In September 1947 Julian Huxley, the first Director-General of UNESCO, asked a group of experts from different countries and from different fields of knowledge to investigate how UNESCO could comply with the duties laid down by its constitution in the domain of humanistic studies.

The preparatory committee of a common organism for humanistic studies met in 1948. Its task was to define the relationship of the organism-to-be with UNESCO, and its aims were to keep ICPHS's autonomy, to concentrate on tasks of international interest and insure that its character remained strictly scientific. The composition of the Council was to guarantee its Non-Governmental (NGO) nature.

The first general assembly of the International Council for Philosophy and Humanistic Studies met in January 1949. A supporting organ for a multi-disciplinary and international vocation, ICPHS was conceived as the intermediary between UNESCO on one hand, and learned societies and national academies on the other. Its aim was to extend UNESCO's action in the domain of humanistic studies.

Among its initial activities, in 1949, a first analysis of national-socialism was prefaced by ICPHS's first president, Jaques Rueff. This collective study had been prescribed in 1948 by the UNESCO General Conference, but had met with reticences about its publication.

Its status of non-gouvernemental organisation in UNESCO granted the advantage of freeing it from sometimes insurmontable political matters. Hence scientists from countries that were not represented at UNESCO could make themselves heard and be kept informed of worldwide works thanks to ICPHS.

The Cabinet of the Director-General most notably had responsibility for relations with member and non-member states, as well as relations with governmental and non-governmental organizations that may or may not have had cooperation agreements with the IBI.

Dating at least from 1982, Mohsen Boudegga was the Director of the Cabinet.

극단 자유(自由)는 ‘그리스극에서 비롯된 서구연극을 계승, 발전시켜 오늘의 참된 한국현대극을 창조하겠다’는 포부를 밝혔다. 따라서 이탈리아·프랑스 계통의 희극을 주로 공연하면서 관객에게 즐거움을 선사하는 것을 중요시 하였다. 이에 창립공연은 1966년 6월 국립극장(國立劇場)에서 이탈리아 스칼페타 작·김정옥(金正鈺) 연출「따라지의 향연(饗宴)」을 공연하였고, 12월 호크후트 작·김정옥 연출「신(神)의 대리인(代理人)」, 1969년 마르셀 파뇰(Marcel Paul Pagnol) 작·김정옥 연출「마리우스(Marius)」등의 작품을 공연하였다.
창작극으로는 1967년 오영진(吳泳鎭) 작「해녀 뭍에 오르다」정도였는데, 이후 1970년대에 들어서 최인훈(崔仁勳)·이현화(李鉉和)·김용락(金容洛) 등의 작품을 접하면서부터 간혹 창작극이 무대에 올려졌다.
1969년에는 서울 명동에 살롱극장 카페 떼아뜨르를 마련하고, 1970년대에 들어서는 부조리 작품을 자주 공연하였다.
이 극단의 주요작품으로는 1969년 외젠 이오네스코(Eugene Ionesco )작「대머리 여가수」, 1970년 최인훈(崔仁勳) 작「어디서 무엇이 되어 만나랴」, 1975년 김용락 작「동리자전」, 괴테 작「파우스트」, 이강백(李康白) 작「결혼」, 1977년 사무엘 베케트(Samuel Beckett) 작「승부의 종말」, 1978년 박우춘(朴牛春) 작「무엇이 될고하니」, 1984년 김정옥 작「바람부는 날에는 꽃은 피네」, 1985년 페데리꼬 가르시아 로르카(Federico Garcia Lorca) 작「피의 결혼」, 1993년 셰익스피어 작「햄릿」, 1999년 장 라신느(Jean Racine) 작「페드라(Phaedra)」, 2002년 김정옥 작「꽃, 물, 그리고」, 2003년 콜린히긴스(Colin Higgins) 작「19 그리고 80」 외에 다수의 작품이 있다.
한편, 이 극단은 1966년 제3회 동아연극상에서「따라지의 향연」으로 대상을, 1970년 제7회 동아연극상에서「어디서 무엇이 되어 만나랴」로 금상을, 1971년 제8회 백상예술상에서「슬픈 까페의 노래」로 대상과 작품상을, 1972년 제9회 동아연극상에서「세빌리아 이발사」로 대상을, 1978년 제15회 백상예술상에서「무엇이 될고하니」로 대상과 작품상을, 1991년 제28회 동아연극상에서「따라지의 향연」으로 무대미술상, 1993년 제30회 동아연극상에서「햄릿」으로 작품상과 무대미술상을 수상한 바 있으며, 1999년 이병복 작 옷굿 「살」로 ‘우수공연베스트 5무대’ 예술상을 수상하였다.
2006년 이병복이 대표직에서 물러나면서 극단의 이름을 '창작집단 자유'로 변경하고 김정옥이 대표를 맡았다.

1999년 6월 2일 이해진이 설립한 포털 사이트이다. 현재 국내 1위 포털 서비스를 기반으로 광고, 쇼핑, 디지털 간편결제 사업을 영위하고 있으며, 공공/금융 분야를 중심으로 클라우드를 비롯한 다양한 IT 인프라 및 기업형 솔루션 제공을 확대해가고 있다.

YTN(한국어: 와이티엔)은 대한민국의 보도전문채널이다. 1993년 9월 14일 연합TV뉴스로 설립되었다. 이후 1999년 2월 2일 사명을 연합뉴스TV에서 YTN으로 변경 현재까지 운영중이다.

The Management Committee was created by a decision of the IBI Executive Council at its 4th Extraordinary Session in February 1987. Considering the recent resignation of the Director-General, the Council created the Management Committee to supervise the activities of the organization in his place. In addition to this, the Committee was charged with making recommendations for the reform of the management system in IBI. The Management Committee met five times over the course of 1987. Its mandate ended at the next session of the General Assembly when the acting interim Director-General was named.

The Liquidation Committee was created by Resolution R.E/02 of the 5th Extraordinary Session of the General Assembly, held in Rome, 27-29 April 1988. The Resolution called for a stop to all IBI activities starting from 29 April 1988 and for the eventual dissolution of the Organization. The Liquidation Committee was composed of representatives of five member states of the IBI (Italy, Bolivia, Côte d’Ivoire, Madagascar and Tunisia). The Committee met for the first time during the 5th Extraordinary Session. It carried out its work until November 1988 when, according to its mandate, it convoked the 6th Extraordinary Session of the General Assembly of IBI from 28-29 November 1988 to confirm the complete liquidation of the Organization.

The office of the Legal Advisor was responsible for questions requiring legal expertise. It was also the service responsible for keeping all legal agreements with state members and non-members, such as, for example, cooperation agreements. Thomas Ennisson was one of the heads of this service over time.

The Information Department was one of the two units (along with the Department of Administration and Finances) that provided supporting services for the operational and governance units of the IBI. The origin of the Department can likely be traced to the Publications section which operated in the 1960s. Its activities principally consisted of the production of official publications such as: General Assembly documents, Executive Council documents, reports, studies, the journal Agora, the IBIPRESS, and the IBI Newsletter. In addition to this, the Department also was responsible for production of audiovisual material and for operating the IBI's Documentation Centre.