organization. For example, General
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Similarly international courts and tribunals are also a type of IOs, for example, International
Court of Justice (ICJ), European Court of Human Rights, Nuclear Energy Tribunal.
The groups governed by treaty provision are also considered as international organizations. Like,
United Nations Security Council, Allied Control Authority for Germany, East Caribbean Central
Bank
3.3.3.3 Conference
Sometimes the international bodies‟ names are derived from the principal reunion in which their
members participate, and an organization may take different terms in their official titles:
conference, forum, congress, assembly, commission. i.e. European Conference of Ministers of
Transport, Conference for the Regions of North West Europe, World Assembly of Youth,
European Atomic Forum and United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Organizations with such nomenclature share one thing common that a fully representative and
sovereign body may thus meet periodically and take decisions and define the policy of the
organization but a conference may not constitute an organization in its own.
3.3.3.4 Council
A general conference may elect or appoint a governing council, which acts governing body.
Relative to the executive body, a council is larger and representative of the general conference. A