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The System Principal Organs

Economic and International Court Trusteeship Council Security Council General Assembly Social Council of Justice Secretariat

Subsidiary Bodies Subsidiary Bodies Functional Commissions Specialized Agencies7 Departments and Offices Military Committee International Criminal Tribunal for the Main committees Commissions on: ILO International Labour OSG3 Office of the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Narcotic Drugs Organization Secretary-General Standing Committee and ad hoc bodies Council International Criminal Tribunal for Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice FAO Food and Agriculture OIOS Office of Internal Oversight Operations and Missions Other sessional committees Rwanda (ICTR) Science and Technology for Organization of the United Nations Services Counter-Terrorism Committee Standing committees and ad hoc bodies Development UNESCO United Nations OLA Office of Legal Affairs Other subsidiary organs Sustainable Development Educational, Scientific and Cultural DPA Department of Political Affairs Status of Women Organization Population and Development UNODA Office for Disarmament WHO World Health Organization Affairs Advisory Subsidiary Body Commission for Social Development Programmes and Funds Statistical Commission DPKO Department of Peacekeeping United Nations Peacebuilding Operations UNCTAD United Nations Conference on UNDP United Nations Development Commission IBRD International Bank 4 Trade and Development Programme Regional Commissions for Reconstruction and DFS Department of Field Support ITC International Trade Centre UNIFEM United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Development OCHA Office for the Coordination (UNCTAD/WTO) Development Fund for Women of Humanitarian Affairs Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) IDA International Development

UNDCP1 United Nations Drug UNV United Nations Volunteers WFP Association DESA Department of Economic and Economic Commission for Latin Control Programme 2 United Nations Relief and Social Affairs UNCDF United Nations Capital UNRWA America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) IFC International Finance UNEP United Nations Environment Development Fund Works Agency for Palestine Refugees Corporation DGACM Department for General in the Near East Economic and Social Commission for Programme MIGA Multilateral Investment Assembly and Conference UNFPA United Nations Population Fund Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) Management UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund UN-HABITAT United Nations Human Guarantee Agency UNHCR Office of the United Nations High Settlements Programme Economic and Social Commission for DPI Department of Public Information Commissioner for Refugees Western Asia (ESCWA) ICSID International Centre for Settlement of Investment DM Department of Management Disputes UN-OHRLLS Office of the High Research and Training Institutes Other Bodies IMF International Monetary Fund Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked UNICRI United Nations Interregional UNRISD United Nations Research UN-INSTRAW United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues ICAO International Civil Aviation Developing Countries and Small Crime and Justice Research Institute Institute for Social Development International Research and Training United Nations Forum on Forests Organization Institute for the Advancement of Women Island Developing States UNITAR United Nations Institute for UNIDIR2 United Nations Institute for Sessional and standing committees IMO International Maritime

Training and Research Disarmament Research Organization OHCHR Office of the United Expert, ad hoc and related bodies Nations High Commissioner for ITU International Telecommunication Human Rights Union Other UN Entities UNODC United Nations Office on UPU Drugs and Crime UNOPS United Nations Office for Project Services UNSSC Staff College WMO World Meteorological DSS Department of Safety and UNU United Nations University UNAIDS Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS Related Organizations Organization Security WTO WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization ab Other UN Trust Funds8 IAEA5 International Atomic Energy Agency IFAD International Fund for UNFIP United Nations Fund for International Partnerships UNDEF United Nations Democracy Fund Agricultural Development UNOG UN Office at UNIDO United Nations Industrial UNOV UN Office at Vienna 6 CTBTO Prep.Com PrepCom for the Development Organization UNON UN Office at Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization UNWTO World Tourism NOTES: Solid lines from a Principal Organ indicate a direct reporting relationship; dashes indicate a non-subsidiary relationship. Organization OPCW6 Organization for the 1 The UN Drug Control Programme is part of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime. Published by the United Nations 2 Prohibition of Chemical Weapons UNRWA and UNIDIR report only to the GA. Department of Public Information 3 The United Nations Ethics Office, the United Nations Ombudsman’s Office, and the Chief Information Technology Officer report directly to the Secretary-General. 4 In an exceptional arrangement, the Under-Secretary-General for Field Support reports directly to the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations. DPI/2470—07-49950—December 2007—3M 5 IAEA reports to the Security Council and the General Assembly (GA). 6 The CTBTO Prep.Com and OPCW report to the GA. 7 Specialized agencies are autonomous organizations working with the UN and each other through the coordinating machinery of the ECOSOC at the intergovernmental level, and through the Chief Executives Board for coordination (CEB) at the inter-secretariat level. 8 UNFIP is an autonomous trust fund operating under the leadership of the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General. UNDEF’s advisory board recommends funding proposals for approval by the Secretary-General.