Organizations of the United Nations System

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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) which are:

1.        UN General Assembly

2.        UN Security Council

3.        UN Economic and Social Council

4.        UN Secretariat

5.        International Court of Justice

·         In addition separate organizations, often subordinate to the principal organs, have been created to solve specialized task.

1.       Organizations of the 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

o    ITC – International Trade Centre (UNCTAD/WTO)

·         UNDCP – United Nations Drug Control Programme

·         UNDP – United Nations Development Programme

o    UNCDF – United Nations Capital Development Fund

o    UNIFEM – United Nations Development Fund for Women

o    UNV – United Nations Volunteers

·         UNOPS United Nations Office for Project Services.

·         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

·         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

o    MINURSO - United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara

o    MONUC – United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo

o    UNAVEM III – United Nations Angola Verification Mission III

o    UNDOF – United Nations Disengagement Observer Force

o    UNFICYP – United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus

o    UNIFIL – United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon

o    UNMEE – United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea

o    UNMIK – United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo

o    UNMIL – United Nations Mission in Liberia

o    UNMIS – United Nations Mission In Sudan

o    UNMOGIP – United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan

o    UNMOVIC – United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission

o    UNOMIG – United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia

o    UNOMSIL – United Nations Mission of Observers in Sierra Leone

o    UNSMIH – United Nations Support Mission in Haiti

o    UNTSO – United Nations Truce Supervision Organization

o    UNMIN – United Nations Mission in Nepal

·         Former Peacekeeping Operations and Missions

o    ONUMOZ – United Nations Operation in Mozambique

o    UNAMIR – United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda

o    UNAMSIL – United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone

o    UNCRO – United Nations Confidence Restoration Operation in Croatia

o    UNIKOM – United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission

o    UNMIBH – United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina

o    UNMOP – United Nations Mission of Observers in Prevlaka

o    UNMOT – United Nations Mission of Observers in Tajikistan

o    UNSCOM – United Nations Special Commission (Iraq)

o    UNTAET – United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor

o    UNTAC – United Nations Transitional AuthoritCambodia

o     Organizations of the Economic and Social Council

o     Functional commissions

·         Commission for Social Development [1]

·         Commission on Narcotic Drugs [2]

o    INCB – International Narcotics Control Board

·         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 (ES

·         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

o    IBRD – International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

o    IDA – International Development Association

o    IFC – International Finance Corporation

o    MIGA – Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency

o    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

·         UNAC - United Nations Alcohol Commission

·         IRO – International Refugee Organization (ceased to exist in 1952)

·         failed proposal for ITO - International Trade Organization, see also the WTO - World Trade Organization^{[clarification needed]}

·         Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (PFII)

·         Sessional and Standing Committees Expert, ad hoc and related bodies

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·         ] 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

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:

o    ISA – International Seabed Authority

o    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 its own Conference of States Parties. Working relationship with the U.N.

·         CTBTO (Preparatory Commission) - Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization. Reports to the General Assembly^{[citation needed]}

·         ICC – International Criminal Court. The Security council has certain powers

·         WTO – World Trade Organization^{[clarification needed]}

·         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 and managerial 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.

·         INTERPOL

·         World Trade Organization

·         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.