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International Coodination Meeting of Youth Organisations The International Coordination Meeting of Youth Organisations or ICMYO as it is often referred to is an international and multi sectoral youth forum. Amongst some of its members are the European Youth Forum, Young Men Christian Association, Pan African Youth Union and the World Organisation of Scout Movements.
International Coordination Meeting of Youth Organisations a International forum for the worlds largest youth movements and continental youth platforms , meets once a year. Memebrs include Pan African Youth Union (PYU), Asian Youth Council, Pacific Youth Council, Arab Youth Union, World Organisation of Scout Movements European Youth Forum and Young Mens Christian Association.
International Copper Cartel The varied difficulties experienced by the copper industry after the depths of the Great Depression were followed by the idea of getting relief through some form of collective action in order to reduce the intensity of competition. In this way on March, 28th, 1935, the International Copper Cartel (ICC) was formed.
International Correspondence Chess Federation International Correspondence Chess Federation (ICCF) was founded in 1951 as a new appearance of the ICCA (International Correspondence Chess Association), which was founded in 1945, as successor of the IFSB (Internationaler Fernschachbund), founded in 1928.
International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation The International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation (in French: Conseil International de la Chasse et de la Conservation du Gibier, abbreviated CIC) is a politically independent advisory body internationally active on a non-profit basis. It assists governments and environmental organizations in maintaining natural resources by sustainable use.
International Council for Science The International Council for Science (ICSU), formerly called the International Council of Scientific Unions, was founded in 1931 as an international non-governmental organization devoted to international co-operation in the advancement of science. Its members are national scientific bodies, and international scientific unions, including the International Mathematical Union, the International Astronomical Union and the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry.
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) (Conseil International de l'Exploration de la Mer (CIEM) in French) was established on July 22, 1902 in Copenhagen by eight northern European nations: Denmark, Finland,Finland`s participation in early ices Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Russia, and the United Kingdom.
International Council of Community Churches The International Council of Community Churches (ICCC) is a Christian denomination of ecumenically co-operating mainline Protestants and Independent Catholics based in Frankfort, Illinois, in the United States. It is the main organization of the Community Church movement.
International Council of Christians and Jews The International Council of Christians and Jews (ICCJ) is an umbrella organization of 38 national groups in 32 countries world-wide engaged in the Christian-Jewish dialogue. International Council of Christians and Jews
International Council of Jewish Parliamentarians (ICJP) The International Council of Jewish Parliamentarians (ICJP) is a project supported by the Knesset, the World Jewish Congress, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Israel Forum. Its goal is to bring together Jewish legislators and parliamentarians from around the world to engage in a dialogue of cooperation to achieve the goals of the ICJP's Mission.
International Council of Museums The International Council of Museums (ICOM) is an international organization of museums and museum professionals which is committed to the conservation, continuation and communication to society of the world's natural and cultural heritage, present and future, tangible and intangible. Created in 1946, ICOM is a non-governmental organization maintaining formal relations with and having a consultative status with UNESCO.
International Council of Societies of Industrial Design The International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (Icsid) was founded in 1957 from a group of international organisations committed to industrial design. Today Icsid is a global organisation that promotes better design around the world.
International Council of Unitarians and Universalists The International Council of Unitarians and Universalists (ICUU) is a world council bringing together Unitarians, Universalists and Unitarian Universalists. The original initiative for its establishment was contained in a resolution of the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches of the United Kingdom in 1987.
International Council of Universities of Saint Thomas Aquinas The International Council of Universities of Saint Thomas Aquinas (Consejo Internacional de Universidades Santo Tomás de Aquino, in Spanish) is a world-wide network of universities inspired by the thought of Santo Tomás de Aquino. Generally known as ICUSTA, it promotes academic exchange between students, professors and researchers.
International Council on Educational Credential Evaluation The International Council on Educational Credential Evaluation, commonly known as ICECE, is an international NGO closely affiliated both with UNESCO and the Council of Europe. Its main objectives include research related to international higher education and recognition of qualifications and quality assurance in the field of educational credential evaluation.
International Council on Monuments and Sites The International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) is a professional association that works for the conservation and protection of cultural heritage places around the world. ICOMOS was founded in 1965 as a result of the Venice Charter of 1964 and offers advice to UNESCO on World Heritage Sites.
International Council on Systems Engineering The International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) is a non-profit membership organization dedicated to the advancement of systems engineering. Founded in 1990, INCOSE now has over six thousand members representing a broad spectrum – from student to senior practitioner, from technical engineer to program and corporate management, from science and engineering to business development.
International Court of Justice advisory opinion on the Legality of the Use by a State of Nuclear Weapons in Armed Conflict The Legality of the Use by a State of Nuclear Weapons in Armed Conflict was an advisory opinion considered by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on 8 July 1996. The advisory opinion was requested by the World Health Organization on 3 September 1993:
International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion on Western Sahara One of the main functions of the International Court of Justice is to provide Advisory Opinions - non-binding legal interpretations admitted by United Nations organs. In the summer of 1975, the court considered two questions regarding the disputed territory of Western Sahara (then Spanish Sahara).
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights is a multilateral treaty adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 16, 1966, and in force from January 3, 1976. It commits the 155 states parties to work toward the granting of economic, social, and cultural rights to individuals.
International Cricket International Cricket is a cricket game for the Nintendo Entertainment System that was only released in Australia in 1992. Developed by Melbourne House (as Beam Software) and published by Mattel, it was the only cricket game released for the NES among a myriad of baseball titles (even though baseball descended from cricket).
International Cricket Captain International Cricket Captain by Empire Interactive is a management video game based on the sport of Cricket. The player is able to take control of the English County side of their choice from the 1998 Season with the aim of becoming accomplished enough to captain the English national side.
International Cricket Captain 2006: Ashes Edition International Cricket Captain 2006: Ashes Edition is the latest version of the ICC Series, and was purposefully made for England's attempt to retain The Ashes in Australia. It is mainly a roster update from International Cricket Captain 2006 but also includes 6 ashes scenarios.
International Cricket Captain Series International Cricket Captain, often known as ICC for short, is a series of cricket management video games by Empire Interactive which rose to popularity in 1998 following the release of the first PC based game in the series. The most recent version of the game is International Cricket Captain 2006: Ashes Edition.
International Cricket Council The International Cricket Council (ICC) is the international governing body of cricket. It was founded as the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909 by representatives from England, Australia and South Africa, renamed the International Cricket Conference in 1965, and took up its current name in 1989.
