UN Links: Departments and Agencies


These links provide direct access to the various United Nations departments, arranged in accordance with the structure of the UN. The six headings in bold are the main organs of the United Nations, and the links underneath direct you to the subsidiary bodies and specialized agencies that report to that main organ.

Economic and Social Council

- Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)
- International Labour Organisation (ILO)
- World Food Programme (WFP)
- World Health Organisation (WHO)
- World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)
- UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)
- UN Children’s Fund (Unicef)
- UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
- UN Development Fund (UNDP)
- UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
- UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
- UN Population Fund (UNFPA)

Security Council

- International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
- International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
- UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC)
- UN Compensation Commission (UNCC)
- Counter Terrorism Committee

General Assembly

- UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA)
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- First Committee (Disarmament and International Security)
- Second Committee (Economic and Financial)
- Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural)
- Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonisation)
- Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary)
- Sixth Committee (Legal)

Secretariat

- Department for Disarmament Affairs (DDA)
- Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)
- Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO)
- Department of Political Affairs (DPA)
- Department of Public Information (DPI)
- Executive Office of the Secretary General (EOSG)
- Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
- Office of Legal Affairs (OLA)

Trusteeship Council

International Court of Justice


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