While there are 54 members of the International Floorball Federation ( IFF ), the Czech Republic, Finland, Sweden and Switzerland have finished in most of the coveted 1st, 2nd and 3rd places at the World Floorball Championships.

* International Floorball Federation

* Planet Floorball ( International floorball resource site )

* Floorball U ( International floorball news site )

* International Federation of Agricultural Producers ( IFAP )

FIDE, the International Chess Federation, refused to allow this proviso, and FIDE declared that Fischer forfeited his crown.

In March 1969, during a Congress of International Federation of Airline Pilots ’ Associations in Amsterdam with the presence of representatives of civil pilots from 41 countries, a resolution was unanimously passed, which guaranteed the pilots the right to 12 or 24-hours

* International Baseball Federation

The International Badminton Federation ( IBF ) ( now known as Badminton World Federation ) was established in 1934 with Canada, Denmark, England, France, the Netherlands, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland, and Wales as its founding members.

* International Bocce Federation ( FIB )

The rules can be found on the official website of the Federation of International Bandy website.

According to a 2003 study undertaken by the International Diabetes Federation ( IDF ) on the access to and availability of insulin in its member countries, synthetic ' human ' insulin is considerably more expensive in most countries where both synthetic ' human ' and animal insulin are commercially available: e. g. within European countries the average price of synthetic ' human ' insulin was twice as high as the price of pork insulin.

Chess is a recognized sport of the International Olympic Committee, and international chess competition is sanctioned by the World Chess Federation.

* International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

* International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies ( IFRCS )

* International Federation of Consulting Engineers

Membership in International Organizations: The major organizations in which Colombia is a member include: the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean, Andean Pact, Caribbean Development Bank, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Group of 3, Group of 11, Group of 24, Group of 77, Inter-American Development Bank, International Atomic Energy Agency, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, International Chamber of Commerce, International Civil Aviation Organization, International Criminal Police Organization, International Development Association, International Finance Corporation, International Fund for Agricultural Development, International Labour Organization, International Maritime Organization, International Maritime Satellite Organization, International Monetary Fund ( IMF ), International Olympic Committee, International Organization for Migration, International Organization for Standardization, International Telecommunication Union, International Telecommunications Satellite Organization, International Trade Union Confederation, Latin American Economic System, Latin American Integration Association, Latin Union, Non-Aligned Movement, Organization of American States ( OAS ), Permanent Court of Arbitration, Rio Group, United Nations ( UN ), UN Conference on Trade and Development, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UN Industrial Development Organization, UN Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees, Universal Postal Union, World Confederation of Labour, World Federation of Trade Unions, World Health Organization, World Intellectual Property Organization, World Meteorological Organization, World Tourism Organization, and World Trade Organization.

Steps towards reconciliation on a global level were taken in 1965 by the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches mutually revoking the excommunications that marked their Great Schism in 1054 ; the Anglican Roman Catholic International Commission ( ARCIC ) working towards full communion between those churches since 1970 ; and the Lutheran and Roman Catholic churches signing The Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification in 1999 to address conflicts at the root of the Protestant Reformation.

* Commission for the Management and Application of Geoscience Information, a Commission of the International Union of Geological Sciences to enable the global exchange of knowledge about geoscience information and systems

The growing presentation of cheerleading as a sport to a global audience has been led by the 1997 start of broadcasts of cheerleading competition by ESPN International and the worldwide release of the 2000 film Bring it On.

** Commodore International Corporation, a Netherlands-based company that bought all the global rights, patents and assets to the Commodore brand in 2005

At the global level, the United Nations ' International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of 1966 guarantees this right under its Article 13.

Three International Eugenics Conferences presented a global venue for eugenicists with meetings in 1912 in London, and in 1921 and 1932 in New York.

The International Hockey Federation ( FIH ) is the global governing body.

It is recognized by the International Olympic Committee ( IOC ) as the supreme body responsible for the organization of chess and its championships at global and continental levels.