International Criminal Court The International Criminal Court (ICC) was established in 2002 as a permanent tribunal to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression, although it cannot currently exercise its jurisdiction over the crime of aggression. The court can only prosecute crimes committed on or after 1 July 2002, the date its founding treaty, the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, entered into force.
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) (French: Tribunal pénal international pour le Rwanda, Kinyarwanda: Urukiko Nshinjabyaha Mpuzamahanga rwagenewe u Rwanda) is an international court under the auspices of the United Nations for the prosecution of offenses committed in Rwanda during the genocide which occurred there in the 100 days following April 6, 1994. The court was established with the jurisdiction to prosecute crimes which occurred between January 1, 1994 and December 31, 1994.
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia The International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991, more commonly referred to as the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), or simply as The Victor's Tribunal for the Losers of the Yugoslavian War, is a body of the United Nations (UN) established to prosecute war crimes in the former Yugoslavia. The tribunal functions as an ad-hoc court and is located in The Hague.
International Crisis Group The International Crisis Group is an international, non-profit, non-governmental organization whose mission is to prevent and resolve deadly conflicts through field-based analysis and high-level advocacy. It is sometimes cited as an near-governmental organisation because of the high number of politicians among its members.
International Cruise Victims Organization "International Cruise Victims" (ICV) is a nonprofit organization whose primary purpose is to offer support and assistance to people who have been affected by crimes committed against themselves or family members while on cruise ships, or who feel they have received poor treatment by cruise ship companies in addressing their grievances. ICV also serves as an advocacy group that gathers information regarding safety on cruiseships worldwide.
International Culinary Center The new home of the French Culinary Institute, the International Culinary Center was created to continue the tradition of the FCI while also providing a solid platform for expansion into additional programs and areas of study (such as their new Italian Studies program).
International Cultic Studies Association The International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA), formerly the American Family Foundation describes itself as an "interdisciplinary network of academicians, professionals, former group members, and families who study and educate the public about social-psychological influence and control, authoritarianism, and zealotry in cultic groups, alternative movements, and other environments".
International Cultivar Registration Authority International Cultivar Registration Authorities (ICRAs) are appointed by the ISHS (International Society for Horticultural Science) Commission for Nomenclature and Cultivar Registration. In the 50 years that the ICRA system has been established it has contributed significantly to the stability of cultivated plant nomenclature.
International day of peace The International Day of Peace was first set forth by a resolution of the United Nations General Assembly in 1981. A new resolution was put forth in 2001 declaring the International Day of Peace to be fixed on the date of September 21 annually and for it to be a full day of ceasefire and nonviolence.
International debt collection International debt collection is the same as normal debt collection except the creditor and debtor are in different countries. There are not many companies that specialise in this sort of collection as there is the need to have many different languages in-house and a worldwide knowledge of the different legal systems and laws that are in place around the world.
International decoration An international decoration is a military award which is not bestowed by a particular country, but rather by an international organization such as the United Nations or NATO. Such awards are normally issued as service medals, for participation in various international military operations, and not for specific acts of heroism or bravery.
International development International development is a concept that lacks a universally accepted definition, but it is most used in a holistic and multi-disciplinary context of human development - the development of livelihoods and greater quality of life for humans. It therefore encompasses governance, healthcare, education, disaster preparedness, infrastructure, economics, human rights, environment and issues associated with these.
International distress frequency Beginning in the early 20th century, the radio frequency of 500 kilohertz (kHz) has been an international (calling and) distress frequency for Morse code maritime communication. The US Coast Guard and comparable agencies of other nations used to maintain 24 hour watches on this frequency, staffed by highly skilled radio operators.
International draughts International draughts (also called Polish draughts or international checkers) is a board game, one of the variants of draughts. It is played on a 10Ă—10 board with alternatingly dark and light squares, of which only the 50 dark ones are used.
International Daily News International Daily News () is a Taiwanese-owned major Chinese-language newspaper in North America and Indonesia. Launched in 1981 in the city of Monterey Park, California, it takes an editorial position more favorable to the Pan-Green Coalition, in contrast to its competitor the World Journal, which takes an editorial position more favorable to the Pan-Blue Coalition.
International Dance Council The International Dance Council (CID, standing for French: Conseil International de la Danse) is an umbrella organization for all forms of dance in the world. It is a non-profit international non-governmental organization founded in 1973 within the UNESCO headquarters.
International Dance Teachers Association The International Dance Teachers Association was incorporated in 1967 as a result of the merger of Dance Teachers' Association and International Dancing Masters' Association. IDTA was formed through a series of mergers and traces its roots as far as 1903.
International Dance Union IDU - or International Dance Union is an alternative major dance sport organization, head quartered in Kiev, Ukraine. According to Ihor Mashyn, Executive director IDU:It is not one more International dancing organization, it is a new approach to organizing dance competitions, a new strategy of development, a new philosophy of dancing business.
International DanceSport Federation International DanceSport Federation (IDSF) (formerly ICAD) was founded in 1957. Its Statute says in part: "The International DanceSport Federation (IDSF) is the international federation governing all aspects of Dancesport worldwide, either directly through its own organs, or through its national member bodies, or by administrative agreements with other persons and
International Dark-Sky Association The International Dark-Sky Association (acronym: IDA) is a US-based non-profit organisation incorporated in 1988 by a group of astronomers in order to encourage darker skies (through lighting that creates less skyglow) in the USA, and, eventually, throughout the world by the setting up of other national organisations affiliated with the IDA. They also conduct research into (and campaign on) other forms of light pollution and its non-astronomical (e.
International Data Encryption Algorithm In cryptography, the International Data Encryption Algorithm (IDEA) is a block cipher designed by Xuejia Lai (來ĺ¸ĺ‰) and James Massey of ETH Zurich and was first described in 1991. The algorithm was intended as a replacement for the Data Encryption Standard.
International Date Line The International Date Line (IDL), also known as just the Date Line, is an imaginary line on the surface of the Earth opposite the Prime Meridian which offsets the date as one travels east or west across it. Roughly along 180° longitude, with diversions to pass around some territories and island groups, it corresponds to the time zone boundary separating +12 and -12 hours GMT (UT1).
International Day Against Police Brutality The International Day Against Police Brutality occurs on March 15. It first began in 1997 as an initiative of the Black Flag Collective in Switzerland, with the help of the Montreal Collective Opposed to Police Brutality.
