List of Sovereign States and Dependent Territories By Continent - Continental Intergovernmental Organizations

Continental Intergovernmental Organizations

Main articles: List of continental intergovernmental organizations and Continental union

There are a number of intergovernmental organizations with continental scope and having the most wide and possibly non-overlapping membership:

• Africa: African Union
• Asia: Asia Cooperation Dialogue
• Europe: Council of Europe
  • Not to be confused with the European Union (EU)
• Americas: Organization of American States
  • South America: Union of South American Nations
• Oceania: Pacific Islands Forum

Therefore, a member of one of these organizations may be considered as belonging to that particular continent according to political criteria. Considering this, the following changes from the previous list occur:

• Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Georgia, and Turkey are members of the Council of Europe. In particular, Cyprus is an EU member, while Turkey is a candidate.
• Russia is a member of both the Council of Europe and the Asia Cooperation Dialogue.

However, in general only internationally recognized sovereign states are members of intergovernmental organizations, and not every one of them is a member of one of the organizations listed above.