The United Nations System
Programmes and Funds
UN Principal
Organs
General
Assembly
Security
Council
Economic and
Social Council
UNCTAD United Nations Conference
on Trade and Development
Subsidiary Bodies
Main and other sessional
committees
Human Rights Council
• UNV United Nations Volunteers
International Law Commission
Standing committees
and ad hoc bodies
Subsidiary Bodies
International Criminal Tribunal
for Rwanda (ICTR)
International Criminal Tribunal
for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
This is not an official document of the United
Nations, nor is it intended to be all-inclusive.
Related Organizations
CTBTO Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive
Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization
IAEA2 International Atomic Energy Agency
A
dvisory
Subsidiary Body
Peacekeeping operations
and political missions
UN Peacebuilding
Commission
Sanctions committees (ad hoc)
Standing committees and
ad hoc bodies
WTO World Trade Organization
Specialized Agencies 3
IMF International Monetary Fund
ILO International Labour Organization
ICAO International Civil Aviation
Organization
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization
of the United Nations
Other Bodies
Regional Commissions
Narcotic Drugs
ECE Economic Commission for Europe
Population and Development
ECLAC Economic Commission
for Latin America and
the Caribbean
Committee of Experts on Public
Administration
Science and Technology for Development
Sustainable Development
United Nations Forum on Forests
3Specialized agencies are autono-
tion on 1 November 1994 with the independence of Palau, the last remaining United
Nations Trust Territory, on 1 October 1994.
UNIDIR1 United Nations Institute
for Disarmament Research
Committee for Development Policy
Status of Women
4The Trusteeship Council suspended opera-
UNOPS United Nations Office for Project Services
UNICRI United Nations Interregional Crime
and Justice Research Institute
ECA Economic Commission for Africa
Statistics
mous 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.
UNISDR United Nations International Strategy
for Disaster Reduction
Research and Training Institutes
Military Staff Committee
Functional Commissions
1 UNRWA and UNIDIR report only
cil and the General Assembly.
Other Entities
UNAIDS Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
UNESCO United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization
NOTES:
2 IAEA reports to the Security Coun­
UNU United Nations University
OPCW Organisation for the Prohibition
of Chemical Weapons
Social Development
to the General Assembly.
UNSSC United Nations System Staff College
UNODC United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
WFP World Food Programme
UNFPA United Nations Population Fund
Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
Trusteeship
Council 4
UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund
ESCAP Economic and Social
Commission for Asia and
the Pacific
ESCWA Economic and Social
Commission for Western Asia
Departments and Offices
WHO World Health Organization
World Bank Group
• IBRD International Bank
for Reconstruction and Development
IMO International Maritime
Organization
ITU International
Telecommunication Union
UPU Universal Postal Union
WMO World Meteorological
Organization
WIPO World Intellectual Property
Organization
Committee on Non-Governmental
Organizations
• IDA International Development
Association
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
• IFC International Finance Corporation
United Nations Group of Experts
on Geographical Names
IFAD International Fund
for Agricultural Development
• MIGA Multilateral Investment
Guarantee Agency
UNIDO United Nations Industrial
Development Organization
• ICSID International Centre
for Settlement of Investment Disputes
UNWTO World Tourism
Organization
Other sessional and standing
­committees and expert, ad hoc
and related bodies
DM Department of Management
EOSG Executive Office of the
Secretary-General
DPA Department of Political Affairs
DESA Department of Economic
and Social Affairs
DPKO Department of Peacekeeping
Operations
DFS Department of Field Support
DSS Department of Safety and Security
DGACM Department for General Assembly
and Conference Management
OCHA Office for the Coordination
of Humanitarian Affairs
DPI Department of Public Information
OHCHR Office of the United Nations
High Commissioner for Human Rights
OIOS Office of Internal Oversight Services
OLA Office of Legal Affairs
OSAA Office of the Special Adviser on Africa
SRSG/CAAC Office of the Special Representative
of the Secretary-General for Children
and Armed Conflict
UNODA Office for Disarmament Affairs
UNOG United Nations Office at Geneva
UN-OHRLLS Office of the High Representative
for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked
Developing Countries and Small Island
Developing States
UNON United Nations Office at Nairobi
UNOV United Nations Office at Vienna
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International
Court of Justice
UNRISD United Nations Research Institute
for Social Development
UN-Women United Nations Entity for Gender Equality
and the Empowerment of Women
UNEP United Nations Environment Programme
Counter-terrorism committees
Secretariat
UNHCR Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees
for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
UNDP United Nations Development
Programme
• UNCDF United Nations Capital
Development Fund
UNITAR United Nations Institute for Training
and Research
UNRWA1 United Nations Relief and Works Agency
• ITC International Trade Centre
(UNCTAD/WTO)
Disarmament Commission
UN-HABITAT United Nations Human
Settlements Programme