United Nations System

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While the United Nations is an international organization, the United Nations System is the whole network of international organizations, treaties and conventions that were created by the United Nations.

The United Nations System is based on five active principal organs (formerly six, the UN Trusteeship Council suspended operations in 1994):

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

1 Organizations of the United Nations System
2 Related organizations
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Organizations of the United Nations System

One of the remarkable features of the UN system is the duplication of responsibility.

For example, frustrated by their inability to control ECOSOC the Assembly's third-world majority created UNCTAD (UN Conference on Trade and Development) to address special issues that ECOSOC was not addressing. (Basu, Rumki, "The United Nations: Structure and Functions of an International Organisation," Sterling Publishing, New Delhi, 1993.)

Likewise, but just as an example, UNODOC (UN Office on Drugs and Crime) reports to the Secretariat, ECOSOC has a Functional Commission on crime and a separate one on Drugs, and the Assembly oversees UNICRI (UN Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute). UN's Org Chart

[edit] Organizations of the General Assembly

Main article: UN General Assembly

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

[edit] Programs 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
UN-HABITAT - United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT)
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)

[edit] 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)

[edit] Other Entities

COPUOS - United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space
OHCHR - Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
UNOPS - United Nations Office for Project Services
UNU - United Nations University
UNOOSA - United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs
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)

[edit] Organizations of the Security Council

Main article: UN Security Council

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

[edit] Organizations of the Economic and Social Council

Main article: UN Economic and Social Council

[edit] Functional Commissions

Commission for Social Development [1]
Commission on Narcotic Drugs [2]
Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice [3]
Commission on Science and Technology for Development [4]
Commission on Sustainable Development [5]
Commission on the Status of Women [6]
Commission on Population and Development [7]
Statistical Commission [8]

[edit] Regional Commissions

[edit] Specialized Agencies

The Specialized Agencies are autonomous organizations working with the United Nations and each other through the coordinating machinery of the Economic and Social Council.

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)
INCB - International Narcotics Control Board
UNWTO - World Tourism Organization

[edit] Other Entities

United Nations Forum on Forests
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (PFII)
Sessional and Standing Committees Expert, ad hoc and related bodies

[edit] Organizations of the Secretariat

Main article: UN Secretariat

The United Nations Secretariat is led by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, who is currently 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

[edit] Organization of the International Court of Justice

See International Court of Justice.

[edit] Related organizations

IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency. Reports to the Security Council and the General Assembly
World Trade Organization - (WTO)
ICC - International Criminal Court
ISA - International Seabed Authority
ITLOS - International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea [9]
Standby High-Readiness Brigade - The UN's standing military force.

[edit] See also

United Nations
United Nations Member States
League of Nations for a rudimentary model on which the UN System is based.

[edit] References

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