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is observed annually on 21 March. On that day, in 1960, police opened fire and killed 69 people at a peaceful demonstration in Sharpeville, South Africa, against the apartheid "pass laws".
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women Women's activists have marked November 25 as a day against violence since 1981. In December 1999, the United Nations General Assembly designated 25 November as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (Resolution 54/134).
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is celebrated every year on October 17 throughout the world. It was officially recognised by the United Nations in 1992, but the first commemoration of the event took place in Paris, France in 1987.
International Day in Support of Torture Victims The International Day in Support of Torture Victims, or June 26th, is a day created by the United Nations General Assembly to demonstrate solidarity to all whose mind, body or spirit have been impacted by torture.
International Day of Peace The International Day of Peace was established, on 30 November 1981, by the General Assembly of the United Nations, in resolution 36/67. The Assembly declared that the Day be observed, on the third Tuesday of September every year, as a day of global ceasefire and non-violence, an invitation to all nations and people to honour a cessation of hostilities during the Day.
International Day of Quds International Day of Quds (}, pronounced "Rooz-e jahaany-e Qods" in Persian, is an annual event opposing Israel's control of Jerusalem (Arabic name: Al-Quds القـُدْس). Anti-Israel demonstrations are held on this day in some Muslim countries and by Muslim and Arab communities around the world, but especially in Iran where the occasion was first suggested.
International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People The International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People is a UN organized observance. Events are held at the United Nations headquarters in New York, as well as at United Nations offices at Geneva and Vienna.
International Day of the Disappeared The International Day of the Disappeared on August 30 is an annual commemoration day created to draw attention to the fate of individuals imprisoned at places and under poor conditions unknown to their relatives and/or legal representatives. The impulse for the day came from the Federation of Associations for Relatives of the Detained-Disappeared (FederaciĂłn Latinoamericana de Asociaciones de Familiares de Detenidos-Desaparecidos, or FEDEFAM), a non-governmental organization founded in 1981 in Costa Rica as an association of local and regional groups actively working against secret imprisonment and forced disappearances in a number of Latin-American countries.
International Debate Education Association The International Debate Education Association (IDEA]) is an association that develops, organizes and promotes debate and debate-related activities in communities throughout the world. Established in 1999 to coordinate pilot debate programs created by The Open Society Institute (OSI), IDEA acts as an independent membership organization of national debate clubs, associations, programs, and individuals who share a common purpose: to promote mutual understanding and democracy globally by supporting discussion and active citizenship locally.
International Defensive Pistol Association The International Defensive Pistol Association promotes defensive pistol shooting as a sport, using equipment including full-charge service ammunition to solve simulated "real world" self-defense scenarios. Shooters competing in defensive pistol events are required to use practical handguns and holsters that are deemed suitable for self-defense use.
International Delphic Council International Delphic Councilis a charitable, non-governmental organisation (NGO) and is the co-ordinator and chief executive body of the worldwide Delphic Movement. The International Delphic Council (IDC) strives towards peaceful co-existence among nations through intercultural under-standing.
International Designator The International Designator (or NSSDC ID) is an international naming convention for satellites. It consists of the launch year, a 3-digit incrementing launch number of that year and up to a 3-letter code representing the sequential id of a piece in a launch.
International Development Association The International Development Association (IDA) created on September 24, 1960, is the part of the World Bank that helps the world’s poorest countries. It complements the World Bank's other lending arm—the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)—which serves middle-income countries with capital investment and advisory services.
International Development Research Centre The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) is a Canadian crown corporation that supports researchers from the developing world in their search for the means to build healthier, more equitable, and more prosperous societies. IDRC helps build local capacity in developing countries to undertake research and create innovations.
International Double Reed Society With headquarters in Finksburg, Maryland, the International Double Reed Society (IDRS) is a professional organization of double reed players, instrument manufacturers and enthusiasts. Its approximately 4,500 members hail from 56 countries.
International Dragon Boat Federation The International Dragon Boat Federation is the international governing body for the team water sport of dragon boating. The IDBF was founded by representatives from Australia, People’s Republic of China, Taipei, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Norway, Philippines, Singapore and the USA in Hong Kong on June 24, 1991.
International Drama and Theatre Education Association The International Drama and Theatre Education Association - IDEA - holds congresses on Drama and Theatre Education on a biennial basis. Delegates from national drama education associations attend these congresses.
International Drinking Rules The International Drinking Rules (also sometimes called the Standard Rules, or Gentlemen's Rules of Imbibage) may be used during any drinking game, or social gathering whose participants are aware of the rules. Additionally, these rules may be added to other drinking games which allow players to add custom rules (Such as when a 1&2 are rolled in Three man).
International Drive International Drive (often abbreviated I-Drive) is Orlando, Florida's main tourist strip, located southwest of downtown. Only the northern part is in Orlando; the rest is in unincorporated Orange County, and a recent extension (which doesn't connect to the rest yet), known as International Drive South, is partly in Osceola County.
International Drivers License An International Drivers License (IDL), also known as an International Drivers Document (IDD), is an unofficial, makeshift [of seemingly official documents] under the guise of the official [[International Driving Permit.
International Driving Permit An International Driving Permit (IDP) allows an individual to drive their private motor vehicle in another nation only when accompanied by a valid license from their country. The document is approximately the size of a standard passport and is esssentially a multiple language translation of one's own existing driver's license, complete with photograph and vital statistics.
International Early Warning Programme The International Early Warning Programme (IEWP), was first proposed at the Second International Early Warning Conference (EWCII) in 2003 in Bonn, Germany. It developed increasing importance in the wake of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, which claimed over 200,000 lives and injured over half a million people.
International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service The International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service is the body responsible for maintaining global time and reference frame standards, notably through its Earth Orientation Parameter (EOP) and International Celestial Reference System (ICRS) groups.
International Eisteddfod The International Eisteddfod is a music festival which takes place every year during the second week of July in Llangollen, North Wales. Singers and dancers from around the world are invited to take part in over 20 high quality competitions followed each evening by concerts where the best and most colourful competitors share the stage with professional artists.
International Electrotechnical Commission The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) is an international standards organization dealing with electrical, electronic and related technologies. Some of its standards are developed jointly with ISO.
