Taiwan (officially the Republic of China) participates in a number of international organizations. Under pressure from the People's Republic of China (PRC, commonly known as "China"), the ROC has been excluded from, or downgraded in, many international organizations. In other cases, Taiwan may retain full participation, either as Taiwan, the Republic of China, or due to the usage of names such as "Chinese Taipei."
Use of name Participated in 37 intergovernmental international organizations with the name "Chinese Taipei". Participated in 8 intergovernmental international organizations with the name "Republic of China". Participated in 6 intergovernmental international organizations with the name "Taiwan". Participated in 6 intergovernmental international organizations with the name "Taiwan (ROC)". Participated in 5 intergovernmental international organizations with the name "Chinese Taipei".
Below is a list of such international organizations with the name by which Taiwan is known in each: Academic Council of the United Nations System (ACUNS) (participates as "Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York") Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) (included as Member Airlines) Afro-Asian Rural Development Organization (AARDO) (participates as "Republic of China (Taiwan)") Agency for International Trade Information and Cooperation (AITIC) (participates as "Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, and Matsu") Amnesty International (AI) (participates as "Taiwan", ROC's Legislative Yuan debated and ratified the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on 31 March 2009.) Asia Council (covered as "Taiwan") Asian Federation of Biotechnology (AFOB) (participates as Biochemical Engineering Society of Taiwan (BEST)) Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) (NGO in Special Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council, participates as Taiwan) Asia News Network (ANN) (participates as The China Post) Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions (APAARI) (participates by Council of Agriculture) Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG) (participates as Chinese Taipei) Asia Pacific Regional Internet Conference on Operational Technologies (APRICOT) (participates as the economy of Taiwan) Asian and Oceanian Stock Exchanges Federation (AOSEF) (participates as "Taiwan Stock Exchange Corp.") Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) (participates by Taiwan Association for Human Rights) Asian Network of Major Cities 21 (ANMC21) (participates as Taipei City) Association of Asian Social Science Research Councils (AASSREC)(participates as associate member of Academia Sinica – Taipei) Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) (presents the Turing Award, participates as "Taiwan") Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) (provide country-specific information as "Taiwan") Association of Future Markets (AFM) (participates as "Taiwan Futures Exchange" (TAIFEX)) Association Montessori Internationale (AMI) (officially participates as "Taiwan/China", according to UN's definition of the territory of Taiwan and Taiwan, province of China, which is separated from China) Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (referred to as "Taiwan (ROC)") Asian Productivity Organization (APO) (participates as Republic of China) Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) (on the basis of the Memorandum of Understanding of 1991 and partaking APEC Business Travel Card scheme) (participates as "Chinese Taipei") Asian Development Bank (ADB) (participates as "Taipei,China") Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) (located in the Kasumigaseki Building, participates as Taipei, China) Association for Information Systems (AIS) (participates as "Taiwan") Association of Asian Election Authorities (AAEA) (participates as Republic of China (Taiwan)) Asia-Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) (participates as the economy of Taiwan by Taiwan Network Information Center) Asian-Pacific Parliamentarians' Union (APPU) (held the 16th and 40th plenary meeting, participates as Republic of China) Bank for International Settlements (BIS) (referred to as "Taiwan") Belmont Forum (Belmont Forum is a member of the Science and Technology Alliance for Global Sustainability, engaged by Ministry of Science and Technology (Taiwan)) Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) (participates as "Taiwan") Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) (participates as "Cross-Straits Common Market Foundation") Banco Centralamericano de Integración Economico (BCIE or CABEI) (participates as Republic of China) British Council (administers international distance education exams and professional exams and on behalf of other international exam boards in Taiwan) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) (with Member States of Belize, Haiti, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines recognising Republic of China) Centre for Energy Environment Resources Development (CEERD) (in contact with as "Chinese Taipei") Conservation International (CI) (listed in the annual Ocean Health Index) Consumers International (CI) (participates as "Consumers Foundation Chinese Taipei") Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP) (participates as "participant with individual capacity" in this "Track Two of Asia-Pacific Diplomacy") Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) (participates as Taiwan, China) Citizen Cyberscience Centre (CCC) (founded by United Nations Institute for Training and Research, participates by Academia Sinica) Cumulus (recognised by UNESCO since 2011, participates as Taiwan(China)) Education International (EI) (participates as Taiwan) Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units (participates as "Taiwan") European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) (has a long-standing cooperation with the EBRD as "Taipei China") European Patent