UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM


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):

UN General Assembly

UN Security Council

UN Economic and Social Council

UN Secretariat

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

Contents
Organizations of the United Nations System
Organizations of the General Assembly
Programs and Funds
Research and training institutes
Other Entities
Organizations of the Security Council
Organizations of the Economic and Social Council
Functional Commissions
Regional Commissions
Specialized Agencies
Other Entities
Organizations of the Secretariat
Organization of the International Court of Justice
Related organizations
CEB (Chief Executives Board)
See also
External links

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 the ECOSOC the Assembly's third-world majority created the 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 the Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute. UN's Org Chart
Organizations of the General Assembly

Main articles: United Nations General Assembly


★ Main committees

★ Other sessional committees

★ Standing committees and ad hoc bodies

★ Other subsidiary organs
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


UNCDF - United Nations Capital Development Fund


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)
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


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)

UPEACE - United Nations Mandated University for Peace
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Organizations of the Security Council

Main articles: United Nations 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


MONUC - United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo


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
Organizations of the Economic and Social Council

Main articles: UN Economic and Social Council

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]

United Nations Forum on Forests [9]
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

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
Other Entities


Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (PFII)

★ Sessional and Standing Committees Expert, ad hoc and related bodies
Organizations of the Secretariat

Main articles: UN Secretariat

The 'United Nations Secretariat' is led by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, who is currently Ban Ki-moon of South Korea.

★ 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
Organization of the International Court of Justice

''See International Court of Justice.''

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 [10]

Standby High-Readiness Brigade - The UN's standing military force.

CEB (Chief Executives Board)


The CEB (Chief Executives Board) brings together on a regular basis the executive heads of the organisations of the UN System, under the chairmanship of the Secretary-General of the UN.

See also



United Nations

United Nations System by location

United Nations Member States

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

External links



Official directory of the UN system

Chart of the UN system

UN System Sites

Global Issues on the UN Agenda

UN System - CEB (Chief Executives Board)

United Nations - Official site

History of the United Nations - UK Government site

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