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An
international organization
is an
organization
, active in more than one
country
. These organizations can not command countries and citizens in a way a government can. Many are intergovernmental organizations meaning that rather than having people as members, they have individual countries as members. They make rules that the different governments follow. The
United Nations
is such an organization.
Some International organizations operate in many countries but do not have governments as members. The
Red Cross
is that kind of organization.