Organizations questions

The FBI was created in 1908. The bureau's first official task was visiting and making surveys of the houses of prostitution.

CIA is the only agency authorized by US law to carry out covert actions abroad.

NATO was formed by 12 countries in 1949. Today, there are 29 members.

FIFA is responsible for the organization of football's major international tournaments, notably the World Cup. It was created in Paris in 1904. Today the headquarters of FIFA are located in Zürich, Switzerland.

UEFA was founded on 15 June 1954 in Basel, Switzerland. UEFA runs nation and club competitions including the UEFA European Championship, UEFA Nations League, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, and UEFA Super Cup.

Bricha was the underground organized effort that helped Jewish Holocaust survivors escape post–World War II Europe to the British Mandate for Palestine in violation of the White Paper of 1939. It ended when Israel declared independence and annulled the White Paper. After the Kielce pogrom of 1946, the flight of Jews accelerated, with 100,000 Jews leaving Eastern Europe in three months.

The Bilderberg Group is an annual conference established in 1954 by Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands "to foster dialogue between Europe and North America". The participants are between 120 and 150 people composed of political leaders, experts from industry, finance, academia and the media. About two thirds of the participants come from Europe and the rest from North America; one third from politics and government and the rest from other fields.

The League of Corinth, was a federation of Greek states created by Philip II during the winter of 338 BC/337 BC after the Battle of Chaeronea and succeeded by Alexander the Great at 336 BC, to facilitate the use of military forces in the war of Greece against Persia.The name 'League of Corinth' was invented by modern historians due to the first council of the League being in Corinth. It was the first time in history that most of the Greek states managed to become part of a single political entity.

The IUPAC is the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. It is an international scientific organization, not affiliated with any government. Since its creation in 1919, IUPAC has been run by many different committees with different responsibilities. These committees run different projects which include standardizing nomenclature, finding ways to bring chemistry to the world, and publishing works. Nearly 1200 chemists are involved in IUPAC projects.

The Luddites were a secret oath-based organization of English textile workers in the 19th century, a radical faction of which destroyed textile machinery as a form of protest. Luddites feared that the time spent learning the skills of their craft would go to waste, as machines would replace their role in the industry. The term 'luddite' continues to be used today and refers to someone who is opposed to new technology.