Union of International Associations
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Official language | English/French |
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The Union of International Associations (UIA) is a
non-profit non-governmental research institute and documentation center based in Brussels, Belgium, and operating under United Nations mandate. It was founded in 1907 under the name Central Office of International Associations by Henri La Fontaine, the 1913 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, and Paul Otlet, a founding father of what is now called information science
.
The UIA is an independent research institute and a repository for current and historical information on the work of global
IGOs), international meetings, and world problems
. The UIA also supports and facilitates the work of international associations through training and networking opportunities.
It has consultative status with
ECOSOC and UNESCO
.
History
The two founders started work setting up the Central Office of International Organisations and then conducting a survey of international organisations with headquarters in Belgium. Alfred Fried on the production of Annuaire de la Vie Internationale they produced their own edition without him.[2]
Top meeting places
2018
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1999 to 2018
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Publication
In 1923, UIA published Code des voeux internationaux, codification générale des voeux et résolutions des organismes internationaux, with a preface by Henri La Fontaine.
See also
- Yearbook of International Organizations
- International Congress Calendar
- Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential
- UNESCO
- International Institute of Intellectual Cooperation
References
- ^ Laqua, Daniel Wouter Van Acker and Christophe Verbruggen. 2019. International Organizations and Global Civil Society: Histories of the Union of International Associations. London: Bloomsbury Academic.
- ^ ISBN 9780838906095. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Union of International Associations 60th International Meetings Statistics Report" (PDF). UIA. 26 June 2019.
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