General Awareness is considered to be the high scoring section in any competitive exam. It includes two main portions, current affairs GK and static GK. In this article, we will discuss some really important Static GK topics that are covered in almost all competitive exams. Also, you can download the PDF of lists of different Static GK topics
Static Gk connotes general knowledge about the static facts, the facts that are never going to change in the future. Facts in Static GK covers people, places, things, important days, currencies, dances etc. Like history, static GK also never changes with time.
List of Important International Organizations – Headquarters
International organizations | Headquarters |
United Nations Organisation | New York |
United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) | New York |
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) | New York |
UN Women | New York |
International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Washington DC |
World Bank | Washington DC |
World Health Organisation | Geneva |
International Labour Organisation | Geneva |
International Committee of the Red Cross | Geneva |
World Trade Organisation | Geneva |
World Meteorological Organisation | Geneva |
World Intellectual Property Organization | Geneva |
International Organization for Standardization | Geneva |
United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) | Paris |
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) | Paris |
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) | Vienna |
International Atomic Energy Agency | Vienna |
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) | Vienna |
International Maritime Organisation | London |
Commonwealth of Nations | London |
Amnesty International | London |
Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) | Rome |
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) | Brussels |
Universal Postal Union | Berne |
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) | Jakarta |
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) | Singapore |
Transparency International | Berlin |
International Renewable Energy Agency | Abu Dhabi (UAE) |
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Kathmandu |
Organization of Islamic Cooperation | Jeddah |
Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation | Ebene, Mauritius |
Worldwide Fund for Nature | Gland, Switzerland |
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry | Zurich, Switzerland |
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons | The Hague, The Netherlands |
International Olympic Committee | Lausanne, Switzerland |
World Economic Forum | Geneva, Switzerland |
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) | Gland, Switzerland |
International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) | Paris, France |