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SEPTEMBER 8, 2026 Older Than the United Nations, and Never Asked to Join Three institutions get lumped together in casual conversation, and they have three genuinely different jobs, three different owners, and three different relationships to the United Nations — one of them predates the UN entirely and was never made to join it. Here's what the BIS actually regulates, what the IMF actually lends and prices, and where a Special Drawing Right actually comes from.