Organizations and specialized agencies of the United Nation

Organizations and specialized agencies of the United Nation

The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization that was tasked to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international co-operation and be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations.^[3] The headquarters of the UN is in Manhattan, New York City, and is subject to extraterritoriality. Further main offices are situated in Geneva, Nairobi, and Vienna. The organization is financed by assessed and voluntary contributions from its member states. Its objectives include maintaining international peace and security, protecting human rights, delivering humanitarian aid, promoting sustainable development and upholding international law. ^[4] The UN is the largest, most familiar, most internationally represented and most powerful intergovernmental organization in the world. In 24 October 1945, at the end of World War II, the organization was established with the aim of preventing future wars.^[5] At its founding, the UN had 51 member states; there are now 193.

No.	Acronym	Agency	Headquarters	Head	Established in
1	FAO	Food and Agriculture Organization	Rome, Italy	José Graziano da Silva	1945
2	IAEA	International Atomic Energy Agency	Vienna, Austria	Yukiya Amano	1957
3	ICAO	International Civil Aviation Organization	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	Fang Liu	1947
4	IFAD	International Fund for Agricultural Development	Rome, Italy	Kanayo F. Nwanze	1977
5	ILO	International Labour Organization	Geneva, Switzerland	Guy Ryder	1946 (1919)
6	IMO	International Maritime Organization	London, United Kingdom	Kitack Lim	1948
7	IMF	International Monetary Fund	Washington, D.C., United States	Christine Lagarde	1945 (1944)
8	ITU	International Telecommunication Union	Geneva, Switzerland	Houlin Zhao	1947 (1865)
9	UNESCO	United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization	Paris, France	Audrey Azoulay	1946
10	UNIDO	United Nations Industrial Development Organization	Vienna, Austria	Li Yong	1967
11	UNWTO	World Tourism Organization	Madrid, Spain	Taleb Rifai	1974
12	UPU	Universal Postal Union	Bern, Switzerland	Bishar Abdirahman Hussein	1947 (1874)
13	WBG	World Bank Group	Washington, D.C., United States	Jim Y. Kim	1945 (1944)
14	WFP	World Food Programme	Rome, Italy	Ertharin Cousin	1963
15	WHO	World Health Organization	Geneva, Switzerland	Tedros Adhanom	1948
16	WIPO	World Intellectual Property Organization	Geneva, Switzerland	Francis Gurry	1974
17	WMO	World Meteorological Organization	Geneva, Switzerland	Petteri Taalas (Secretary-General)  Michel Jarraud (President)	1950 (1873)