International Encyclopedia of Unified Science The International Encyclopedia of Unified Science (volumes of which are titled Fundamentals of Unified Science or FUS) was produced to address the "growing concern throughout the world for the logic, the history, and the sociology of science...
International Energy Agency The International Energy Agency (IEA, or AIE in Romance languages) is a Paris-based intergovernmental organization founded by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in 1974 in the wake of the oil crisis. The IEA is dedicated to preventing disruptions in the supply of oil, as well as acting as an information source on statistics about the international oil market and other energy sectors.
International Engine Component Overhaul International Engine Component Overhaul Pte Ltd (IECO) is a 50/50 joint venture between Rolls-Royce plc and SIA Engineering Company (SIAEC). Formed in March 1997, IECO's core business is the repair and overhaul of the Rolls-Royce Trent and RB211 Nozzle Guide Vanes and Compressor Stators using State-of-the-Art technology.
International Engine of the Year The International Engine of the Year is an annual competition judged by a panel of automobile journalists from around the world and organized by the United Kingdom's largest technical motoring publication company. The competition was started in 1999 and has become a prestigious award.
International English International English is the concept of the English language as a global means of communication in numerous dialects, and the movement towards an international standard for the language. It is also referred to as Global English, World English, Common English, General English or Standard English.
International English Speakers' Association of Finland The International English Speakers' Association of Finland or more known by its abbreviation IESAF, is an independent voluntary organisation of ex-pats and enthusiasts of Finland. They run meetings for people who want to live and work in the country, to get around the complex world of the Finnish bureaucracy, assistance with learning the Finnish language & the local customs and with meeting other ex-pats.
International Eucharistic Congress Eucharistic Congresses are gatherings of clergy and laymen for adoring and evangelising the Holy Eucharist. The Real Presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist is one of the principal dogmas of the Catholic Faith and is therefore of paramount importance as the most precious treasure that Christ has left to His Church as the centre of Catholic worship and as the source of Christian piety.
International Exhibition (1906) The New Zealand International Exhibition (the biggest in the country to that time) opened November 1, 1906 in Hagley Park, Christchurch, New Zealand. Over 1 million people visited the exhibition during the next few months.
International Exchange Bank 44%) (2005) Exchange Bank (), more commonly known as iBank, is one of the largest bank]s in the [[Philippines, ranking within the top twenty in terms of assets. It was recently acquired by the larger Union Bank of the Philippines in mid-2006, although the two banks presently remain separate.
International Express The International Express (Thai: รถดŕąŕ¸§ŕ¸™ŕ¸žŕ¸´ŕą€ŕ¸¨ŕ¸©ŕ¸Łŕ¸°ŕ¸«ŕ¸§ŕąŕ¸˛ŕ¸‡ŕ¸›ŕ¸Łŕ¸°ŕą€ŕ¸—ศ) is a special express train between Bangkok, Thailand and Butterworth, Malaysia. It is the only international train service operated by the State Railway of Thailand.
International Extension College More commonly referred to as the IEC, the International Extension College is a non-profit organization based in Cambridge in the UK. Its primary aim is to help set up and manage educational initiatives in developing countries.
International factor movements In international economics, International factor movements are movements of labor, capital and other factors of production between countries. Where movements of factors of production are unrestricted, factor price equalization is expected.
International folk dance International folk dance is a genre of dance wherein selected folk dances from multiple ethnic groups are done by the same dancers, typically as part of one event. The dances are typically considered the products of national or cultural traditions rather than part of an international tradition.
International following of SpongeBob SquarePants Nickelodeon's animated television series, SpongeBob SquarePants has gained an international following. Although SpongeBob SquarePants originated in the United States, it is also shown in Canada, Middle East, South America, Latin America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and Africa.
International freight forwarder An international freight forwarder is an individual or company that books or otherwise arranges space for shipments between countries via common carriers. Freight forwarders do not ship cargo themselves but instead arrange for its carriage by others.
International Fair Plovdiv International Fair Plovdiv (МеждŃнароден панаир Пловдив), held in Plovdiv, is Bulgaria's largest and oldest international trade fair. It was established in August 1892 as an industrial and agricultural show.
International Fair Trade Association The International Fair Trade Association (IFAT) was created in 1989 and is a global association of nearly 300 organizations in over 60 countries. Members are Fair Trade producer cooperatives and associations, export marketing companies, importers, retailers, national and regional Fair Trade networks and Fair Trade Support Organizations.
International Fairtrade Certification Mark The International Fairtrade Certification Mark is an independent certification mark used in over 17 countries. It appears on products as an independent guarantee that disadvantaged producers in the developing world are getting a better deal.
International Falcon Movement The International Falcon Movement - Socialist Education International (IFM-SEI) is an international non-profit organisation, struggling for children's rights. It is a fraternal organisation of Socialist International and works closely with International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY) and ECOSY - Young European Socialists.
International Fantasy Award The International Fantasy Award was an annual literary award for the best science fiction or fantasy book and, in 1951-1953, the best non-fiction book of interest to science fiction and fantasy readers. The IFA was given by an international panel of prominent fans and professionals in 1951-1955 and then again in 1957.
International Federation for Equestrian Sports The Fédération équestre internationale (commonly known as the FEI, or in English as the International Federation for Equestrian Sports) is the international governing body of equestrian (horse) sports. Recognized competition disciplines include dressage, Combined driving, endurance riding, eventing, para-equestrianism, reining, show jumping, and vaulting, and it also recognizes tent pegging and horseball as regional equestrian disciplines.
International Federation for Information Processing The International Federation for Information Processing, usually known as IFIP, is an umbrella organization for national societies working in the field of information technology. It is a non-governmental, non-profit organization with offices in Austria.
International Federation of Accountants The International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) is the worldwide organization for the accountancy profession. Founded in 1977, the organization is comprised of 155 members and associates in 118 countries, representing more than 2.
International Federation of Air Line Pilots' Associations The International Federation of Air Line Pilots’ Associations (IFALPA) was created during a conference of pilots’ associations held in London in April of 1948 for the express purpose of providing a formal means for the airline pilots of the world to
International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers' Associations International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers' Associations (IFATCA) unites the professional associations of air traffic controllers from around the world. In total, it represents over 100 of such organisations, with a combined membership of over 50,000 air traffic controllers.
International Federation of American Football International Federation of American Football (IFAF) is the international governing body of American football associations outside of the United States. The IFAF also oversees the World Cup of American Football which is held every four years.
