United Nations System

While the United Nations is an International organization, 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 six principal organs:

In addition separate organizations, often subordinate to the principal organs, has been created to solve specialized tasks.

Table of contents

1 Organizations of the General Assembly

1.1 Programmes and Funds
1.2 Research and training institutes
1.3 Other Entities

2 Organizations of the Security Council
3 Organizations of the Economic and Social Council

3.4 Functional Commissions
3.5 Regional Commissions
3.6 Specialized Agencies
3.7 Other Entities

4 Organizations of the Secretariat
5 Organizations related to the United Nations
6 See also
7 Reference

Organizations of the General Assembly

Main article: UN General Assembly

Main committees
Other sessional committees
Standing committees and ad hoc bodies
Other subsidiary organs

Programmes and Funds

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
- 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
UNHSP - 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 (Reports only to the General Assembly)

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

United Nations Commission on Human Rights
UNOPS - United Nations Office for Project Services
UNU - United Nations University
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)

Organizations of the Security Council

Main article: UN Security Council

Military Staff Committee
Standing Committee and ad hoc bodies
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (Iraq)
Peacekeeping Operations and Missions
- UNAMIR - United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda
- UNAMSIL - United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone
- UNAVEM III - United Nations Angola Verification Mission III
- UNCRO - United Nations Confidence Restoration Operation in Croatia
- UNDOF - United Nations Disengagement Observer Force
- UNFICYP - United Nations Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus
- UNIFIL - United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon
- UNIKOM - United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission
- UNMIBH - United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- UNMIK - United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
- UNMIL - United Nations Mission in Liberia
- UNMOGIP - United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan
- UNMOP - United Nations Mission of Observers in Prevlaka
- UNMOT - United Nations Mission of Observers in Tajikistan
- UNMOVIC - United Nations Monitoring and Verification Commission
- UNOMIG - United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia
- UNOMSIL - United Nations Mission of Observers in Sierra Leone
- UNSMIH - United Nations Support Mission in Haiti
- UNTAET - United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor
- UNTSO - United Nations Truce Supervision Organization

Organizations of the Economic and Social Council

Main article: UN Economic and Social Council

Functional Commissions

Commission for Social Development
Commission on Human Rights
Commission on Narcotic Drugs
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

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

The Specialized Agencies are autonomous organizations working with the United Nations and each other through the coordinating machinery of the UN 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
IRO - International Refugee Organization(ceased to exist in 1952)

Other Entities

United Nations Forum on Forests
Sessional and Standing Committees Expert, ad hoc and related bodies

Organizations of the Secretariat

Main article: UN Secretariat

The United Nations Secretariat is lead by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, currently is Kofi Annan of Ghana.

OSG - Office of the Secretary-General
OIOS - Office of Internal Oversight Services
OLA - Office of Legal Affairs
DPA - Department of Political Affairs
DDA - Department for Disarmament Affairs
DPKO - Department of Peacekeeping Operations
OCHA - Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
DESA - Department of Economic and Social Affairs
DGACM - Department of General Assembly and Conference Management
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

Organizations related to the United Nations

IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency
World Trade Organization - (WTO)
World Tourism Organization
ICC - International Criminal Court
ISA - International Seabed Authority
ITLOS - International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
Standby High-Readiness Brigade - The UN's standing military force.

Reference

Chart of the UN system