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Title         :Appendix A: The United Nations System 
Text          : 
Appendix A:  The United Nations System 
 
The UN is composed of five principal organs and numerous subordinate 
agencies and bodies as follows: 
 
1) Secretariat 
 
2) General Assembly: 
 
   Habitat Commission on Human Settlements 
   UNCTAD  United Nations Conference on Trade and Development 
   UNDP    United Nations Development Program 
   UNEP    United Nations Environment Program 
   UNFPA   United Nations Population Fund 
   UNHCR   United Nations Office of High Commissioner for Refugees 
   UNICEF  United Nations Children's Fund 
   UNITAR  UN Institute for Training and Research 
   UNRISD  United Nations Research Institute for Social Development 
   UNRWA   United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees 
           in the Near East 
   UN University 
   WFC     World Food Council 
 
3) Security Council: 
 
   Peacekeeping Forces and Organizations 
      MINURSO    United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western 
                 Sahara 
      ONUSAL     United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador 
      UNAMIR     United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda 
      UNAVEM II  United Nations Angola Verification Mission 
      UNDOF      United Nations Disengagement Observer Force 
      UNFICYP    United Nations Force in Cyprus 


      UNIFIL     United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon 
      UNIKOM     United Nations Iran-Kuwait Observation Mission 
      UNMIH      United Nations Mission in Haiti 
      UNMOGIP    United Nations Military Observer Group in India and 
                 Pakistan 
      UNOMIG     United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia 
      UNOMIL      United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia 
      UNOMOZ     United Nations Operation in Mozambique 
      UNOMUR     United Nations Observer Mission Uganda-Rwanda 
      UNOSOM II  United Nations Operation in Somalia 
      UNPROFOR   United Nations Protection Force 
      UNTSO      United Nations Truce Supervision Organization 
 
   Commissions Established Pursuant to SC Res.687 
      UNSCOM     UN Special Commission 
      United National Compensation Commission 
      UN Iraq/Kuwait Boundary Demarcation Commission 
 
4) Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC): 
 
   Specialized agencies 
      FAO       Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations 
      IBRD      International Bank for Reconstruction and Development 
      ICAO      International Civil Aviation Organization 
      IDA       International Development Association 
      IFAD      International Fund for Agricultural Development 
      IFC       International Finance Corporation 
      ILO       International Labor Organization 
      IMF       International Monetary Fund 
      IMO       International Maritime Organization 
      ITU       International Telecommunication Union 
      UNESCO    United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural 
                Organization 
      UNIDO     United Nations Industrial Development Organization 
      UPU       Universal Postal Union 
      WHO       World Health Organization 
      WIPO      World Intellectual Property Organization 
      WMO       World Meteorological Organization 
 
   Related organizations 
      GATT      General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (subsumed by the 
                World Trade Organization 1 January 1995) 
      IAEA      International Atomic Energy Agency 
 
   Regional commissions 
      ECA       Economic Commission for Africa 
      ECE       Economic Commission for Europe 
      ECLAC     Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean 
      ESCAP     Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific 
      ESCWA     Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia 
 
   Functional commissions 
      Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice 
      Commission on Human Rights 
      Commission on Narcotics Drugs 
      Commission on Science and Technology for Development 
      Commission for Social Development 
      Commission on the Status of Women 
      Commission on Sustainable Development 
      Population Commission 


      Statistical Commission 
 
6) International Court of Justice (ICJ) 
 
Note: The Trusteeship Council’s mandate was ended on 1 October 1994 when 
the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (Palau) became the Republic of 
Palau, a self-governing territory in free association with the US
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