Institutions
|
Languages
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Amnesty International
|
Portuguese,
Arabic,
English,
French and
Spanish
|
Antarctic Treaty Secretariat (ATS)
|
English,
French,
Spanish and
Russian
|
Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
|
English,
French,
German and
Spanish
|
Commonwealth of Nations
|
English
|
Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP)
|
Portuguese
|
FIFA
|
Arabic,
English,
French,
Spanish,
Russian and
German
|
Holy See
|
Latin (official),
Italian (administrative and diplomatic) and
French (diplomatic)
|
International Criminal Court (ICC)
|
Arabic,
Chinese,
English,
French,
Russian and
Spanish (English and French are working languages)
[4]
|
International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)
|
Arabic,
English,
French and
Spanish
|
International Energy Agency (IEA)
|
English
|
International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)
|
English,
French and
Spanish
|
International Labour Organization (ILO/OIT)
|
English,
French and
Spanish
|
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
|
English (
interpretation into
Arabic,
Chinese,
French,
German,
Portuguese,
Russian and
Spanish)
|
International Olympic Committee (IOC/CIO)
|
French and
English (with simultaneous
interpretation provided for
Arabic,
German,
Russian, and
Spanish)
|
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
|
English,
French and
Russian
|
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
|
English,
French and
Spanish
|
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
|
English,
French and
Spanish
|
Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
|
French and
English (with conferences also having simultaneous
interpretation into
Arabic and
Spanish)
|
Latin Union (activities have been suspended since 2012)
|
Catalan,
French,
Spanish,
Portuguese,
Italian and
Romanian
|
Médecins Sans Frontières
|
Arabic,
English,
French,
Portuguese and
Spanish
|
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD/OCDE)
|
English and
French
|
Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF)
|
French
|
Organization of Ibero-American States (OEI)
|
Spanish and
Portuguese
|
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC/OCI)
|
Arabic,
English and
French
|
Red Cross
|
Arabic,
English,
French,
Spanish,
Russian,
Portuguese and
German
|
Rotary International
|
English,
French,
German,
Italian,
Japanese,
Korean,
Portuguese, and
Spanish
|
Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)
|
English,
French, and
Spanish
|
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
|
Arabic,
Chinese,
English,
French,
Hindi,
Indonesian,
Italian,
Portuguese,
Russian and
Spanish
|
United Nations (UN/ONU)
|
Under the Charter, the official languages are
Chinese,
English,
French,
Russian,
Spanish as well as
Arabic which was added in 1973.
Portuguese is the only unofficial language to have its day (May 5) proclaimed as "World Day".
[5] See also:
Official languages of the United Nations.
|
Universal Postal Union (UPU)
|
French (official) and
English (working). Other languages translated: Arabic, Chinese, German, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish
|
World Bank (WB)
|
English (with conferences also having simultaneous
interpretation into
Arabic,
Chinese,
French,
Russian and
Spanish)
|
World Customs Organization
|
English,
French, and
Spanish (with translation offered into
Arabic and
Russian)
|
World Health Organization (WHO)
|
Arabic,
Chinese,
English,
French,
Russian, and
Spanish.
|
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
|
Arabic,
Chinese,
English,
French,
German,
Japanese,
Portuguese,
Russian,
Spanish and
Korean
|
World Trade Organization (WTO/OMC)
|
English,
French and
Spanish
|
African Development Bank
|
English,
French
|
African Union (AU/UA)
|
Arabic,
French,
English,
Portuguese,
Spanish and
Swahili
|
Greater Arab Free Trade Area (GAFTA)
|
Arabic
|
Arab League
|
Arabic
|
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
|
English
|
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
|
English
|
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
|
English
|
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
|
English (working language),
Burmese,
Filipino,
Indonesian,
Khmer,
Lao,
Malay,
Mandarin,
Tamil,
Thai and
Vietnamese
[6]
|
Benelux
|
Dutch and
French
[7]
|
Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
|
English,
French,
Dutch and
Spanish
|
Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)
|
English
|
Central American Common Market (CACM)
|
Spanish
|
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
|
English,
French and
Portuguese
|
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
|
Russian
|
Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC)
|
Arabic
|
Council of Europe
|
English and
French
|
East African Community (EAC)
|
English,
French and
Swahili
|
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS/CEDEAO)
|
English,
French and
Portuguese
|
Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC)
|
French,
Portuguese and
Spanish
|
Eurasian Development Bank (EDB)
|
Russian
|
Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU)
|
Russian
|
European Space Agency (ESA)
|
English,
French and
German
|
European Union (EU/UE)
|
24 official languages with three of these —
English,
French and
German — being working languages of some internal EU bodies such as the
European Commission
|
Group of Seven (G7), formerly the
Group of Eight (G8)
|
English,
French,
German,
Italian and
Japanese
|
Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)
|
Arabic
|
Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA)
|
English
|
Islamic Development Bank (IDB)
|
Arabic, with
French and
English as working languages
|
Mercosur/Mercosul
|
Guarani,
Portuguese and
Spanish.
|
New Development Bank (NDB)
|
English
|
Nordic Investment Bank (NDB)
|
English
|
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
|
English,
Spanish and
French.
|
Nordic Council (NC)
|
Danish,
Finnish,
Norwegian and
Swedish (working languages)
|
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO/OTAN)
|
English and
French.
|
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
|
English,
French,
German,
Italian,
Russian and
Spanish
|
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
|
English
|
Organization of American States (OAS/OEA)
|
Spanish,
English,
Portuguese and
French. See also:
Official languages of the Organization of American States
|
Pacific Islands Forum
|
English
|
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)
|
Chinese and
Russian.
|
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
|
English
|
South Pacific Commission (SPC)
|
English and
French
|
Southern African Development Community (SADC)
|
English,
French and
Portuguese (working languages)
[8]
|
Union of South American Nations (Unasul-Unasur)
|
Dutch,
English,
Portuguese and
Spanish
|