International Federation of Automatic Control The International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC), founded in September 1957, is a multinational federation of (National Member Organizations), each one representing the engineering and scientific societies concerned with automatic control in its own country.
International Coordination Meeting of Youth Organisations a International forum for the worlds largest youth movements and continental youth platforms , meets once a year. Memebrs include Pan African Youth Union (PYU), Asian Youth Council, Pacific Youth Council, Arab Youth Union, World Organisation of Scout Movements European Youth Forum and Young Mens Christian Association.
International Copper Cartel The varied difficulties experienced by the copper industry after the depths of the Great Depression were followed by the idea of getting relief through some form of collective action in order to reduce the intensity of competition. In this way on March, 28th, 1935, the International Copper Cartel (ICC) was formed.
International Correspondence Chess Federation International Correspondence Chess Federation (ICCF) was founded in 1951 as a new appearance of the ICCA (International Correspondence Chess Association), which was founded in 1945, as successor of the IFSB (Internationaler Fernschachbund), founded in 1928.
International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation The International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation (in French: Conseil International de la Chasse et de la Conservation du Gibier, abbreviated CIC) is a politically independent advisory body internationally active on a non-profit basis. It assists governments and environmental organizations in maintaining natural resources by sustainable use.
International Council for Science The International Council for Science (ICSU), formerly called the International Council of Scientific Unions, was founded in 1931 as an international non-governmental organization devoted to international co-operation in the advancement of science. Its members are national scientific bodies, and international scientific unions, including the International Mathematical Union, the International Astronomical Union and the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry.
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) (Conseil International de l'Exploration de la Mer (CIEM) in French) was established on July 22, 1902 in Copenhagen by eight northern European nations: Denmark, Finland,Finland`s participation in early ices Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Russia, and the United Kingdom.
International Council of Community Churches The International Council of Community Churches (ICCC) is a Christian denomination of ecumenically co-operating mainline Protestants and Independent Catholics based in Frankfort, Illinois, in the United States. It is the main organization of the Community Church movement.
International Council of Christians and Jews The International Council of Christians and Jews (ICCJ) is an umbrella organization of 38 national groups in 32 countries world-wide engaged in the Christian-Jewish dialogue. International Council of Christians and Jews
International Council of Jewish Parliamentarians (ICJP) The International Council of Jewish Parliamentarians (ICJP) is a project supported by the Knesset, the World Jewish Congress, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Israel Forum. Its goal is to bring together Jewish legislators and parliamentarians from around the world to engage in a dialogue of cooperation to achieve the goals of the ICJP's Mission.
International Council of Museums The International Council of Museums (ICOM) is an international organization of museums and museum professionals which is committed to the conservation, continuation and communication to society of the world's natural and cultural heritage, present and future, tangible and intangible. Created in 1946, ICOM is a non-governmental organization maintaining formal relations with and having a consultative status with UNESCO.
International Council of Societies of Industrial Design The International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (Icsid) was founded in 1957 from a group of international organisations committed to industrial design. Today Icsid is a global organisation that promotes better design around the world.
International Council of Unitarians and Universalists The International Council of Unitarians and Universalists (ICUU) is a world council bringing together Unitarians, Universalists and Unitarian Universalists. The original initiative for its establishment was contained in a resolution of the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches of the United Kingdom in 1987.
International Council of Universities of Saint Thomas Aquinas The International Council of Universities of Saint Thomas Aquinas (Consejo Internacional de Universidades Santo Tomás de Aquino, in Spanish) is a world-wide network of universities inspired by the thought of Santo Tomás de Aquino. Generally known as ICUSTA, it promotes academic exchange between students, professors and researchers.
International Council on Educational Credential Evaluation The International Council on Educational Credential Evaluation, commonly known as ICECE, is an international NGO closely affiliated both with UNESCO and the Council of Europe. Its main objectives include research related to international higher education and recognition of qualifications and quality assurance in the field of educational credential evaluation.
International Council on Monuments and Sites The International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) is a professional association that works for the conservation and protection of cultural heritage places around the world. ICOMOS was founded in 1965 as a result of the Venice Charter of 1964 and offers advice to UNESCO on World Heritage Sites.
International Council on Systems Engineering The International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) is a non-profit membership organization dedicated to the advancement of systems engineering. Founded in 1990, INCOSE now has over six thousand members representing a broad spectrum – from student to senior practitioner, from technical engineer to program and corporate management, from science and engineering to business development.
International Court of Justice advisory opinion on the Legality of the Use by a State of Nuclear Weapons in Armed Conflict The Legality of the Use by a State of Nuclear Weapons in Armed Conflict was an advisory opinion considered by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on 8 July 1996. The advisory opinion was requested by the World Health Organization on 3 September 1993:
International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion on Western Sahara One of the main functions of the International Court of Justice is to provide Advisory Opinions - non-binding legal interpretations admitted by United Nations organs. In the summer of 1975, the court considered two questions regarding the disputed territory of Western Sahara (then Spanish Sahara).
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights is a multilateral treaty adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 16, 1966, and in force from January 3, 1976. It commits the 155 states parties to work toward the granting of economic, social, and cultural rights to individuals.
International Cricket International Cricket is a cricket game for the Nintendo Entertainment System that was only released in Australia in 1992. Developed by Melbourne House (as Beam Software) and published by Mattel, it was the only cricket game released for the NES among a myriad of baseball titles (even though baseball descended from cricket).
International Cricket Captain International Cricket Captain by Empire Interactive is a management video game based on the sport of Cricket. The player is able to take control of the English County side of their choice from the 1998 Season with the aim of becoming accomplished enough to captain the English national side.
International Cricket Captain 2006: Ashes Edition International Cricket Captain 2006: Ashes Edition is the latest version of the ICC Series, and was purposefully made for England's attempt to retain The Ashes in Australia. It is mainly a roster update from International Cricket Captain 2006 but also includes 6 ashes scenarios.
International Cricket Captain Series International Cricket Captain, often known as ICC for short, is a series of cricket management video games by Empire Interactive which rose to popularity in 1998 following the release of the first PC based game in the series. The most recent version of the game is International Cricket Captain 2006: Ashes Edition.
International Cricket Council The International Cricket Council (ICC) is the international governing body of cricket. It was founded as the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909 by representatives from England, Australia and South Africa, renamed the International Cricket Conference in 1965, and took up its current name in 1989.
