ESO, the European Southern observatory, is the foremost intergovernmental astronomy organisation in Europe and the world's most productive astronomical observatory.

欧洲南方天文台，它是欧洲著名的天文合作组织，也是世界上最有成效的天文台之一。

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The Chancellor George Osborne has just told them they can now commit substantially more money to the intergovernmental organisation's projects.

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"There is this misguided view that the UN system doesn't work, " said Martin Khor, executive director of the South Centre, an intergovernmental organisation of developing countries.

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Perhaps most significant has been the critical reaction from the intergovernmental Shanghai Co-operation Organisation, which Russia has been building up as a counterweight to American influence.

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