* David Harvey ( born 1935 ), world's most cited academic geographer and winner of the Lauréat Prix International de Géographie Vautrin Lud, also noted for his work in critical geography and critique of global capitalism.

International intra-firm competition reflects a really new aspect of international competition in the age of so-called global competition.

International law is also used to govern issues relating to the global environment, the global commons such as international waters and outer space, global communications, and world trade.

* International Cricket Council, the global cricket governing body

* International Chamber of Commerce, supporting global trade and globalisation

International English is the concept of the English language as a global means of communication in numerous dialects, and also the movement towards an international standard for the language.

It was developed by the founding payment brands of the PCI Security Standards Council, including American Express, Discover Financial Services, JCB, MasterCard Worldwide and Visa International, to help facilitate the broad adoption of consistent data security measures on a global basis.

International human rights instruments can be divided further into global instruments, to which any state in the world can be a party, and regional instruments, which are restricted to states in a particular region of the world.

The IEC also manages three global conformity assessment systems that certify whether equipment, system or components conform to its International Standards.

* International Monetary Fund, the international organization that oversees the global financial system

* International Metalworkers ' Federation, a global union federation

The idea of universal jurisdiction is fundamental to the operation of global organizations such as the United Nations and the International Court of Justice ( ICJ ), which jointly assert the benefit of maintaining legal entities with jurisdiction over a wide range of matters of significance to states ( the ICJ should not be confused with the ICC and this version of " universal jurisdiction " is not the same as that enacted in the War Crimes Law ( Belgium ) which is an assertion of extraterritorial jurisdiction that will fail to gain implementation in any other state under the standard provisions of public policy ).

National and regional trade unions organizing in specific industry sectors or occupational groups also form global union federations, such as Union Network International, the International Transport Workers Federation, the International Federation of Journalists or the International Arts and Entertainment Alliance.

The AFL became the de facto governing body when it pushed for the closure of the International Australian Football Council in 2002.

The International Federation of Sport Climbing ( IFSC ) is the official organization governing competition climbing worldwide and is recognized by the IOC and GAISF and is a member of the International World Games Association ( IWGA ).

International Federation of Cheerleading ( IFC ): Established on the 5th July 1998, the International Federation of Cheerleading ( IFC ) is a non-profit federation based in Tokyo, Japan and is the world governing body of cheerleading.

The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Council ( ICC ), with preliminary qualification rounds leading up to a finals tournament which is held every four years.

Hence, official judgment of status is the responsibility of the governing body in each country that is a full member of the International Cricket Council ( ICC ).

The governing body is the 116-member International Hockey Federation ( FIH ).

The governing body of international play is the 66-member International Ice Hockey Federation ( IIHF ).

* International Bandy Federation former name of Federation of International Bandy ( FIB ), an international governing body for bandy

* International Badminton Federation former name of Badminton World Federation ( BWF ), an international governing body for badminton

* International Baseball Federation ( IBAF ), an international governing body for baseball

* International Basketball Federation ( FIBA ), an international governing body for basketball

Unlike other United Nations specialized agencies, the International Labour Organization has a tripartite governing structure — representing governments, employers and workers ( usually with a ratio of 2: 1: 1 ).

* International Surfing Association is the world governing authority for the sport of surfing

International governing bodies include World Association of Kickboxing Organizations, World Kickboxing Association, International Sport Karate Association, International Kickboxing Federation, among others.

The International Kendo Federation ( FIK ) was founded in April 1970, it is an international federation of national and regional kendo federations and the world governing body for kendo.

It is an active member of USA Basketball ( USAB ), which is recognized by FIBA ( also known as the International Basketball Federation ) as the national governing body for basketball in the United States.

In 2009 the International Federation of Poker was founded in Lausanne, Switzerland, becoming the official governing body for poker and promoting the game as a mind sport.

Polo is now an active sport in 77 countries, and although its tenure as an Olympic sport was limited to 1900 – 1939, in 1998 the International Olympic Committee recognised it as a sport with a bona fide international governing body, the Federation of International Polo.