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

United Nations Committee on Non-governmental Organizations

1946 New York NY USA E g XE1138

United Nations Committee on Relations with the Host Country

1971 New York NY USA E g XE1415

United Nations Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People

CEIRPP 1975 New York NY USA E gy XE0599

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

UNCTAD 1964 Geneva Switzerland E g XE3381

United Nations Criminal Tribunals Staff Union

UN-CTSU 1993 The Hague Netherlands E AA1001

United Nations Development Programme

UNDP 1965 New York NY USA E g XE3382

United Nations Disarmament Commission

1978 New York NY USA E g XE6549

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

ESCAP 1947 Bangkok Thailand E g XE4177

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia

ESCWA 1973 Beirut Lebanon E g XE4178

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 Environment Programme Finance Initiative

UNEP FI 1992 Geneva Switzerland E y AA2663

United Nations Evaluation Group

UNEG 1984 New York NY USA E y XJ8546

United Nations Field Staff Union

UNFSU 1980 Brindisi Italy E v XE4242

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - Secretariat

UNFCCC 1995 Bonn Germany E g XK1561

United Nations Global Programme Against Money Laundering, Proceeds of Crime and the Financing of Terrorism

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 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 Human Settlements Programme

UN-Habitat 1978 Nairobi Kenya E g XE6809

United Nations Information Centres

UNICs New York NY USA E g XE3516

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