The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry ( IUPAC, or ) is an international federation of National Adhering Organizations that represents chemists in individual countries.

Imi Lictenfeld's students and second generation of students of Imi's students resulted in forming a new international Krav Maga federation with the support of his most loyal students and respected instructors, including Eyal Yanilov, Gabi Noah, Avi Moyal, and Eli Ben-Ami.

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.

The International Workers Association is an international anarcho-syndicalist federation of various labor unions from different countries.

It was customary of the IAAF to accept the final decision of its national branch, and the Associated Press wrote that " there is little doubt that if the Finnish federation clears Nurmi the international body will accept its decision without question.

It is the oldest international sports federation in the Olympic movement.

The International Workers Association, formed in 1922, is an international syndicalist federation of various labour unions from different countries.

An international federation was founded in 1892, the first for any winter sport.

The Internationale Eislauf Vereinigung, now known as the International Skating Union, was founded at a meeting of 15 national representatives in Scheveningen in 1892, the first international winter sports federation.

The promotion of the sport is also a task of an international federation.

National Federations have the same objectives as an international federation, but within the scope of one country, or even part of a country, as the name implies.

The International Workers Association, formed in 1922, is an international anarcho-syndicalist federation of various labour unions from different countries.

Underlying its status is the fact that the IPF is the federation responsible for coordinating participation in the World Games, an international event affiliated with the International Olympic Committee.

The international Pétanque federation Fédération Internationale de Pétanque et Jeu Provençal was founded in 1958 in Marseille and has about 600, 000 members in 52 countries ( 2002 ).

Corruption can also affect the various components of sports activities ( referees, players, medical and laboratory staff involved in anti-doping controls, members of national sport federation and international committees deciding about the allocation of contracts and competition places ).

The IPC organizes the Paralympic Games and functions as the international federation for nine sports.

* UNI global union, an international trade union federation

* Pétanque-The international federation is recognized by the IOC.

It is an international federation of national and regional kendo associations and the world governing body for kendo.

The federation serves as an international link between organizations whose aim is to provide people with self-determination and dignity during death.

The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations ( AFL – CIO ) is a national trade union center, the largest federation of unions in the United States, made up of fifty-six national and international unions, together representing more than 11 million workers ( as of June 2008, the most recent official statistic ).

The AFL – CIO is a federation of international labor unions.

The charitable international federation of humanitarian societies concentrates on children's rights, and is based in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Liberal International is a political international federation for liberal political parties.

Some organisations, including the International Federation of Dominos and the Fédération Internationale de Domino ( FIDO ), organise international competitions.

On 4 March 2004, at a gala ceremony in London, to mark the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association ( FIFA ), the international governing body of football revealed the FIFA 100.

It was dropped in 1924, leading to the foundation of the Fédération Internationale de Hockey sur Gazon ( FIH ) as an international governing body by seven continental European nations, and hockey was reinstated in 1928.

The Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation is an international organization that connects the various national chess federations around the world and acts as the governing body of international chess competition.

The FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association ( FIFA ), the sport's global governing body.

* November 29 – Fédération Internationale d ' Escrime, the international organizing body of competitive fencing is founded in Paris, France.

The international governing body for most major show jumping competitions is the Fédération Équestre Internationale ( FEI ). The two most common types of penalties are jumping penalties and time penalties.

While Sputnik 1 was the first spacecraft to orbit the Earth, other man-made objects had previously reached an altitude of 100 km, which is the height required by the international organization Fédération Aéronautique Internationale to count as a spaceflight.

The most accomplished horse and rider teams perform the FEI tests, written by an international committee called the Fédération Équestre Internationale or FEI.

In 1930, Earhart became an official of the National Aeronautic Association where she actively promoted the establishment of separate women's records and was instrumental in the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale ( FAI ) accepting a similar international standard.

The International Ski Federation, known by its name in French, Fédération Internationale de Ski ( FIS ) is the main international organisation for ski sports.

The FIFA Women's World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association ( FIFA ), the sport's global governing body.

The flight covers a distance of 42, 432 km ( 26, 366 statute miles ), although the international governing body for aeronautic world records, the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale ( FAI ), accredits the distance as 40, 212 km ( 24, 972 statute miles ).

" On June 15, 1921, Coleman became not only the first African-American woman to earn an international aviation license from the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, but the first African American woman in the world to earn an aviation pilot's license.

For example, the International Federation of Association Football ( FIFA ) is the IF for football ( soccer ), and the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball ( FIVB ) is the international governing body for volleyball.

* Fédération Cynologique Internationale, international dog breed standards organization

Fédération Internationale de Natation ( FINA ) is the International Federation ( IF ) recognized by the International Olympic Committee ( IOC ) for administering international competition in the aquatic sports ( its name translated from French is " International Swimming Federation ").

Fédération Cynologique Internationale ( FCI ) is an international federation of kennel clubs based in Thuin, Belgium.

Each member country regulates its own breed clubs and stud books, and trains its own judges ; the Fédération Cynologique Internationale acts as an international coordinating body, making sure that pedigrees and judges are internationally recognized .< ref >

The Canadian Federation of Engineering Students ( CFES ) ( Fédération canadienne des étudiants et étudiantes en génie in French ) is the national association of undergraduate engineering student societies in Canada and exists to organize activities, provide services and interact with professional and other bodies at the national and international level for the benefit of Canadian engineering students.

The Fédération Internationale des Sociétés d ' Aviron, or FISA for short, is the International Rowing Federation which is the governing body for international Rowing.

Fédération Cynologique Internationale sponsors international shows that differ from other shows in that dogs first receive individual written descriptions of positive and negative qualities from the judge, and only dogs with high ratings go on to compete against other dogs in the class.