International Criminal Court The International Criminal Court (ICC) was established in 2002 as a permanent tribunal to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression, although it cannot currently exercise its jurisdiction over the crime of aggression. The court can only prosecute crimes committed on or after 1 July 2002, the date its founding treaty, the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, entered into force.
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) (French: Tribunal pénal international pour le Rwanda, Kinyarwanda: Urukiko Nshinjabyaha Mpuzamahanga rwagenewe u Rwanda) is an international court under the auspices of the United Nations for the prosecution of offenses committed in Rwanda during the genocide which occurred there in the 100 days following April 6, 1994. The court was established with the jurisdiction to prosecute crimes which occurred between January 1, 1994 and December 31, 1994.
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia The International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991, more commonly referred to as the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), or simply as The Victor's Tribunal for the Losers of the Yugoslavian War, is a body of the United Nations (UN) established to prosecute war crimes in the former Yugoslavia. The tribunal functions as an ad-hoc court and is located in The Hague.
International Crisis Group The International Crisis Group is an international, non-profit, non-governmental organization whose mission is to prevent and resolve deadly conflicts through field-based analysis and high-level advocacy. It is sometimes cited as an near-governmental organisation because of the high number of politicians among its members.
International Cruise Victims Organization "International Cruise Victims" (ICV) is a nonprofit organization whose primary purpose is to offer support and assistance to people who have been affected by crimes committed against themselves or family members while on cruise ships, or who feel they have received poor treatment by cruise ship companies in addressing their grievances. ICV also serves as an advocacy group that gathers information regarding safety on cruiseships worldwide.
International Culinary Center The new home of the French Culinary Institute, the International Culinary Center was created to continue the tradition of the FCI while also providing a solid platform for expansion into additional programs and areas of study (such as their new Italian Studies program).
International Cultic Studies Association The International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA), formerly the American Family Foundation describes itself as an "interdisciplinary network of academicians, professionals, former group members, and families who study and educate the public about social-psychological influence and control, authoritarianism, and zealotry in cultic groups, alternative movements, and other environments".
International Cultivar Registration Authority International Cultivar Registration Authorities (ICRAs) are appointed by the ISHS (International Society for Horticultural Science) Commission for Nomenclature and Cultivar Registration. In the 50 years that the ICRA system has been established it has contributed significantly to the stability of cultivated plant nomenclature.
International day of peace The International Day of Peace was first set forth by a resolution of the United Nations General Assembly in 1981. A new resolution was put forth in 2001 declaring the International Day of Peace to be fixed on the date of September 21 annually and for it to be a full day of ceasefire and nonviolence.
International debt collection International debt collection is the same as normal debt collection except the creditor and debtor are in different countries. There are not many companies that specialise in this sort of collection as there is the need to have many different languages in-house and a worldwide knowledge of the different legal systems and laws that are in place around the world.
International decoration An international decoration is a military award which is not bestowed by a particular country, but rather by an international organization such as the United Nations or NATO. Such awards are normally issued as service medals, for participation in various international military operations, and not for specific acts of heroism or bravery.
International development International development is a concept that lacks a universally accepted definition, but it is most used in a holistic and multi-disciplinary context of human development - the development of livelihoods and greater quality of life for humans. It therefore encompasses governance, healthcare, education, disaster preparedness, infrastructure, economics, human rights, environment and issues associated with these.
International distress frequency Beginning in the early 20th century, the radio frequency of 500 kilohertz (kHz) has been an international (calling and) distress frequency for Morse code maritime communication. The US Coast Guard and comparable agencies of other nations used to maintain 24 hour watches on this frequency, staffed by highly skilled radio operators.
International draughts International draughts (also called Polish draughts or international checkers) is a board game, one of the variants of draughts. It is played on a 10Ă—10 board with alternatingly dark and light squares, of which only the 50 dark ones are used.
International Daily News International Daily News () is a Taiwanese-owned major Chinese-language newspaper in North America and Indonesia. Launched in 1981 in the city of Monterey Park, California, it takes an editorial position more favorable to the Pan-Green Coalition, in contrast to its competitor the World Journal, which takes an editorial position more favorable to the Pan-Blue Coalition.
International Dance Council The International Dance Council (CID, standing for French: Conseil International de la Danse) is an umbrella organization for all forms of dance in the world. It is a non-profit international non-governmental organization founded in 1973 within the UNESCO headquarters.
International Dance Teachers Association The International Dance Teachers Association was incorporated in 1967 as a result of the merger of Dance Teachers' Association and International Dancing Masters' Association. IDTA was formed through a series of mergers and traces its roots as far as 1903.
International Dance Union IDU - or International Dance Union is an alternative major dance sport organization, head quartered in Kiev, Ukraine. According to Ihor Mashyn, Executive director IDU:It is not one more International dancing organization, it is a new approach to organizing dance competitions, a new strategy of development, a new philosophy of dancing business.
International DanceSport Federation International DanceSport Federation (IDSF) (formerly ICAD) was founded in 1957. Its Statute says in part: "The International DanceSport Federation (IDSF) is the international federation governing all aspects of Dancesport worldwide, either directly through its own organs, or through its national member bodies, or by administrative agreements with other persons and
International Dark-Sky Association The International Dark-Sky Association (acronym: IDA) is a US-based non-profit organisation incorporated in 1988 by a group of astronomers in order to encourage darker skies (through lighting that creates less skyglow) in the USA, and, eventually, throughout the world by the setting up of other national organisations affiliated with the IDA. They also conduct research into (and campaign on) other forms of light pollution and its non-astronomical (e.
International Data Encryption Algorithm In cryptography, the International Data Encryption Algorithm (IDEA) is a block cipher designed by Xuejia Lai (來ĺ¸ĺ‰) and James Massey of ETH Zurich and was first described in 1991. The algorithm was intended as a replacement for the Data Encryption Standard.
International Date Line The International Date Line (IDL), also known as just the Date Line, is an imaginary line on the surface of the Earth opposite the Prime Meridian which offsets the date as one travels east or west across it. Roughly along 180° longitude, with diversions to pass around some territories and island groups, it corresponds to the time zone boundary separating +12 and -12 hours GMT (UT1).
International Day Against Police Brutality The International Day Against Police Brutality occurs on March 15. It first began in 1997 as an initiative of the Black Flag Collective in Switzerland, with the help of the Montreal Collective Opposed to Police Brutality.
