Conventions Establishing Multilateral International Organizations

Note: An asterisk indicates that a treaty has either expired, been terminated, has been superseded by a subsequent agreement or has been amended.
(Updated on 5 April 2023)

#	Treaty/ Convention/ Agreement	Date and place of adoption	Date of Signature	Ratification(R)/ Accession (a)/ Acceptance(A)/ Approval (Ap)/ Participation(P)/ Succession(S)
1	Charter of the United Nations	26 June 1945, San Francisco		21-Sep-1965
2	Amendment to Article 109 of the Charter of the United Nations, adopted by the UN General Assembly Resolution 2101 (XX)	20 Dec 1965, New York		5-Sep-1968
3	Statute of the International Court of Justice (ICJ)	26 June 1945, San Francisco		21-Sep-1965	(A)
4	Constitution of the World Health Organization (WHO)	22 July 1946, New York		5-Nov-1965
5	Convention of the International Maritime Organization (IMO)	6 March 1948, Geneva		31-May-1967 (A)	(A)
6	Convention on International Civil Aviation	7 Dec 1944, Chicago		12-Mar-1974	(A)
7	Agreement Establishing the International Monetary Fund (IMF)	22 July 1944, Bretton Woods, New Hampshire		13-Jan-1978	(A)
8	Agreement Establishing the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)	Bretton Woods, New Hampshire		13-Jan-1978	(A)
9	The International Development Association (IDA)			13-Jan-1978	(A)
10	International Finance Co-operation (IFC)	11 Apr 1955 **		14-Dec-1982	(A)
11	Agreement establishing the Asian Development Bank (ADB)	4 Dec 1965, Manila		14-Feb-1978	(P)
12	Agreement establishing the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)	13 June 1976, Rome		15-Jan-1980	(a)
13	Constitution of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization	11 April 1980, Vienna		10-May-1988	(a)
14	Constitution of the Asia-Pacific Telecommunity	27 Mar 1976, Bangkok		17-Mar-1980	(a)
15	Constitution of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization	16 Nov 1945, London		22-May-1986	(A)
16	Agreement establishing the Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development	12 Aug 1977, Kuala Lumpur		25-Jun-1985	(a)
17	Agreement Establishing the Universal Postal Union (UPU)	15 Sept 1974, Berne		15-Aug-1967	(A)
18	Asian-Pacific Postal Convention, its Final Protocol and Detailed Regulations	27 Mar 1981, Yogyakarta		15-Mar-1982	(a)
19	Charter of the Asian and Pacific Development Centre	1 April 1982, Bangkok		25/Apr/1983
20	International Telecommunication Convention	22 Dec 1992, Geneva *		28-Feb-1997	(a)
21	South Asia Co-operative Environment Programme (SACEP)	1981		22-Oct-1981
22	South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)	1985		8-Dec-1985
23	Charter of the Organization of Islamic the Islamic Conference (OIC) Agreement	Feb 1972, Jeddah		1-Aug-1974
24	Agreement for the Establishment of the Intergovernmental Organization for Marketing Information and Technical Advisory Services for Fishery Products in the Asia and Pacific Region (INFOFISH)	13 Dec 1985, Kuala Lumpur		7-Aug-1986	(a)
25	Statutes of the World Tourism Organization	1/2/1975, Mexico		10-Jun-1980	(R)
26	Amendment to paragraph 4 of the financing Rules attached to Statutes of the World Tourism Organization	29 September 2001, Seoel		19-Apr-2005	(R)
27	Amendment to the paragraph 12 of the financing Rules attached to Statutes of the World Tourism Organization	25 September 1979, Torremolinos		10-Jun-1983	(R)
28	Amendment to paragraph 13 of the financing Rules attached to Statutes of the World Tourism Organization	25 September 1981, Rome		10-Jun-1983	(R)
29	Statutes of the World Tourism Organization and its Financing Rules		17/May/1980
30	Statutes of World Tourism Organization	25 September 1979, Torremolinos		21 April 1982	(R)
31	Amendment to Article 37 of Statutes of the World Tourism Organization	25 September 1981, Rome		10-Jun-1983	(R)
32	Amendment to the Statutes of the World Tourism Organization and its Financing Rules	1979 / 1981		15-May-1983	(Ap)
33	Amendment to Article 14 and 15 of the Statutes of the World Tourism Organization	14 Oct 1983, New Delhi		9 April 1984	(R)
34	Amendment to Article 15 of the Statutes of the World Tourism Organization	1 Oct 1987, Madrid		31 August 1988	(R)
35	Agreement Establishing the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector	11/Jun/2000		17-Oct-2001
36	Constitution of International Organization for Migration	10/19/1953 ***		31-Mar-2011
37	International Centre for Studies of the prevention and restoration of cultural properties			7-Jul-2012
38	Constitution of International Labor Organization (ILO)	1919		15 May 2009.
39	The Forced Labor Convention, (No. 29)	1930		4-Jan-2013	(R)
40	The Abolition of Forced Labor Convention, (No. 105)	1957		4-Jan-2013	(R)
41	Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organize Convention, (No. 87)	1948		15 May 2009
42	Right to Organize and Collective Bargaining Convention, (No. 98)	1949		26 May 2009
43	Equal Remuneration Convention, (No. 100)	1951		4-Jan-2013	(R)
44	Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, (No. 111)	1958		4-Jan-2013	(R)
45	The Minimum Age Convention, (No. 138)	1973		4-Jan-2013	(R)
46	Worst Forms of Child Labor Convention, (No. 182)	1999		4-Jan-2013	(R)
47	Commonwealth Charter	2013		1-Feb-23
48	Islamic Development Bank			25-Feb-80
49	Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector			17-Oct-01
50	Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank	29-Jun-2015, Beijing, China		7-Dec-15
51	Islamic Corporation for Insurance of Investments and Export Credits			4-Aug-21
52	International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation			18-Jul-22<

*with amendments adopted by the Plenipotentiary Conference (Kyoto, 1994 and Minneapolis, 1998) and entered into force since 1 January 2000

**as amended by the Resolution of the Board of Governors effective 21 September 1961 and 1 September 1965

*** with amendments made to the Constitution on 14 November 1989