List of United Nations organizations

About sub bodies of United Nations

The United Nations established six principal organs of the Organization: the General Assembly, the United Nations Security Council, the Economic and Social Council, the United Nations Trusteeship Council (this Council suspended operations in (1994), the International Court of Justice, and the Secretariat. The Charter allowed for the creation of any other entities that were seen as required. Since its creation, the United Nations is now considerably larger, encompassing numerous specialised organisations and agencies, programmes and funds, training and research bodies as well as other service providers. There are also numerous subsidiary bodies, including committees, commissions, boards, councils, panels, and working groups some of which this list includes.

The United Nations Office at Geneva (Switzerland) is the second biggest UN centre, after the United Nations Headquarters (New York City).

This list is a work in progress and should be cross checked with other sources. (A more comprehensive list is available at the United Nations System article.)UN specialized agencies are:- •FAO - Food and Agricultural Organization. •ICAO - International Civil Aviation Organization. •IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development. •ILO - International Labour Organization. •IMF - International Monetary Fund. •IMO - International Maritime Organization.

## Specialised Organizations and agencies

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The United Nations maintains and supports a number of specialized organizations and agencies. These differ from the programs and funds in that they are headed by an executive board of member states, separate from the General Assembly. Sometimes they do not report to the General Assembly or Security Council but only to their own member states. Some of these bodies also predate the United Nations as is the case for the ITU formed in 1865 to administer an international treaty and the ILO created as part of the League of Nations.[citation needed]

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1 | FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization |  Rome, Italy |  Qu Dongyu | 1946 |
2 | IAEA | International Atomic Energy Agency |  Vienna, Austria |  Rafael Grossi | 1957 | Associated agency
3 | ICAO | International Civil Aviation Organization |  Montreal, Quebec, Canada |  Fang Liu | 1947 |
4 | IFAD | International Fund for Agricultural Development |  Rome, Italy |  Gilbert F. Houngbo | 1977 |
5 | ILO | International Labour Organization |  Geneva, Switzerland |  Guy Ryder | 1919 | Originally part of League of Nations
6 | IMO | International Maritime Organization |  London, United Kingdom |  Kitack Lim | 1948 |
7 | IMF | International Monetary Fund |  Washington, D.C., United States |  Kristalina Georgieva | 1945 |
8 | ITU | International Telecommunication Union |  Geneva, Switzerland |  Houlin Zhao | 1865 |
9 | UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |  Paris, France |  Audrey Azoulay | 1945 |
10 | UPU | Universal Postal Union |  Bern, Switzerland |  Bishar Abdirahman Hussein | 1947 |
11 | WBG | World Bank Group |  Washington, D.C., United States |  David Malpass | 1945 |
12 | WIPO | World Intellectual Property Organization |  Geneva, Switzerland |  Daren Tang | 1974 |
13 | WMO | World Meteorological Organization |  David Grimes | 1950 |
14 | UNWTO | United Nations World Tourism Organization |  Madrid, Spain |  Zurab Pololikashvili | 1974 |
15 | UNODC | United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime |  Vienna, Austria |  Yuri Fedotov | 1997 |
16 | WHO | World Health Organization |  Geneva, Switzerland |  Tedros Adhanom | 1948 | to promote mental and physical health of humanity
17 | UNHCR | Office of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |  Filippo Grandi | 1950 |
18 | UNIDO |  United Nations Industrial Development Organization  |  Vienna, Austria |  Li Yong | 1966 | Industrial development for poverty reduction, inclusive globalization and environmental sustainability

## Departments and offices of the United Nations Secretariat

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The United Nations Secretariat carries out the day-to-day work of the Organization. It services the other principal organs of the United Nations and administers the programmes and policies laid down by them. At its head is the Secretary-General, who is appointed by the General Assembly. The Secretariat administers a number of notable Offices and Departments.

Departments and Offices of the United Nations Secretariat No. | Acronyms | Agency | Headquarters | Head | Established | Comment

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1 | UNOCHA | Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs |  New York City, United States |  Martin Griffiths | 1991 |
2 | UNOOSA | United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs |  Vienna, Austria |  Simonetta Di Pippo | 1958 |
3  | UNODA  | United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs |  Izumi Nakamitsu | 1998 |

## Treaty organisations

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The United Nations maintains, administers or has a working relationship with a number of organisations dedicated to the administration of a variety of international treaties and conventions. At times these perform specific administrative functions while also providing a specific forum for discussing issues around a particular treaty. The organisations themselves generally report to the member states of the treaty rather than to the General Assembly.

Organizations with a working relationship with the United Nations No. | Acronyms | Agency | Headquarters | Head | Established | Comment

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1 | ISA | International Seabed Authority |  Kingston, Jamaica |  Michael W Lodge | 1994 |
2 | CTBTO | Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization |  Vienna, Austria |  Lassina Zerbo | 1997 (preparatory commission) | Provisional organisation
3 | OPCW | Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons |  The Hague, Netherlands |  Fernando Arias | 1997 | Related organisation

## Research and training institutes

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There are only five officially recognised training bodies of the United Nations System. Irrespective of what does or does not constitute a United Nations organization, many other institutions serve a research or training purpose, and some are part of other organisations and funds. These are also contained below.

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1 | UNIDIR | United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research |  Geneva, Switzerland |  Renata Dwan | 1980 |
2 | UNU | United Nations University |  Tokyo, Japan |  David M. Malone | 1969 |
3 | UNITAR | United Nations Institute for Training and Research |  Geneva, Switzerland |  Nikhil Seth | 1965 |
4 | UNRISD | United Nations Research Institute For Social Development |  Paul Ladd | 1963 |
5 | UNICRI | United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute |  Turin, Italy |  Bettina Tucci Bartsiotas | 1968 |
6 | UNSSC | United Nations System Staff College |  Jafar Javan | 2002 |
7 | UPEACE | University for Peace |  San José, Costa Rica |  Francisco Rojas Aravena | 1980 | UN mandated
8 | ICTP | International Centre for Theoretical Physics |  Trieste, Italy |  Fernando Quevedo | 1964 | IAEA, UNESCO, Italian Govt
9 | IRC | Innocenti Research Centre - International Child Development Centre |  Florence, Italy |  Marie-Claude Martin | 1988 | Part of UNICEF
10 | ITCILO | International Training Centre of the ILO |  Turin, Italy |  Yanguo Liu | 1964 [1] |

## Subsidiary bodies of the General Assembly

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The following entities were established by the General Assembly.

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ICSC | International Civil Service Commission |  New York City, United States |  Larbi Djacta[2] | 1975 |
ACPAQ | Advisory Committee on Post Adjustment Questions |  New York City, United States |  Aldo Mantovani[3] |  | Part of ICSC

## See also

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* United Nations System

## References

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1. ^ "History of the ILO".
2. ^ "The Commission | ICSC". icsc.un.org. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
3. ^ "ACPAQ (Subsidiary Body) | ICSC". icsc.un.org. Retrieved 2021-05-11.

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