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This page categorizes and links to UN system and related organizations. You may also view an alphabetic ordering.

UNITED NATIONS

The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945 after the Second World War by 51 countries committed to maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations and promoting social progress, better living standards and human rights.
Bookmarks related to the United Nations:
General Assembly (GA)
International Court of Justice (ICJ)
Trusteeship Council
UN Secretariat
Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
Security Council
Bookmarks related to the UN Secretariat:
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Panel of External Auditors of the United Nations
ReliefWeb
United Nations Board of Auditors
United Nations Information Centres
United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund (UNJSPF)
United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG)
United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON)
United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV)
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Bookmarks related to the United Nations Security Council:
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
Bookmarks related to the United Nations General Assembly (GA):
Disarmament Commission
Fifth Committee (Administrative & Budgetary)
First Committee (Disarmament & International Security)
Fourth Committee (Special Political & Decolonization)
International Law Commission
Peacebuilding Commission
Second Committee (Economic & Financial)
Sixth Committee (Legal)
Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian & Cultural)
United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR)

FUNDS AND PROGRAMMES

The Funds and Programmes were created by the United Nations to meet needs not envisaged at San Francisco, such as Palestine refugees, development assistance, food aid, or the environment. They are subordinate to the United Nations, but since they are immediately controlled by distinct inter-governmental bodies and derive most of their financial resources from other sources than the United Nations budgets, they are somewhat more akin to specialized agencies than to "subsidiary organs" such as UN commissions and committees. Moreover, as their activities are more operational and carried out at field level, they have needs dictated by an environment quite different from that of headquarter-centered administrations. The Programmes and Funds apply UN rules and regulations in the realm of administration and personnel. UNRWA reports only to the General Assembly.
Bookmarks related to the United Nations Funds and Programmes:
Inter-Agency Procurement Services Office (IAPSO)
United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)

SPECIALIZED AGENCIES

Specialized agencies are legally independent international organizations with their own rules, membership, organs and financial resources, were brought into relationship with the United Nations through negotiated agreements. Some of the agencies existed before the First World War, some were associated with the League of Nations, others were created almost simultaneously with the United Nations and yet others were created by the United Nations itself to meet emerging needs. Specialized agencies work with the UN and each other through the coordinating machinery of ECOSOC at the intergovernmental level, and through the Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB) at the inter-secretariat level.
Bookmarks related to the Specialized Agencies:
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP)
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
International Bureau of Education (IBE)
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB)
International Centre for Science and High Technology (ICS)
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)
International Finance Corporation (IFC)
International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP)
International Training Centre of the ILO (ITC/ILO)
The International Development Association (IDA)

REGIONAL COMMISSIONS

Regional Commissions are the regional outposts of the United Nations and represent an integral part of the regional institutional landscape. Stationed in five regions of the world, they share the key objectives of aiming to foster economic integration at the sub-regional and regional levels, promoting the regional implementation of internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and to support regional sustainable development by contributing to bridging economic, social and environmental gaps among their member countries and sub-regions.

UNITED NATIONS RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTES

The various research and training institutes were established by the General Assembly to perform independent research and training. One former institute, the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW), was merged with other elements of the United Nations system into a new organization, UN Women, in January 2011. UNIDIR reports only to the General Assembly.

JOINTLY FINANCED BODIES

Jointly Financed Bodies are administrative organizational units of the United Nations common system financed on an inter-agency basis. In addition to theChief Executives Board for Coordination itself, these include the following:
Bookmarks related to the Jointly Financed Bodies:
International Computing Centre (ICC)

RELATED ORGANIZATIONS

The term Related Organization has to be understood as a default expression, describing organizations whose cooperation agreement with the United Nations has many points in common with that of Specialized Agencies, but does not refer to Article 57 and 63 of the United Nations Charter, relevant to Specialized Agencies. Nonetheless, these organizations are part and parcel of the work of CEB.
IAEA reports to the Security Council and the General Assembly. WTO has no reporting obligation to the General Assembly (GA) but contributes on an ad-hoc basis to GA and ECOSOC work inter alia on finance and developmental issues.IAEA reports to the Security Council and the General Assembly. WTO has no reporting obligation to the General Assembly (GA) but contributes on an ad-hoc basis to GA and ECOSOC work inter alia on finance and developmental issues.

OTHER ENTITIES

Bookmarks related to the Other Entities:
International Seabed Authority (ISA)
Office for Outer Space Affairs (OOSA)
United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)
United Nations Common Supplier Database (UNCSD)
United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC)
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
United Nations Evaluation Group (UNEG)
United Nations Geographic Information Working Group (UNGIWG)
United Nations Mine Action Service
United Nations Office for Partnerships (UNOP)
United Nations Postal Administration (UNPA)

CHIEF EXECUTIVES BOARD FOR COORDINATION

The United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB) is the main instrument for supporting and reinforcing the coordinating role of the United Nations intergovernmental bodies on social, economic and related matters. On behalf of 29 member organizations, the CEB carries out its role through three high-level committees.

UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT GROUP

The UNDG is the third pillar of the CEB responsible for coordinating operational activities at the country level. The UNDG complements the work of the High Level Committee on Programmes on policy and programme topics and the High Level Committee on Management on management and administrative issues.

HIGH-LEVEL COMMITTEE ON PROGRAMMES

The High-Level Committee on Programmes promotes system-wide cooperation, coordination and knowledge sharing in programme and operational areas.
Bookmarks related to the High-level Committee on Programmes (HLCP):
Former Inter-Agency Committee on Sustainable Development (IACSD)
United Nations Atlas of the Oceans

HIGH-LEVEL COMMITTEE ON MANAGEMENT

The HLCM identifies and analyzes administrative management reforms with the aim of improving efficiency and simplifying business practices. Its work is carried out in the main through task-forces of experts in given administrative areas, whose work is guided by HLCM.

INTER-AGENCY COORDINATION MECHANISMS

The Chief Executives Board and its subsidiary mechanisms take into account the many coordination and inter-agency networks already in existence. These groups do not fall under the hierarchical structure but may be classified by their sphere of activity.

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