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2007 international organization leaders - Events of 2008 - 2009 international organization leaders - International organization leaders by year
See also:
- List of state leaders in 2008
- List of religious leaders in 2008
- List of colonial governors in 2008
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UN organizations
- Food and Agriculture Organization
- Director-General - Jacques Diouf, Senegal (1994-present)
- International Atomic Energy Agency
- Director-General - Muhammad al-Baradei, Egypt (1997-present)
- International Civil Aviation Organization
- International Labour Organization
- Director-General - Juan Somavia, Chile (1999-present)
- United Nations
- Secretary-General - Ban Ki Moon, South Korea (2007-present)
- President of the General Assembly -
- Srgjan Asan Kerim, FYR Macedonia (2007-2008)
- Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann, Nicaragua (2008-present)
- Security Council members - China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, United States (permanent members); Belgium, Indonesia, Italy, Panama, South Africa (elected for 2007-2008); Burkina Faso, Costa Rica, Croatia, Lybia, Vietnam (elected for 2008-2009)
- United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
- Executive Director - Ann Veneman, United States (2005-present)
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- Director-General - Koichiro Matsuura, Japan (1999-present)
- United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
- High Commissioner - Louise Arbour, Canada (2004-present)
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
- High Commissioner - António Guterres, Portugal (2005-present)
- United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
- Director-general - Carlos Alfredo Magariños, Argentina (2005-present)
- World Food Programme (WFP)
- Executive Director - James T. Morris, United States (2002-present)
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- Director-General - Margaret Chan, China (acting) (2007-present)
- World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
- World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
Political and economic organizations
- African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) -
- Secretary-General - John Kaputin, Papua New Guinea (2005-present)
- African Union -
- Chairperson -
- John Kufuor, Ghana (2007-2008)
- Jakaya Kikwete, Tanzania (2008-present)
- Chairperson of the Commission -
- President of the Pan-African Parliament - Gertrude Mongella, Tanzania (2004-present)
- Chairperson -
- Andean Community -
- Arab League -
- Secretary-General - Amr Moussa, Egypt (2001-present)
- Arab Maghreb Union
- Secretary-General - Habib Ben Yahia, Tunisia (2006-present)
- Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
- Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) -
- Secretary-General - Surin Pitsuwan, Thailand (2008-present)
- Caribbean Community -
- Secretary-General - Edwin Carrington, Trinidad and Tobago (1992-present)
- Central American Parliament -
- Common Market of East and Southern Africa (COMESA) -
- Commonwealth of Nations -
- Head - Queen Elizabeth II (1952-present)
- Secretary-General -
- Don McKinnon, New Zealand (2000-2008)
- Kamalesh Sharma, India (2008-present)
- Commonwealth of Independent States
- Executive Secretary - Sergei Lebedev, Russia (2007-present)
- Council of Europe
- Secretary General - Terry Davis, United Kingdom (2004-present)
- President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) - René van der Linden, Netherlands (2005-present)
- President of the European Court of Human Rights - Jean-Paul Costa, France (2007-present)
- East African Community -
- Secretary-General - Juma Volter Mwapachu, Tanzania (2006-present)
- Economic Community of West African States
- President of the Comission - Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Ghana (2007-present)
- Chairman -
- Blaise Compaoré, Burkina Faso (2007-2008)
- Umaru Yar'Adua, Nigeria (2008-present)
- Eurasian Economic Community
- Secretary-General - Grigory Rapota, Russia (2002-present)
- Chairman of the Interstate Council - Nursultan Nazarbayev, Kazakhstan (2001-present)
- European Free Trade Association
- European Union (EU)
- Presidency of the European Council -
- President of the European Commission - José Manuel Barroso, Portugal (2004-present)
- President of the European Parliament - Josep Borrell, Spain (2004-present)
- Secretary-General of the Council and High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy - Javier Solana, Spain (1999-present)
- President of the European Central Bank - Jean-Claude Trichet, France (2003-present)
- European Ombudsman - Nikiforos Diamandouros, Greece (2003-present)
- President of the Committee of the Regions (CoR) - Peter Straub, Germany (2004-present)
- President of the European Investment Bank (EIB) - Philippe Maystadt, Belgium (2000-present)
- President of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) - Vassilios Skouris, Greece (2003-present)
- President of the European Court of Auditors - Hubert Weber, Austria (2005-present)
- President of the Economic and Social Committee (ESC) - Anne-Marie Sigmund, Austria (2004-present)
- Group of Eight (G-8)
- President (informal) - Yasuo Fukuda, Japan (2008)
- Gulf Cooperation Council
- Ibero-American Secretariat (Segib)
- Secretary-General - Enrique V. Iglesias, Uruguay (2005-present)
- Indian Ocean Commission
- Secretary-General - Monique Andreas Esoavekomandroso, Madagascar (2004-present)
- Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)
- Chairman -
- Fidel Castro, Cuba (2006-2008)
- Raúl Castro, Cuba (2008-present)
- Chairman -
- Nordic Council
- Secretary-General - Jan-Erik Enestam, Finland (2007-present)
- North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
- Secretary-General - Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Netherlands (2004-present)
- Supreme Allied Commander Europe - James L. Jones, United States (2003-present)
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
- Secretary-General - José Ángel Gurría, Mexico (2006-present)
- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
- Secretary-General - Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, France (2005-present)
- Chairman-in-Office - Karel De Gucht, Belgium (2006-present)
- High Commissioner on National Minorities - Rolf Ekéus, Sweden (2001-present)
- Organization of American States
- Secretary-General - José Miguel Insulza, Chile (2005-present)
- Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States
- Director-General - Len Ishmael, Saint Lucia (2003-present)
- Organization of the Islamic Conference
- Secretary-General - Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, Turkey (2005-present)
- Pacific Community
- Director-General - Jimmie Rodgers, Solomon Islands (2006-present)
- Pacific Islands Forum
- Secretary-General - Greg Urwin, Australia (2004-present)
- Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)
- Secretary-General - Bolat Nurgaliyev, Kazakhistan (2007-present)
- South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
- Secretary-General - Lyonpo Chenkyab Dorji, Bhutan (2005-present)
- Southern Cone Common Market (Mercosur)
- Southern African Development Community
- Executive Secretary - Tomaz Salomão, Mozambique (2005-present)
- Union of South American Nations (Unasur/Unasul)
- President - Michelle Bachelet, Chile (2008-present)
- Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO)
- Secretary-General - Marino Busdachin, Italy (2003-present)
- Western European Union
- Secretary-General - Javier Solana, Spain (1999-present)
- World Trade Organization (WTO)
- Director-General - Pascal Lamy, France (2005-present)
Financial organizations
- African Development Bank -
- President - Donald Kaberuka, Rwanda (2005-present)
- Asian Development Bank -
- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
- President - Luis Alberto Moreno, Colombia (2005-present)
- International Monetary Fund
- Managing Director - Dominique Strauss-Kahn, France (2007-present)
- Islamic Development Bank (IDB)
- President - Ahmad Mohamed Ali, Saudi Arabia (1975-present)
- World Bank
- President - Robert Zoellick, United States (2007-present)
Sports organizations
- Asian Football Confederation (AFC)
- President - Mohamed bin Hammam, Qatar (2002-present)
- Confédération africaine de football (CAF)
- President - Issa Hayatou, Cameroon (1988-present)
- Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF)
- President - Jack A. Warner, Trinidad and Tobago (1990-present)
- Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (CONMEBOL)
- President - Nicolas Leoz, Paraguay (1986-present)
- Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)
- President - Sepp Blatter, Switzerland (1998-present)
- International Olympic Committee (IOC)
- President - Jacques Rogge, Belgium (2001-present)
- International Rugby Board (IRB)
- President - Syd Millar, Ireland (2003-present)
- Oceania Football Confederation (OFC)
- Union of European Football Associations (UEFA)
- President - Michel Platini, France (2007-present)
Other organizations
- Antarctic Treaty
- Executive Secretary - Jan Huber, Netherlands (2004-present)
- Colombo Plan -
- Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP)
- Executive Secretary -
- Luís de Matos Monteiro da Fonseca, Cape Verde (2004-2008)
- Domingos Simões Pereira, Guinea-Bissau (2008-present)
- Executive Secretary -
- La Francophonie
- Secretary-General - Abdou Diouf, Senegal (2003-present)
- Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)
- International Court of Justice
- President - Rosalyn Higgins, United Kingdom (2006-present)
- International Criminal Court
- President - Philippe Kirsch, Canada (2003-present)
- International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)
- Secretary-General - Ronald Noble, United States (2000-present)
- President -
- Jackie Selebi, South Africa (2004-2008)
- Khoo Boon Hui , Singapore (2008-present)
- International Maritime Organization
- International Organization for Migration (IOM)
- Director-general -
- Brunson McKinley, United States (1998-2008)
- William Lacy Swing, United States (2008-present)
- Director-general -
- International Telecommunication Union
- Secretary-General - Hamadoun Touré, Mali (2007-present)
- Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
- Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
- Secretary-General -
- Edmund Daukoru, Nigeria, acting (2006-present)
- Mohammed S. Barkindo, Nigeria, acting for Daukoru (2006-present)
- Secretary-General -
- International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
- International Committee of the Red Cross
- President - Jakob Kellenberger, Switzerland (2000-present)
- Universal Postal Union
- World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
- Director-General -
- Kamil Eltayed Idris, Sudan (1997-2008)
- Francis Gurry (2008-present)
- Director-General -
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