The United Nations System
UN Principal Organs
General Assembly
Subsidiary Bodies
Main and other sessional committees Disarmament Commission Human Rights Council International Law Commission Standing committees and ad hoc bodies
Programmes and Funds
UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
ITC International Trade Centre (UNCTAD/WTO)
UNODC United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime UNRWA1 United Nations Relief and Works Agency
for Palestine Refugees in the Near East Empowerment of Women
UNITAR United Nations Institute for Training and Research UNRISD United Nations Research Institute for Social Development UNSSC United Nations System Staff College UNU United Nations University
UNDP United Nations Development Programme
UNCDF United Nations Capital Development Fund UNV United Nations Volunteers
UN-Women United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the WFP World Food Programme
UNEP United Nations Environment Programme UNFPA United Nations Population Fund UN-HABITAT United Nations Human Settlements Programme UNHCR Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNICEF United Nations Childrens Fund
Other Entities
UNAIDS Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS UNISDR United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction UNOPS United Nations Office for Project Services
Research and Training Institutes
UNICRI United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research
Institute
UNIDIR1 United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research
Security Council
Subsidiary Bodies
Counter-terrorism committees International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Military Staff Committee Peacekeeping operations and political missions Sanctions committees (ad hoc) Standing committees and ad hoc bodies
Related Organizations Advisory Subsidiary Body
United Nations Peacebuilding Commission
CTBTO Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive
Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization
IAEA2 International Atomic Energy Agency OPCW Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons WTO World Trade Organization
Economic and Social Council
Specialized Agencies3
ILO International Labour Organization FAO Food and Agriculture Organization
of the United Nations
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
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Functional Commissions
Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Narcotic Drugs
Regional Commissions
ECA Economic Commission for Africa ECE Economic Commission for Europe ECLAC Economic Commission for Latin
America and the Caribbean for Asia and the Pacific for Western Asia
Other Bodies
Committee for Development Policy Committee of Experts on Public Administration Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names Other sessional and standing committees and expert, ad hoc and related bodies
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
Secretariat
Population and Development Science and Technology for Development Social Development Statistics Status of Women Sustainable Development United Nations Forum on Forests
ESCAP Economic and Social Commission ESCWA Economic and Social Commission
UNWTO World Tourism Organization
International Court of Justice
Departments and Offices
EOSG Executive Office of the Secretary-General DESA Department of Economic and Social Affairs DFS Department of Field Support DGACM Department for General Assembly
NOTES:
DPI Department of Public Information DPKO Department of Peacekeeping Operations DSS Department of Safety and Security OCHA Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs OHCHR Office of the United Nations High Commissioner
for Human Rights
SRSG/CAAC Office of the Special Representative
of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict
1 UNRWA and UNIDIR report only to the General Assembly. 2 IAEA reports to the Security Council and the General Assembly. 3 Specialized agencies are autonomous organizations working with the UN and each other
through the coordinating machinery of ECOSOC at the intergovernmental level, and through the Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB) at the inter-secretariat level. This section is listed in order of establishment of these organizations as specialized agencies of the United Nations.
UNODA Office for Disarmament Affairs UNOG United Nations Office at Geneva UN-OHRLLS Office of the High Representative for UNON United Nations Office at Nairobi UNOV United Nations Office at Vienna
the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States
Trusteeship Council 4
and Conference Management
OIOS Office of Internal Oversight Services OLA Office of Legal Affairs OSAA Office of the Special Adviser on Africa
DM Department of Management DPA Department of Political Affairs
4 The Trusteeship Council suspended operation on 1 November 1994 with the independence
of Palau, the last remaining United Nations Trust Territory, on 1 October 1994. This is not an official document of the United Nations, nor is it intended to be all-inclusive.
