United Nations System
The UN is composed of five principal organs and numerous subordinate agencies and bodies as follows:
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United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East |
UNRWA |
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United Nations Special Fund |
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United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
UNCTAD |
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United Nations Development Program |
UNDP |
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United Nations Environment Program |
UNEP |
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United Nations Population Fund |
UNFPA |
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United Nations Office of High Commissioner for Refugees |
UNHCR |
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United Nations Children's Fund |
UNICEF |
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United Nations Institute for Training and Research |
UNITAR |
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United Nations Research Institute for Social Development |
UNRISD |
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United Nations University |
UNU |
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World Food Council |
WFC |
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Peacekeeping Forces and Organizations |
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United Nations Mission for the Referndum in Western Sahara |
MINURSO |
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United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda |
UNAMIR |
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United Nations Angola Verification Mission |
UNAVEM III |
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United Nations Confidence Restoration Operations in Croatia |
UNCRO |
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United Nations Disengagement Observer Force |
UNCRO |
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United Nations Force in Cyprus |
UNFICYP |
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United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon |
UNIFIL |
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United Nations Iran-Kuwait Observation Mission |
UNIKOM |
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United Nations Mission in Haiti |
UNMIH |
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United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan |
UNMOGIP |
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United Nations Mission of Observers in Tajikistan |
UNMOT |
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United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia |
UNOMIG |
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United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia |
UNOMIL |
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United Nations Preventive Deployment Forces |
UNPREDEP |
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United Nations Protection Force |
UNPROFOR |
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United Nations Truce Supervision Organization |
UNTSO |
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Commissions Established Pursuant to SC Res.687 |
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United Nations Special Commission |
UNSCOM |
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United National Compensation Commission |
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United Nations Iraq/Kuwait Boundary Demarcation Commission |
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Specialized agencies |
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
FAO |
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International Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
IBRD |
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International Civil Aviation Organization |
ICAO |
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International Development Association |
IDA |
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International Fund for Agricultural Development |
IFAD |
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International Finance Corporation |
IFC |
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International Labor Organization |
ILO |
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International Monetary Fund |
IMF |
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International Maritime Organization |
IMO |
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International Telecommunication Union |
ITU |
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United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization |
UNESCO |
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United Nations Industrial Development Organization |
UNIDO |
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Universal Postal Union |
UPU |
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World Health Organization |
WHO |
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World Intellectual Property Organization |
WIPO |
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World Meteorological Organization |
WMO |
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World Trade Organization |
WTrO |
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Related organizations |
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General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade |
GATT |
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International Atomic Energy Agency |
IAEA |
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Regional commissions |
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Economic Commission for Africa |
ECA |
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Economic Commission for Europe |
ECE |
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Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean |
ECLAC |
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Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific |
ESCAP |
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Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia |
ESCWA |
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Functional commissions |
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Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice |
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Commission on Human Rights |
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Commission on Narcotics Drugs |
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Commission on Population and Development |
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Commission on Science and Technology for Development |
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Commission for Social Development |
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Commission on the Status of Women |
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Commission on Sustainable Development |
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Statistical Commission |
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.