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International Civil Defence Organisation

intergovernmental organization aiming to help states protect the population and safeguard property and the environment from disasters
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International Civil Defence Organisation

Summary

International Civil Defence Organisation is an intergovernmental organization[1]. It draws 48 Wikipedia views per month (intergovernmental_organization category, ranking #78 of 138).[2]

Key Facts

  • International Civil Defence Organisation's field of work was civil protection[3].
  • International Civil Defence Organisation is in the country of Switzerland[4].
  • International Civil Defence Organisation's image is recorded as ICDO-Permanent-Secretariat.jpg[5].
  • International Civil Defence Organisation's instance of is recorded as intergovernmental organization[6].
  • International Civil Defence Organisation's headquarters location is recorded as Lancy[7].
  • International Civil Defence Organisation's ISNI is recorded as 0000000115481458[8].
  • International Civil Defence Organisation's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 156577412[9].
  • International Civil Defence Organisation's GND ID is recorded as 1087183812[10].
  • International Civil Defence Organisation's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n84183076[11].
  • International Civil Defence Organisation's IdRef ID is recorded as 224011529[12].
  • International Civil Defence Organisation's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA08133223[13].
  • International Civil Defence Organisation's Commons category is recorded as International Civil Defence Organisation[14].
  • +1966-10-17T00:00:00Z marks the founding of International Civil Defence Organisation[15].
  • +1972-03-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of International Civil Defence Organisation[16].
  • International Civil Defence Organisation's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 46.191865, 'lon': 6.124202}[17].
  • International Civil Defence Organisation's official website is recorded as https://icdo.org/[18].
  • International Civil Defence Organisation's official website is recorded as https://icdo.org/ar/[19].
  • International Civil Defence Organisation's official website is recorded as https://icdo.org/fr/[20].
  • International Civil Defence Organisation's official website is recorded as https://icdo.org/ru/[21].
  • International Civil Defence Organisation's NLA Trove people ID is recorded as 835573[22].
  • International Civil Defence Organisation's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'International Civil Defence Organization'}[23].
  • International Civil Defence Organisation's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Organisation internationale de protection civile'}[24].
  • International Civil Defence Organisation's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Organización internacional de protección civil'}[25].
  • International Civil Defence Organisation's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Internationale Organisation für Zivilverteidigung'}[26].
  • International Civil Defence Organisation's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'ICDO'}[27].

Body

Founding

Recorded inception include +1966-10-17T00:00:00Z[15] and +1972-03-01T00:00:00Z[16].

Identity

Official names include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'International Civil Defence Organization'}[23], {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Organisation internationale de protection civile'}[24], {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Organización internacional de protección civil'}[25], and {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Internationale Organisation für Zivilverteidigung'}[26]. Short names include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'ICDO'}[27], {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'OIPC'}[28], and {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'IOZV'}[29].

Operations

International Civil Defence Organisation's headquarters location is recorded as Lancy[7].

Industry

International Civil Defence Organisation's field of work was civil protection[3].

Why It Matters

International Civil Defence Organisation draws 48 Wikipedia views per month (intergovernmental_organization category, ranking #78 of 138).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . icdo.org. Retrieved . icdo.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . icdo.org. Retrieved . icdo.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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