An analysis of the legal aspects of the founding and activities of many of the international financial and economic organizations of Europe: the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development; the European Central Bank; the European Investment Bank; the European Investment Fund; the Northern Investment Bank; the Northern Development Fund; the Black Sea Trade and Development Bank; the Council of Europe Development Bank; the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development; The Benelux Economic Union; The Organization of Black Sea Economic Cooperation; the European Free Trade Association; The European Economic Area, "Eureka." The book also examines fundamental aspects of the legal status of the European Union. The book's goal is to demonstrate that global problems today and in the near future can be resolved only through more intensive exploitation of the unique resources and potential of international organizations.