United Nations Programmes
with Web sites

UNOG: The United Nations Office at Geneva is the largest and most active centre for conference diplomacy in the world and the site of many historic negotiations. It is also the second largest United Nations office after New York Headquarters

UNOV: United Nations Office at Vienna hosts many other programs such as the; ODS; Official documents are made available from the UN Optical Disc System

UNOPS: The United Nations Office for Project Services is an instrument of international cooperation for development that mobilizes global know-how and searches for practical solutions that achieve results

UN/ECE: The Economic Commission for Europe (UN/ECE) is the forum at which the countries of North America, western, central and eastern Europe and central Asia come together to forge the tools of their economic cooperation.

UN/ECLAC: The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean works for the economic cooperation of the Latin American and Caribbean countries.

UNICEF: The United Nations International Children's Fund advocates and works for the protection of children's rights, to help the young meet their basic needs and to expand their opportunities to reach their full potential

UNHCR: Helping the world's refugees is the job of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

UNDP: The United Nations Development Programme plays a leading role in coordinating the development efforts of the United Nations system

UNEP: The United Nations Environment Programme was established as the environmental conscience of the United Nations system, and has been creating a basis for comprehensive consideration and coordinated action within the UN on the problems of the human environment.

WFP: The World Food Programme is the frontline United Nations organization fighting to eradicate world hunger and is now the world's largest international food aid organization.

UNFPA: The United Nations Population Fund, is the largest internationally funded source of population assistance to developing countries.

UNITAR: The United Nations Institute for Training and Research is an autonomous agency that promotes training and research.

UNRISD: The United Nations Research Institute for Social Development is an autonomous agency that engages in multi-disciplinary research on the social dimensions of contemporary problems affecting development.
WSP: The War Torn Societies Project, a global forum on post-conflict rebuilding

UNDCP: The United Nations International Drug Control Programme is the United Nations agency responsible for coordinating activities relating to the international control of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances.

UNU: The United Nations University is an international academic organization which plays a unique role in world affairs and in promoting the United Nations' aims of peace and progress. It brings together the world's leading scholars to tackle the pressing problems of today, and helps alleviate the isolation of researchers in developing countries.

ICSC: The International Civil Service Commission regulates and coordinates the conditions of service of the United Nations Common System

UNCTAD: The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development is the principal organ of the General Assembly in the field of trade and development and promotes economic growth and development, particularly that of the developing countries.

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