United Nations System

The United Nations System is based on six principal organs:

• UN General Assembly
• UN Security Council
• UN Economic and Social Council
• UN Trusteeship Council
• UN Secretariat
• International Court of Justice

In addition separate organizations, often subordinate to the principal organs, has been created to solve specialized tasks.

Organizations of the General Assembly

• Main committees
• Other sessional committees
• Standing committees and ad hoc bodies
• Other subsidiary organs

Programmes and Funds

• UNCTAD - United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
  • ITC - International Trade Centre (UNCTAD/WTO)
• UNDCP - United Nations Drug Control Programme
• UNDP - United Nations Development Programme
  • UNIFEM - United Nations Development Fund for Women
  • UNV - United Nations Volunteers
• UNEP - United Nations Environment Programme
• UNFPA - United Nations Fund for Population Activities
• UNHCR - Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
• UNHSP - United Nations Human Settlements Programme
• UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund
• WFP - World Food Programme
• UNRWA - United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (Reports only to the General Assembly)

Research and training institutes

• INSTRAW - International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women
• UNICRI - United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute
• UNITAR - United Nations Institute for Training and Research
• UNRISD - United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
• UNIDIR - United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (Reports only to the General Assembly)

Other Entities

• United Nations Commission on Human Rights
• UNOPS - United Nations Office for Project Services
• UNU - United Nations University
• UNSSC - United Nations System Staff College
• UNAIDS ? Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
• UNRRA - United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (ceased to exist in 1949)

Organizations of the Security Council

• Military Staff Committee
• Standing Committee and ad hoc bodies
• International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
• International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
• UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (Iraq)
• Peacekeeping Operations and Missions
  • UNAMIR - United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda
  • UNAMSIL - United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone
  • UNAVEM III - United Nations Angola Verification Mission III
  • UNCRO - United Nations Confidence Restoration Operation in Croatia
  • UNDOF - United Nations Disengagement Observer Force
  • UNFICYP - United Nations Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus
  • UNIFIL - United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon
  • UNIKOM - United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission
  • UNMIBH - United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • UNMIK - United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
  • UNMIL - United Nations Mission in Liberia
  • UNMOGIP - United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan
  • UNMOP - United Nations Mission of Observers in Prevlaka
  • UNMOT - United Nations Mission of Observers in Tajikistan
  • UNMOVIC - United Nations Monitoring and Verification Commission
  • UNOMIG - United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia
  • UNOMSIL - United Nations Mission of Observers in Sierra Leone
  • UNSMIH - United Nations Support Mission in Haiti
  • UNTAET - United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor
  • UNTSO - United Nations Truce Supervision Organization

Organizations of the Economic and Social Council

Functional Commissions

• Commission for Social Development
• Commission on Human Rights
• Commission on Narcotic Drugs
• Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
• Commission on Science and Technology for Development
• Commission on Sustainable Development
• Commission on the Status of Women
• Commission on Population and Development
• Statistical Commission

Regional Commissions

• United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (ECE)
• United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
• United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
• United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
• United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)

Specialized Agencies

• ILO - International Labour Organization
• FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization
• UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
• WHO - World Health Organization
• World Bank Group
  • IBRD - International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
  • IDA - International Development Association
  • IFC - International Finance Corporation
  • MIGA - Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
  • ICSID - International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
• IMF - International Monetary Fund
• ICAO - International Civil Aviation Organization
• IMO - International Maritime Organization
• ITU - International Telecommunication Union
• UPU - Universal Postal Union
• WMO - World Meteorological Organization
• WIPO - World Intellectual Property Organization
• IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development
• UNIDO - United Nations Industrial Development Organization
• IRO - International Refugee Organization(ceased to exist in 1952)

Other Entities

• United Nations Forum on Forests
• Sessional and Standing Committees Expert, ad hoc and related bodies

Organizations of the Secretariat

The United Nations Secretariat is lead by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, currently is Kofi Annan of Ghana.

• OSG - Office of the Secretary-General
• OIOS - Office of Internal Oversight Services
• OLA - Office of Legal Affairs
• DPA - Department of Political Affairs
• DDA - Department for Disarmament Affairs
• DPKO - Department of Peacekeeping Operations
• OCHA - Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
• DESA - Department of Economic and Social Affairs
• DGACM - Department of General Assembly and Conference Management
• DPI - Department of Public Information
• DM - Department of Management
• OIP - Office of the Iraq Programme
• UNSECOORD - Office of the United Nations Security Coordinator
• OHRLLS - Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States
• ODC - Office on Drugs and Crime
• UNOG - UN Office at Geneva
• UNOV - UN Office at Vienna
• UNON - UN Office at Nairobi

Organizations related to the United Nations

• IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency
• World Trade Organization - (WTO)
• World Tourism Organization
• ICC - International Criminal Court
• ISA - International Seabed Authority
• ITLOS - International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
• Standby High-Readiness Brigade - The UN's standing military force.

See also

• United Nations
• United Nations Member States

Reference

• Chart of the UN system

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