United Nations System
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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 five active principal organs (formerly six, the UN Trusteeship Council suspended operations in 1994):
- UN General Assembly
- UN Security Council
- UN Economic and Social Council
- UN Secretariat
- International Court of Justice
In addition separate organizations, often subordinate to the principal organs, have been created to solve specialized tasks.
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[edit] Organizations of the United Nations System
One of the remarkable features of the UN system is the duplication of responsibility.
For example, frustrated by their inability to control the ECOSOC the Assembly's third-world majority created the Conference on Trade and Development to address special issues that ECOSOC was not addressing. (Basu, Rumki, "The United Nations: Structure and Functions of an International Organisation," Sterling Publishing, New Delhi, 1993.)
Likewise, but just as an example, UNODOC (UN Office on Drugs and Crime) reports to the Secretariat, ECOSOC has a Functional Commission on crime and a separate one on Drugs, and the Assembly oversees the Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute. UN's Org Chart
[edit] Organizations of the General Assembly
- Main committees
- Other sessional committees
- Standing committees and ad hoc bodies
- Other subsidiary organs
[edit] Programs 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
- 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 (UN-HABITAT)
- 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)
[edit] 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)
[edit] 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
[edit] Organizations of the Security Council
- Human Rights 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
- MONUC - United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo
- UNAVEM III - United Nations Angola Verification Mission III
- UNDOF - United Nations Disengagement Observer Force
- UNFICYP - United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus
- UNIFIL - United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon
- UNMEE - United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea
- UNMIK - United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
- UNMIL - United Nations Mission in Liberia
- UNMIS - United Nations Mission In Sudan
- UNMOGIP - United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan
- UNMOVIC - United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission
- UNOMIG - United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia
- UNOMSIL - United Nations Mission of Observers in Sierra Leone
- UNSMIH - United Nations Support Mission in Haiti
- UNTSO - United Nations Truce Supervision Organization
- UNMIN - United Nations Mission in Nepal
- Former Peacekeeping Operations and Missions
- ONUMOZ - United Nations Operation in Mozambique
- UNAMIR - United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda
- UNAMSIL - United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone
- UNCRO - United Nations Confidence Restoration Operation in Croatia
- UNIKOM - United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission
- UNMIBH - United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- UNMOP - United Nations Mission of Observers in Prevlaka
- UNMOT - United Nations Mission of Observers in Tajikistan
- UNSCOM - United Nations Special Commission (Iraq)
- UNTAET - United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor
- UNTAC - United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia
[edit] Organizations of the Economic and Social Council
[edit] Functional commissions
- Commission for Social Development [1]
- Commission on Narcotic Drugs [2]
- 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]
[edit] 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)
[edit] Specialized agencies
The specialized agencies are 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
- 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)
- INCB - International Narcotics Control Board
- UNWTO - World Tourism Organization
[edit] Other entities
- Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (PFII)
- Sessional and Standing Committees Expert, ad hoc and related bodies
[edit] Organizations of the Secretariat
The United Nations Secretariat is led by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, who is currently Ban Ki-moon of South Korea.
- 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
[edit] Organization of the International Court of Justice
See International Court of Justice.
[edit] Related organizations
- IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency. Reports to the Security Council and the General Assembly
- World Trade Organization - (WTO)
- ICC - International Criminal Court
- ISA - International Seabed Authority
- ITLOS - International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea [10]
- Standby High-Readiness Brigade - The UN's standing military force.
- UNSOG - Special Operations Group.
[edit] 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.
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.
[edit] See also
- 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.
[edit] External links
- Official directory of the UN system
- Chart of the UN system
- UN System Sites
- Global Issues on the UN Agenda
- UN System - CEB (Chief Executives Board)
- UN - Senior Management Group
- United Nations - Official site
- History of the United Nations - UK Government site
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