United Nations System


 

The UN is composed of five principal organs and numerous subordinate agencies and bodies as follows:

  1. Secretariat

 

  1. General Assembly:

United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East

UNRWA

United Nations Special Fund

 

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

UNCTAD

United Nations Development Program

UNDP

United Nations Environment Program

UNEP

United Nations Population Fund

UNFPA

United Nations Office of High Commissioner for Refugees

UNHCR

United Nations Children's Fund

UNICEF

United Nations Institute for Training and Research

UNITAR

United Nations Research Institute for Social Development

UNRISD

United Nations University

UNU

World Food Council

WFC

 

 

  1. Security Council:

Peacekeeping Forces and Organizations

United Nations Mission for the Referndum in Western Sahara

MINURSO

United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda

UNAMIR

United Nations Angola Verification Mission

UNAVEM III

United Nations Confidence Restoration Operations in Croatia

UNCRO

United Nations Disengagement Observer Force

UNCRO

United Nations Force in Cyprus

UNFICYP

United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon

UNIFIL

United Nations Iran-Kuwait Observation Mission

UNIKOM

United Nations Mission in Haiti

UNMIH

United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan

UNMOGIP

United Nations Mission of Observers in Tajikistan

UNMOT

United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia

UNOMIG

United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia

UNOMIL

United Nations Preventive Deployment Forces

UNPREDEP

United Nations Protection Force

UNPROFOR

United Nations Truce Supervision Organization

UNTSO

 

Commissions Established Pursuant to SC Res.687

United Nations Special Commission

UNSCOM

United National Compensation Commission

 

United Nations Iraq/Kuwait Boundary Demarcation Commission

 

 

 

  1. Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC):

Specialized agencies

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

FAO

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

IBRD

International Civil Aviation Organization

ICAO

International Development Association

IDA

International Fund for Agricultural Development

IFAD

International Finance Corporation

IFC

International Labor Organization

ILO

International Monetary Fund

IMF

International Maritime Organization

IMO

International Telecommunication Union

ITU

United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization

UNESCO

United Nations Industrial Development Organization

UNIDO

Universal Postal Union

UPU

World Health Organization

WHO

World Intellectual Property Organization

WIPO

World Meteorological Organization

WMO

World Trade Organization

WTrO

 

Related organizations

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
(subsumed by the World Trade Organization 1 January 1995, but will exist until 31 December 1995)

GATT

International Atomic Energy Agency

IAEA

 

Regional commissions

Economic Commission for Africa

ECA

Economic Commission for Europe

ECE

Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

ECLAC

Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

ESCAP

Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia

ESCWA

 

Functional commissions

Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice

Commission on Human Rights

Commission on Narcotics Drugs

Commission on Population and Development

Commission on Science and Technology for Development

Commission for Social Development

Commission on the Status of Women

Commission on Sustainable Development

Statistical Commission

 

 

  1. Trusteeship Council (inactive; no trusteeships at this time)

Note: The Trusteeship Council's mandate was ended on 1 October 1994 when the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (Palau) became the Republic of Palau, a self-governing territory in free association with the US.

  1. International Court of Justice (ICJ)