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Some Major International Organizations The World before vs. after the Creation of International Organizations

INTERPOL
The World before International Organizations
The International Criminal Police Organization
Before international organizations existed, a lot of problems and issues were not addressed or were not
was established to control crime
taken action against.
internationally and facilitate communication
In fact, the rst international organization formed was the Central Commission for Navigation on the Rhine,
between the police worldwide.
which was established in 1815 especially to ensure the right of the Europeans to navigate the Rhine River
INTERPOL was formed in 1923 by the name of
and the surrounding area.
the International Criminal Police Commission,
The World after the Creation of International Organizations
and the name INTERPOL was then announced
Today, safety, health, education, and many other issues are looked after by big international organizations
as the o cial name in 1956. INTERPOL has
that include a lot of countries and states.
194 member countries, and its headquarters

is in Lyon, France. For example, the starvation people su er from in some poor countries is looked after by the United Nations
and UNICEF, and without these organizations such problems would have been di cult to deal with.
International Committee of the Red Cross
INTERPOL headquarters in Lyon, France
(ICRC)
The ag of the Central Commission for Navigation on the Rhine
Three times Nobel Prize winner and one of

the most popular humanitarian institutions

worldwide, the ICRC, or the Red Cross, was

formed in 1863.

The ICRC was initiated by Henry Dunant,
whose aim was to provide better medical

service for soldiers in the battle eld whoever

they are and wherever they are from. It has

now a wider scope though, protecting all

humans’ health and life.

ICRC headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland
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