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is observed annually on 21 March. On that day, in 1960, police opened fire and killed 69 people at a peaceful demonstration in Sharpeville, South Africa, against the apartheid "pass laws".
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women Women's activists have marked November 25 as a day against violence since 1981. In December 1999, the United Nations General Assembly designated 25 November as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (Resolution 54/134).
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is celebrated every year on October 17 throughout the world. It was officially recognised by the United Nations in 1992, but the first commemoration of the event took place in Paris, France in 1987.
International Day in Support of Torture Victims The International Day in Support of Torture Victims, or June 26th, is a day created by the United Nations General Assembly to demonstrate solidarity to all whose mind, body or spirit have been impacted by torture.
International Day of Peace The International Day of Peace was established, on 30 November 1981, by the General Assembly of the United Nations, in resolution 36/67. The Assembly declared that the Day be observed, on the third Tuesday of September every year, as a day of global ceasefire and non-violence, an invitation to all nations and people to honour a cessation of hostilities during the Day.
International Day of Quds International Day of Quds (}, pronounced "Rooz-e jahaany-e Qods" in Persian, is an annual event opposing Israel's control of Jerusalem (Arabic name: Al-Quds القـُدْس). Anti-Israel demonstrations are held on this day in some Muslim countries and by Muslim and Arab communities around the world, but especially in Iran where the occasion was first suggested.
International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People The International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People is a UN organized observance. Events are held at the United Nations headquarters in New York, as well as at United Nations offices at Geneva and Vienna.
International Day of the Disappeared The International Day of the Disappeared on August 30 is an annual commemoration day created to draw attention to the fate of individuals imprisoned at places and under poor conditions unknown to their relatives and/or legal representatives. The impulse for the day came from the Federation of Associations for Relatives of the Detained-Disappeared (FederaciĂłn Latinoamericana de Asociaciones de Familiares de Detenidos-Desaparecidos, or FEDEFAM), a non-governmental organization founded in 1981 in Costa Rica as an association of local and regional groups actively working against secret imprisonment and forced disappearances in a number of Latin-American countries.
International Debate Education Association The International Debate Education Association (IDEA]) is an association that develops, organizes and promotes debate and debate-related activities in communities throughout the world. Established in 1999 to coordinate pilot debate programs created by The Open Society Institute (OSI), IDEA acts as an independent membership organization of national debate clubs, associations, programs, and individuals who share a common purpose: to promote mutual understanding and democracy globally by supporting discussion and active citizenship locally.
International Defensive Pistol Association The International Defensive Pistol Association promotes defensive pistol shooting as a sport, using equipment including full-charge service ammunition to solve simulated "real world" self-defense scenarios. Shooters competing in defensive pistol events are required to use practical handguns and holsters that are deemed suitable for self-defense use.
International Delphic Council International Delphic Councilis a charitable, non-governmental organisation (NGO) and is the co-ordinator and chief executive body of the worldwide Delphic Movement. The International Delphic Council (IDC) strives towards peaceful co-existence among nations through intercultural under-standing.
International Designator The International Designator (or NSSDC ID) is an international naming convention for satellites. It consists of the launch year, a 3-digit incrementing launch number of that year and up to a 3-letter code representing the sequential id of a piece in a launch.
International Development Association The International Development Association (IDA) created on September 24, 1960, is the part of the World Bank that helps the world’s poorest countries. It complements the World Bank's other lending arm—the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)—which serves middle-income countries with capital investment and advisory services.
International Development Research Centre The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) is a Canadian crown corporation that supports researchers from the developing world in their search for the means to build healthier, more equitable, and more prosperous societies. IDRC helps build local capacity in developing countries to undertake research and create innovations.
International Double Reed Society With headquarters in Finksburg, Maryland, the International Double Reed Society (IDRS) is a professional organization of double reed players, instrument manufacturers and enthusiasts. Its approximately 4,500 members hail from 56 countries.
International Dragon Boat Federation The International Dragon Boat Federation is the international governing body for the team water sport of dragon boating. The IDBF was founded by representatives from Australia, People’s Republic of China, Taipei, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Norway, Philippines, Singapore and the USA in Hong Kong on June 24, 1991.
International Drama and Theatre Education Association The International Drama and Theatre Education Association - IDEA - holds congresses on Drama and Theatre Education on a biennial basis. Delegates from national drama education associations attend these congresses.
International Drinking Rules The International Drinking Rules (also sometimes called the Standard Rules, or Gentlemen's Rules of Imbibage) may be used during any drinking game, or social gathering whose participants are aware of the rules. Additionally, these rules may be added to other drinking games which allow players to add custom rules (Such as when a 1&2 are rolled in Three man).
International Drive International Drive (often abbreviated I-Drive) is Orlando, Florida's main tourist strip, located southwest of downtown. Only the northern part is in Orlando; the rest is in unincorporated Orange County, and a recent extension (which doesn't connect to the rest yet), known as International Drive South, is partly in Osceola County.
International Drivers License An International Drivers License (IDL), also known as an International Drivers Document (IDD), is an unofficial, makeshift [of seemingly official documents] under the guise of the official [[International Driving Permit.
International Driving Permit An International Driving Permit (IDP) allows an individual to drive their private motor vehicle in another nation only when accompanied by a valid license from their country. The document is approximately the size of a standard passport and is esssentially a multiple language translation of one's own existing driver's license, complete with photograph and vital statistics.
International Early Warning Programme The International Early Warning Programme (IEWP), was first proposed at the Second International Early Warning Conference (EWCII) in 2003 in Bonn, Germany. It developed increasing importance in the wake of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, which claimed over 200,000 lives and injured over half a million people.
International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service The International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service is the body responsible for maintaining global time and reference frame standards, notably through its Earth Orientation Parameter (EOP) and International Celestial Reference System (ICRS) groups.
International Eisteddfod The International Eisteddfod is a music festival which takes place every year during the second week of July in Llangollen, North Wales. Singers and dancers from around the world are invited to take part in over 20 high quality competitions followed each evening by concerts where the best and most colourful competitors share the stage with professional artists.
International Electrotechnical Commission The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) is an international standards organization dealing with electrical, electronic and related technologies. Some of its standards are developed jointly with ISO.
International Encyclopedia of Unified Science The International Encyclopedia of Unified Science (volumes of which are titled Fundamentals of Unified Science or FUS) was produced to address the "growing concern throughout the world for the logic, the history, and the sociology of science...
