International Organizations

ate" o "Sovereign state" sovereign states (referred to as HYPERLINK "http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Memberstate" o "Member state" member states ). Notable examples include the HYPERLINK "http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/UnitedNations" o "United
Nations" United Nations (UN), HYPERLINK "http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/OrganizationforSecurityandCo-operationinEurope" o "Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe" Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), HYPERLINK "http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/CouncilofEurope" o "Council of
Europe" Council of Europe (CoE), HYPERLINK "http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/EuropeanUnion" o "European
Union" European Union (EU; which is a prime example of a HYPERLINK "http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Supranationalunion" o "Supranational union" supranational organization ), European Patent Organization and HYPERLINK "http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/WorldTradeOrganization" o "World Trade Organization" World Trade Organization (WTO). The UN has used the term "intergovernmental organization" instead of "international organization" for clarity. HYPERLINK "http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Internationalorganization" l "citenote-1" 2
In addition, HYPERLINK "http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/GlobalPublicPolicyNetworks" o "Global Public Policy Networks" Global Public Policy Networks (GPPNs) may be considered a third category. These take various forms and may be made up of states and non-state actors. Non-state actors involved in GPPNs may include: intergovernmental organizations, states, state agencies, regiona