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General Org Information
 
Name Acronym Founded City HQ Country/Territory HQ Type I Type II UIA Org ID

United Nations Economic and Social Council

ECOSOC 1945 New York NY USA E g XE3377

United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

ECA 1958 Addis Ababa Ethiopia E g XE4174

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

UNECE 1947 Geneva Switzerland E g XE4176

United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

ECLAC 1948 Santiago Chile E g XE4175

United Nations Environment Programme

UNEP 1972 Nairobi Kenya E g XE4161

United Nations Family Rights Committee for Spouses and Children

New York NY USA E XE4349

United Nations Field Staff Union

FSU Italy E v XE4242

United Nations Global Programme Against Money Laundering

GPML 1997 Vienna Austria E g XE3748

United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names

UNGEGN 1959 New York NY USA E g XE0198

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

UNHCR 1951 Geneva Switzerland E g XE3016

United Nations Human Rights Council

2006 Geneva Switzerland E g XM1098

United Nations Human Settlements Programme

UN-Habitat 1978 Nairobi Kenya E g XE6809

United Nations Information Centres

UNICs New York NY USA E g XE3516

United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research

UNIDIR 1980 Geneva Switzerland E gj XE6904

United Nations Institute for Training and Research

UNITAR 1965 Geneva Switzerland E gj XE3387

United Nations Integrated Office in Sierra Leone

UNIOSIL 2006 E g XM0927

United Nations Inter-Agency Standing Committee

IASC Geneva Switzerland E gy XE4201

United Nations International Committee on Global Navigation Satellite Systems

UN ICG 2004 Vienna Austria E g XM0890

United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women

INSTRAW 1976 Santo Domingo Dominican Rep E gj XE9444

United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute

UNICRI 1968 Turin Italy E gj XE4069

United Nations Joint Disciplinary Committee

New York NY USA E XE0444

United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board

UNJSPB New York NY USA E g XE5093

United Nations Latin American Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders

1975 San José Costa Rica E gj XE7803

United Nations Mine Action Service

UNMAS 1997 New York NY USA E g XE2286

United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission

UNMOVIC 1999 New York NY USA E g XE4148

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