International Energy Agency The International Energy Agency (IEA, or AIE in Romance languages) is a Paris-based intergovernmental organization founded by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in 1974 in the wake of the oil crisis. The IEA is dedicated to preventing disruptions in the supply of oil, as well as acting as an information source on statistics about the international oil market and other energy sectors.
International Engine Component Overhaul International Engine Component Overhaul Pte Ltd (IECO) is a 50/50 joint venture between Rolls-Royce plc and SIA Engineering Company (SIAEC). Formed in March 1997, IECO's core business is the repair and overhaul of the Rolls-Royce Trent and RB211 Nozzle Guide Vanes and Compressor Stators using State-of-the-Art technology.
International Engine of the Year The International Engine of the Year is an annual competition judged by a panel of automobile journalists from around the world and organized by the United Kingdom's largest technical motoring publication company. The competition was started in 1999 and has become a prestigious award.
International English International English is the concept of the English language as a global means of communication in numerous dialects, and the movement towards an international standard for the language. It is also referred to as Global English, World English, Common English, General English or Standard English.
International English Speakers' Association of Finland The International English Speakers' Association of Finland or more known by its abbreviation IESAF, is an independent voluntary organisation of ex-pats and enthusiasts of Finland. They run meetings for people who want to live and work in the country, to get around the complex world of the Finnish bureaucracy, assistance with learning the Finnish language & the local customs and with meeting other ex-pats.
International Eucharistic Congress Eucharistic Congresses are gatherings of clergy and laymen for adoring and evangelising the Holy Eucharist. The Real Presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist is one of the principal dogmas of the Catholic Faith and is therefore of paramount importance as the most precious treasure that Christ has left to His Church as the centre of Catholic worship and as the source of Christian piety.
International Exhibition (1906) The New Zealand International Exhibition (the biggest in the country to that time) opened November 1, 1906 in Hagley Park, Christchurch, New Zealand. Over 1 million people visited the exhibition during the next few months.
International Exchange Bank 44%) (2005) Exchange Bank (), more commonly known as iBank, is one of the largest bank]s in the [[Philippines, ranking within the top twenty in terms of assets. It was recently acquired by the larger Union Bank of the Philippines in mid-2006, although the two banks presently remain separate.
International Express The International Express (Thai: รถดŕąŕ¸§ŕ¸™ŕ¸žŕ¸´ŕą€ŕ¸¨ŕ¸©ŕ¸Łŕ¸°ŕ¸«ŕ¸§ŕąŕ¸˛ŕ¸‡ŕ¸›ŕ¸Łŕ¸°ŕą€ŕ¸—ศ) is a special express train between Bangkok, Thailand and Butterworth, Malaysia. It is the only international train service operated by the State Railway of Thailand.
International Extension College More commonly referred to as the IEC, the International Extension College is a non-profit organization based in Cambridge in the UK. Its primary aim is to help set up and manage educational initiatives in developing countries.
International factor movements In international economics, International factor movements are movements of labor, capital and other factors of production between countries. Where movements of factors of production are unrestricted, factor price equalization is expected.
International folk dance International folk dance is a genre of dance wherein selected folk dances from multiple ethnic groups are done by the same dancers, typically as part of one event. The dances are typically considered the products of national or cultural traditions rather than part of an international tradition.
International following of SpongeBob SquarePants Nickelodeon's animated television series, SpongeBob SquarePants has gained an international following. Although SpongeBob SquarePants originated in the United States, it is also shown in Canada, Middle East, South America, Latin America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and Africa.
International freight forwarder An international freight forwarder is an individual or company that books or otherwise arranges space for shipments between countries via common carriers. Freight forwarders do not ship cargo themselves but instead arrange for its carriage by others.
International Fair Plovdiv International Fair Plovdiv (МеждŃнароден панаир Пловдив), held in Plovdiv, is Bulgaria's largest and oldest international trade fair. It was established in August 1892 as an industrial and agricultural show.
International Fair Trade Association The International Fair Trade Association (IFAT) was created in 1989 and is a global association of nearly 300 organizations in over 60 countries. Members are Fair Trade producer cooperatives and associations, export marketing companies, importers, retailers, national and regional Fair Trade networks and Fair Trade Support Organizations.
International Fairtrade Certification Mark The International Fairtrade Certification Mark is an independent certification mark used in over 17 countries. It appears on products as an independent guarantee that disadvantaged producers in the developing world are getting a better deal.
International Falcon Movement The International Falcon Movement - Socialist Education International (IFM-SEI) is an international non-profit organisation, struggling for children's rights. It is a fraternal organisation of Socialist International and works closely with International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY) and ECOSY - Young European Socialists.
International Fantasy Award The International Fantasy Award was an annual literary award for the best science fiction or fantasy book and, in 1951-1953, the best non-fiction book of interest to science fiction and fantasy readers. The IFA was given by an international panel of prominent fans and professionals in 1951-1955 and then again in 1957.
International Federation for Equestrian Sports The Fédération équestre internationale (commonly known as the FEI, or in English as the International Federation for Equestrian Sports) is the international governing body of equestrian (horse) sports. Recognized competition disciplines include dressage, Combined driving, endurance riding, eventing, para-equestrianism, reining, show jumping, and vaulting, and it also recognizes tent pegging and horseball as regional equestrian disciplines.
International Federation for Information Processing The International Federation for Information Processing, usually known as IFIP, is an umbrella organization for national societies working in the field of information technology. It is a non-governmental, non-profit organization with offices in Austria.
International Federation of Accountants The International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) is the worldwide organization for the accountancy profession. Founded in 1977, the organization is comprised of 155 members and associates in 118 countries, representing more than 2.
International Federation of Air Line Pilots' Associations The International Federation of Air Line Pilots’ Associations (IFALPA) was created during a conference of pilots’ associations held in London in April of 1948 for the express purpose of providing a formal means for the airline pilots of the world to
International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers' Associations International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers' Associations (IFATCA) unites the professional associations of air traffic controllers from around the world. In total, it represents over 100 of such organisations, with a combined membership of over 50,000 air traffic controllers.
International Federation of American Football International Federation of American Football (IFAF) is the international governing body of American football associations outside of the United States. The IFAF also oversees the World Cup of American Football which is held every four years.
International Federation of Automatic Control The International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC), founded in September 1957, is a multinational federation of (National Member Organizations), each one representing the engineering and scientific societies concerned with automatic control in its own country.
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