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.
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.
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
United Nations General Assembly
Main committees
Other session committees
Standing committees and ad hoc bodies
Other subsidiary organizations
Some of the Programmes and Funds include:
Human Rights Council
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
UNOPS United Nations Office for Project Services.
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
UNICEF – United Nations Children's Fund
WFP – World Food Programme
UNRWA – United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
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
JIU – Joint Inspection Unit (oversight body of the United Nations system)
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
Organizations of the Security Council
United Nations Security Council
Military Staff Committee
Standing Committee and ad hoc bodies
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
1540 Committee – Committee established pursuant to UN Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004)
Counter-Terrorism Committee – Committee established pursuant to UN Security Council Resolution 1373 (2001)
Peacekeeping Operations and Missions
MINURSO - United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara
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
UNMIN – United Nations Mission in Nepal
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
UNSCOM – United Nations Special Commission (Iraq)
UNTAET – United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor
UNTAC – United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia
[edit]Organizations of the Economic and Social Council
Main article: UN Economic and Social Council
[edit]Functional commissions
Commission for Social Development
Commission on Narcotic Drugs
INCB – International Narcotics Control Board
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
United Nations Forum on Forests
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
Specialized agencies of the United Nations
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
UNWTO – United Nations World Tourism Organization
IRO – International Refugee Organization (ceased to exist in 1952)
failed proposal for ITO - International Trade Organization, see also the WTO - World Trade Organization
See also the IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency
Other entities
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (PFII)
Sessional and Standing Committees Expert, ad hoc and related bodies
Organizations of the Secretariat
UN Secretariat
The United Nations Secretariat is led by the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
OSG – Office of the Secretary-General
OIOS – Office of Internal Oversight Services
OLA – Office of Legal Affairs
DPA – Department of Political Affairs
ODA – Office for Disarmament Affairs
DPKO – Department of Peacekeeping Operations
OCHA – Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
DESA – Department of Economic and Social Affairs
UNOP – United Nations Office for Partnerships
DGACM – Department of General Assembly and Conference Management
DSS – Department of Safety and Security
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
UNSOG – Special Operations Group.
United Nations Trust Funds:
UNDEF - United Nations Democracy Fund. The UNDEF Advisory Board recommends funding proposals for approval by the UN Secretary-General.
UNFIP - United Nations Fund for International Partnerships. Autonomous trust fund operating under the Deputy Secretary-General.
Organization of the International Court of Justice
See International Court of Justice.
Secretariats of Conventions
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
UNCCD - United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
UNFCCC - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
UNCLOS - United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea established bodies:
ISA – International Seabed Authority
ITLOS – International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
Related organizations
IAEA – International Atomic Energy Agency. Reports to the Security Council and the General Assembly
OPCW - Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. Reports to the General Assembly
CTBTO (Preparatory Commission) - Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization. Reports to the General Assembly
ICC – International Criminal Court. The Security council has certain powers
WTO – World Trade Organization
Standby High-Readiness Brigade – former UN standing military force. Functioned between 2000 - 2009.
failed proposal for Organisation for the Prohibition of Biological Weapons
CEB (Chief Executives Board) and Senior Management Group
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.The CEB aims to further co-ordination and co-operation on a whole range of substantive and management issues facing UN system organizations. In addition to its regular reviews of contemporary political issues and major concerns facing the UN system, the CEB approves policy statements on behalf of the UN system as a whole. Three committees report to the CEB, namely the High-level Committee on Programme (HCLP), the High-level Committee on Management (HCLM) and the UN Development Group (UNDG). Each of those bodies has, in turn, developed a subsidiary machinery of regular and ad hoc bodies on the substantive an dmanagerial aspects of inter-agency co-ordination. The committee structure is supported by a CEB secretariat located in New York and Geneva.
There is also a Senior Management Group, which co-ordinates the work of the UN Secretariat and the UN Programmes and Funds, but does not include the UN Specialised Agencies.
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