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AN English edition of the Handbook of International Organizations has now been issued by the Secretariat of the League of Nations. This volume of nearly 500 pages gives the particulars of nearly 760 international organizations, including addresses, names of officers, notes on finance, objects and activities. International bureaux under the direction of the League, official central bureaux and private associations and federations in so far as they have international objects and are not run for profit are included. These organizations are classified in the following groups to facilitate reference: politics and international relations ; religion ; arts and sciences ; education ; students and university organizations ; medicine and hygiene ; law and administration; press ; feminism ; labour and professions ; agriculture ; economics and finance ; trade and industry ; communications and transit ; sport and touring ; and miscellaneous. The utility of the volume is increased by the provision of a subject index, an alphabetical index and a geographical index. The latter indicates that 183 of the organizations have their seats in France and 140 in Switzerland, Great Britain coming next with 78 organizations and Belgium being fourth with 77.
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Handbook of International Organizations. Nature 142, 508 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/142508c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/142508c0