Where is the headquarters of the International Union for Conservation of…

Concept: The headquarters of an international organization is identified by its official registered or principal-office address, not by its place of founding or by the locations of its regional offices.

For a location question, compare the organization’s official contact address with the countries offered in the options.

Application

IUCN lists its headquarters at Rue Mauverney 28, 1196 Gland. Gland is in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland.

Contrast

• Switzerland contains Gland, the municipality named in IUCN’s official headquarters address.

• France is associated with Fontainebleau, where IUCN was founded in 1948; a founding place is distinct from a current headquarters.

• Australia is a member-country location in the wider IUCN network, but membership or regional activity does not define the global headquarters.

• The evidence identifies one named country, so the compound statement “More than one of the above” does not describe the location.

• Because the official address is within one named country, the compound statement “None of the above” does not describe the location.

Cross-check

The city, postal code, and country in IUCN’s own contact details all point to Gland, Switzerland.

Result: The headquarters is in Switzerland.