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

United Nations Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods and on the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals

Committee of Experts on TDG and GHS 1953 Geneva Switzerland E g XE1146

United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

CESCR 1978 Geneva Switzerland E gv XE0199

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

UNCTAD 1964 Geneva Switzerland E g XE3381

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

UNECE 1947 Geneva Switzerland E g XE4176

United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative

UNEP FI 1992 Geneva Switzerland E y AA2663

United Nations Group on the Information Society

UNGIS 2006 Geneva Switzerland E gy XJ0813

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

UNHCR 1951 Geneva Switzerland E g XE3016

United Nations Human Rights Council

HRC 2006 Geneva Switzerland E g XM1098

United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research

UNIDIR 1980 Geneva Switzerland E gj XE6904

United Nations Institute for Training and Research

UNITAR 1963 Geneva Switzerland E gj XE3387

United Nations International Computing Centre

UNICC 1971 Geneva Switzerland E g XE5305

United Nations Office at Geneva

UNOG Geneva Switzerland E g XE3343

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction

UNDRR 1999 Geneva Switzerland E g XK2002

United Nations Research Institute for Social Development

UNRISD 1963 Geneva Switzerland E gjv XE3388

United Nations Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories

1968 Geneva Switzerland E g XE0585

United Nations Staff Mutual Insurance Society Against Sickness and Accident

UNSMIS 1949 Geneva Switzerland E XE1981

UNOG Staff Coordinating Council

1982 Geneva Switzerland E XE4153

UPR Info

2008 Geneva Switzerland E XJ4938

Violence Prevention Alliance

VPA 2004 Geneva Switzerland E y XJ1675

WHO-HQ Staff Association, Geneva

WHO-HQ SA 1951 Geneva Switzerland E v XE1599

WMO Integrated Global Observing System

WIGOS Geneva Switzerland E g XJ1595

WMO Staff Association

Geneva Switzerland E v XE1600

World Civil Society Forum

WCSF 2000 Geneva Switzerland E XE4252

World Network for Linguistic Diversity

Maaya Geneva Switzerland E y XJ0710

World Scout Bureau - European Regional Office

Geneva Switzerland E XE8340

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