Office (EPO) (included in the Asian Patent Information as Chinese Taipei) European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) (has scientific contacts as China (Taipei)) Food and Fertilizer Technology Center (FFTC) (participates as "Taiwan") Free Access to Law Movement (FALM) (participates as Taiwan Legal Information Institute) European Pharmacopoeia (participates as an observer by Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) of the Ministry of Health and Welfare (Republic of China)) European Research Council (ERC) (a member of National Contact Points of ERC funding opportunities, participates as Taiwan) European Southern Observatory (ESO) (participates the Atacama Large Millimeter Array/submillimeter Array (ALMA) project by Academia Sinica (AS) in Taiwan, and the National Science Council of Taiwan (NSC) (now (Ministry of Science and Technology (Republic of China)))) Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International (FLO) (participates as Fairtrade Taipei City) Fédération Internationale de Philatélie (FIP) (in partnership with United Nations Postal Administration and Universal Postal Union, participates as Chinese Taipei) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) (due to PRC's political pressure, participates in various subsidiary organizations as "China – Taipei", including Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions, International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage, Asia and Pacific Seed Association) FIABCI/ (participates as "Chinese Taiwan") FreedomInfo.org (links the efforts of freedom of information advocates globally, included as Taiwan) Freemasonry (participates as Grand Lodge of China) Institute of International Education (IIE) (participates through the Fulbright program of Council for International Exchange of Scholars as Taiwan (Republic of China)) International Basketball Federation (FIBA) (participates as Chinese Taipei) Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) (participates as Chinese Taipei) Human Rights Watch (HRW) (involved as "Taiwan") IFEX (spotlighted as Taiwan) International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH) (participates as Chinese Taipei) International Association of Public Transport (UITP) (participates as "Taiwan") International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) (signed a trilateral agreement with the United States and the IAEA in 1971 stating that ROC continue to abide by the terms of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. While not a member of the IAEA, Taiwan does continue to subscribe to the IAEA's safeguards under two agreements, INFCIRC/133 and INFCIRC/158.) International Association of Judges (IAJ) (as a professional and non-political international organization, that the association has consultative status with the United Nations (namely the International Labour Office and the U.N. Economic and Social Council) and with the Council of Europe, participates as "Republic of China (Taiwan)") International Air Transport Association (IATA)(included as Taiwan/Chinese Taipei) International Bar Association (IBA) (participates section-ally as "Taiwan") International Baccalaureate (IB) (There are 4 IB World Schools in Taiwan offering one or more of the three IB programmes; however, there currently there are no universities in Taiwan recognising IB.) International Business Innovation Association (IBIA) (participates by Institute for Information Industry) International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) (included as Taiwan CBL) International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) (ICC participates in the activities of UNCTAD, including International Court of Arbitration, participates as Chinese Taipei) International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) (affiliates by the Taipei Bar Association) International Competition Network (ICN) (participates as Taiwan Fair Trade Commission) International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) (participates as Chinese Taipei) International Council of Museums (ICM) (participates as Taiwan in the Board of ICM) International Cospas-Sarsat Programme (Cospas-Sarsat) (participates as International Telecommunication Development Company (Chinese Taipei) (ITDC)) International Council on Social Welfare (ICSW) (participates as "Taiwan" in the ICSW North East Asia Region) International Council of Women (ICW) (participates as Taiwan, Republic of China) International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) (originally associated from the UNESCO, participates as "Chinese Taipei".) International Council for Information Technology in Government Administration (ICA) (participates as "Taiwan") International Council for Science (ICSU) (participates as China: Taipei, Academy of Sciences located in Taipei) International Council of Graphic Design Associations (Icograda) (with international alliances of ISO, UNESCO's Global Alliance for Cultural Diversity, UNIDO and WIPO, participates as Taiwan (Chinese Taipei)) International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (ICSID) (participates as Taiwan (Chinese Taipei)) International Democrat Union (IDU) (participates as "Taiwan") International Energy Agency (IEA) (included as a non-member country as "Chinese Taipei") International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organization (IFRRO) (participates as Chinese Oral & Literary Copyright Collective Management Association) International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS) (participates as "Taiwan, China") International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) (listed in the voter turnout data as Taiwan) International Renewable Energy Agency (IREA) (referred to as "Taiwan" as IREA is co-hosted in the Steering Committee in the REN21) International Press Institute(IPI)(participates as Taiwan (ROC)) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (participates as "IEEE Taipei Section" and "IEEE Tainan Section")