INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION

international organization.Int’l law. 1. An intergovernmental association of countries, established by and operated according to multilateral treaty, whose purpose is to pursue the common aims of those countries. • Examples include the World Health Organization, the International Civil Aviation Organization, and the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. [Cases: International Law 10.45. C.J.S. International Law §§ 59–65.] 2. Loosely, an intergovernmental or nongovernmental international association.

[Blacks Law 8th]