Union of International Associations

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 civil society. It serves two main purposes: to document and promote public awareness of the work of international organizations (both INGOs and 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.<ref>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.</ref> Then with the help of the sociologist Cyril van Overbergh they extend this research to organisations based elsewhere.<ref name="WELIS">Template:Cite book</ref> After collaborating with Alfred Fried on the production of Annuaire de la Vie Internationale they produced their own edition without him.<ref name="WELIS"/>

Top meeting places

2018

Top international meeting countries in 2018<ref name="autogenerated1">Template:Cite news</ref> Rank Country Number of meetings 1 Template:Flagcountry 1,177 2 Template:Flagcountry 854 3 Template:Flagcountry 849 4 Template:Flagcountry 592 5 Template:Flagcountry 579 6 Template:Flagcountry 472 7 Template:Flagcountry 455 8 Template:Flagcountry 441 9 Template:Flagcountry 329 10 Template:Flagcountry 296

Top international meeting cities in 2018<ref name="autogenerated1"/> Rank City Number of meetings 1 Template:Flagcountry 1,177 2 Template:Flagicon Brussels 733 3 Template:Flagicon Seoul 431 4 Template:Flagicon Vienna 401 5 Template:Flagicon Tokyo 313 6 Template:Flagicon Paris 259 7 Template:Flagicon Madrid 190 8 Template:Flagicon London 183 9 Template:Flagicon Barcelona 148 10 Template:Flagicon Geneva 145

1999 to 2018

Top international meeting countries from 1999 to 2018<ref name="autogenerated1">Template:Cite news</ref> Rank Country Number of meetings 1 Template:Flagcountry 24,064 2 Template:Flagcountry 13,903 3 Template:Flagcountry 11,838 4 Template:Flagcountry 11,479 5 Template:Flagcountry 10,155 6 Template:Flagcountry 9,943 7 Template:Flagcountry 9,920 8 Template:Flagcountry 9,278 9 Template:Flagcountry 8,102 10 Template:Flagcountry 7,785

Top international meeting cities from 1999 to 2018<ref name="autogenerated1"/> Rank City Number of meetings 1 Template:Flagcountry 10,155 2 Template:Flagicon Brussels 9,683 3 Template:Flagicon Paris 6,515 4 Template:Flagicon Vienna 5,916 5 Template:Flagicon Seoul 4,291 6 Template:Flagicon Geneva 3,992 7 Template:Flagicon London 3,575 8 Template:Flagicon Berlin 3,072 9 Template:Flagicon Barcelona 3,018 10 Template:Flagicon Tokyo 3,012

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

External links

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