United Nations System

The UN is composed of six principal organs and numerous subordinate agencies and bodies as follows:

1. Secretariat

2. General Assembly:

   United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East

   UNRWA

   United Nations Special Fund

   United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

   UNCTAD

   United Nations Development Program

   UNDP

   United Nations Environment Program

   UNEP

   United Nations Population Fund

   UNFPA

   United Nations Office of High Commissioner for Refugees

   UNHCR

   United Nations Children's Fund

   UNICEF

   United Nations Institute for Training and Research

   UNITAR

   United Nations Research Institute for Social Development

   UNRISD

   United Nations University

   UNU

   World Food Council

   WFC

3. Security Council:

   Peacekeeping Forces and Organizations
   United Nations Mission for the Referndum in Western Sahara

   MINURSO

   United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda

   UNAMIR

   United Nations Angola Verification Mission

   UNAVEM III

   United Nations Confidence Restoration Operations in Croatia

   UNCRO

   United Nations Disengagement Observer Force

   UNCRO

   United Nations Force in Cyprus

   UNFICYP

   United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon

   UNIFIL

   United Nations Iran-Kuwait Observation Mission

   UNIKOM

   United Nations Mission in Haiti

   UNMIH

   United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan

   UNMOGIP

   United Nations Mission of Observers in Tajikistan

   UNMOT

   United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia

   UNOMIG

   United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia

   UNOMIL

   United Nations Preventive Deployment Forces

   UNPREDEP

   United Nations Protection Force

   UNPROFOR

   United Nations Truce Supervision Organization

   UNTSO
   
   
   Commissions Established Pursuant to SC Res.687
   United Nations Special Commission

   UNSCOM

   United National Compensation Commission

   United Nations Iraq/Kuwait Boundary Demarcation Commission

4. Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC):

   Specialized agencies
   Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

   FAO

   International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

   IBRD

   International Civil Aviation Organization

   ICAO

   International Development Association

   IDA

   International Fund for Agricultural Development

   IFAD

   International Finance Corporation

   IFC

   International Labor Organization

   ILO

   International Monetary Fund

   IMF

   International Maritime Organization

   IMO

   International Telecommunication Union

   ITU

   United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization

   UNESCO

   United Nations Industrial Development Organization

   UNIDO

   Universal Postal Union

   UPU

   World Health Organization

   WHO

   World Intellectual Property Organization

   WIPO

   World Meteorological Organization

   WMO

   World Trade Organization

   WTrO
   
   
   Related organizations
   General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
   (subsumed by the World Trade Organization 1 January 1995, but will exist until 31 December 1995)

   GATT

   International Atomic Energy Agency

   IAEA
   
   
   Regional commissions
   Economic Commission for Africa

   ECA

   Economic Commission for Europe

   ECE

   Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

   ECLAC

   Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

   ESCAP

   Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia

   ESCWA
   
   
   Functional commissions
   Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice

   Commission on Human Rights

   Commission on Narcotics Drugs

   Commission on Population and Development

   Commission on Science and Technology for Development

   Commission for Social Development

   Commission on the Status of Women

   Commission on Sustainable Development

   Statistical Commission

5. Trusteeship Council (inactive; no trusteeships at this time)

   Note: The Trusteeship Council's mandate was ended on 1 October 1994 when the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (Palau) became the Republic of Palau, a self-governing territory in free association with the US.

6. International Court of Justice (ICJ)