United Nations System
(See also - United Nations)
The UN is composed of six principal organs and numerous subordinate agencies and bodies as follows:
Secretariat
General Assembly:
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near EastUNRWAUnited Nations Special FundUnited Nations Conference on Trade and DevelopmentUNCTADUnited Nations Development ProgramUNDPUnited Nations Environment ProgramUNEPUnited Nations Population FundUNFPAUnited Nations Office of High Commissioner for RefugeesUNHCRUnited Nations Children's FundUNICEFUnited Nations Institute for Training and ResearchUNITARUnited Nations Research Institute for Social DevelopmentUNRISDUnited Nations UniversityUNUWorld Food CouncilWFCSecurity Council:
Peacekeeping Forces and OrganizationsUnited Nations Mission for the Referndum in Western SaharaMINURSOUnited Nations Assistance Mission for RwandaUNAMIRUnited Nations Angola Verification MissionUNAVEM IIIUnited Nations Confidence Restoration Operations in CroatiaUNCROUnited Nations Disengagement Observer ForceUNCROUnited Nations Force in CyprusUNFICYPUnited Nations Interim Force in LebanonUNIFILUnited Nations Iran-Kuwait Observation MissionUNIKOMUnited Nations Mission in HaitiUNMIHUnited Nations Military Observer Group in India and PakistanUNMOGIPUnited Nations Mission of Observers in TajikistanUNMOTUnited Nations Observer Mission in GeorgiaUNOMIGUnited Nations Observer Mission in LiberiaUNOMILUnited Nations Preventive Deployment ForcesUNPREDEPUnited Nations Protection ForceUNPROFORUnited Nations Truce Supervision OrganizationUNTSOCommissions Established Pursuant to SC Res.687United Nations Special CommissionUNSCOMUnited National Compensation CommissionUnited Nations Iraq/Kuwait Boundary Demarcation CommissionEconomic and Social Council (ECOSOC):
Specialized agenciesFood and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsFAOInternational Bank for Reconstruction and DevelopmentIBRDInternational Civil Aviation OrganizationICAOInternational Development AssociationIDAInternational Fund for Agricultural DevelopmentIFADInternational Finance CorporationIFCInternational Labor OrganizationILOInternational Monetary FundIMFInternational Maritime OrganizationIMOInternational Telecommunication UnionITUUnited Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural OrganizationUNESCOUnited Nations Industrial Development OrganizationUNIDOUniversal Postal UnionUPUWorld Health OrganizationWHOWorld Intellectual Property OrganizationWIPOWorld Meteorological OrganizationWMOWorld Trade OrganizationWTrORelated organizationsGeneral Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
(subsumed by the World Trade Organization 1 January 1995, but will exist until 31 December 1995)GATTInternational Atomic Energy AgencyIAEARegional commissionsEconomic Commission for AfricaECAEconomic Commission for EuropeECEEconomic Commission for Latin America and the CaribbeanECLACEconomic and Social Commission for Asia and the PacificESCAPEconomic and Social Commission for Western AsiaESCWAFunctional commissionsCommission on Crime Prevention and Criminal JusticeCommission on Human RightsCommission on Narcotics DrugsCommission on Population and DevelopmentCommission on Science and Technology for DevelopmentCommission for Social DevelopmentCommission on the Status of WomenCommission on Sustainable DevelopmentStatistical CommissionTrusteeship 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.International Court of Justice (ICJ)
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