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
Contents
- 1 Organizations of the United Nations System
- 1.1 Organizations of the General Assembly
- 1.2 Organizations of the Security Council
- 1.3 Organizations of the Economic and Social Council
- 1.3.1 Functional Commissions
- 1.3.2 Regional Commissions
- 1.3.3 Specialized Agencies
- 1.3.4 Other Entities
- 1.4 Organizations of the Secretariat
- 1.5 Organization of the International Court of Justice
- 2 Related organizations
- 3 See also
- 4 References
- 5 External links
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 ECOSOC the Assembly's third-world majority created UNCTAD (UN 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 UNICRI (UN Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute). [UN's Org Chart]
Organizations of the General Assembly
Main article: UN General Assembly
- Main committees
- Other sessional committees
- Standing committees and ad hoc bodies
- Other subsidiary organs
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
- *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
- 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)
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
- 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)
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
- *ONUMOZ - United Nations Operation in Mozambique
- *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 Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus
- *UNIFIL - United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon
- *UNIKOM - United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission
- *UNMEE - United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea
- *UNMIBH - United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- *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
- *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 CouncilFunctional Commissions
- Commission for Social Development [link]
- Commission on Human Rights [link]
- Commission on Narcotic Drugs [link]
- Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice [link]
- Commission on Science and Technology for Development [link]
- Commission on Sustainable Development [link]
- Commission on the Status of Women [link]
- Commission on Population and Development [link]
- Statistical Commission [link]
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 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)
- INCB - International Narcotics Control Board
Other Entities
- United Nations Forum on Forests
- Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (PFII)
- Sessional and Standing Committees Expert, ad hoc and related bodies
Organizations of the Secretariat
Main article: UN Secretariat
The United Nations Secretariat is led by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, who is currently 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
Organization of the International Court of Justice
See International Court of Justice.
Related organizations
- IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency. Reports to the Security Council and the General Assembly
- World Trade Organization - (WTO)
- World Tourism Organization
- ICC - International Criminal Court
- ISA - International Seabed Authority
- ITLOS - International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea [link]
- Standby High-Readiness Brigade - The UN's standing military force.
See also
- United Nations
- United Nations Member States
- League of Nations for a rudimentary model on which the UN System is based.
References
External links
- [Official directory of the UN system]
- [Chart of the UN system]
- [Charter of the United Nations signed at San Francisco on 26 June 1945]
- [United Nations] - Official site
- [History of the United Nations] - UK Government site
- [Who will be the next UN Secretary General?]
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