Central Intelligence Agency
The World Factbook 1995
Appendix A:  The United Nations System



The UN is composed of five principal organs and numerous subordinate
agencies and bodies as follows:

1) Secretariat

2) General Assembly:

   Habitat Commission on Human Settlements
   UNCTAD  United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
   UNDP    United Nations Development Program
   UNEP    United Nations Environment Program
   UNFPA   United Nations Population Fund
   UNHCR   United Nations Office of High Commissioner for Refugees
   UNICEF  United Nations Children's Fund
   UNITAR  UN Institute for Training and Research
   UNRISD  United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
   UNRWA   United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees
           in the Near East
   UN University
   WFC     World Food Council

3) Security Council:

   Peacekeeping Forces and Organizations
      MINURSO    United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western
                 Sahara
      ONUSAL     United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador
      UNAMIR     United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda
      UNAVEM II  United Nations Angola Verification Mission
      UNDOF      United Nations Disengagement Observer Force
      UNFICYP    United Nations Force in Cyprus
      UNIFIL     United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon
      UNIKOM     United Nations Iran-Kuwait Observation Mission
      UNMIH      United Nations Mission in Haiti
      UNMOGIP    United Nations Military Observer Group in India and
                 Pakistan
      UNOMIG     United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia
      UNOMIL	  United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia
      UNOMOZ     United Nations Operation in Mozambique
      UNOMUR     United Nations Observer Mission Uganda-Rwanda
      UNOSOM II  United Nations Operation in Somalia
      UNPROFOR   United Nations Protection Force
      UNTSO      United Nations Truce Supervision Organization

   Commissions Established Pursuant to SC Res.687
      UNSCOM     UN Special Commission
      United National Compensation Commission
      UN Iraq/Kuwait Boundary Demarcation Commission

4) Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC):

   Specialized agencies
      FAO       Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
      IBRD      International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
      ICAO      International Civil Aviation Organization
      IDA       International Development Association
      IFAD      International Fund for Agricultural Development
      IFC       International Finance Corporation
      ILO       International Labor Organization
      IMF       International Monetary Fund
      IMO       International Maritime Organization
      ITU       International Telecommunication Union
      UNESCO    United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural
                Organization
      UNIDO     United Nations Industrial Development Organization
      UPU       Universal Postal Union
      WHO       World Health Organization
      WIPO      World Intellectual Property Organization
      WMO       World Meteorological Organization

   Related organizations
      GATT      General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (subsumed by the
                World Trade Organization 1 January 1995)
      IAEA      International Atomic Energy Agency

   Regional commissions
      ECA       Economic Commission for Africa
      ECE       Economic Commission for Europe
      ECLAC     Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
      ESCAP     Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
      ESCWA     Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia

   Functional commissions
      Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
      Commission on Human Rights
      Commission on Narcotics Drugs
      Commission on Science and Technology for Development
      Commission for Social Development
      Commission on the Status of Women
      Commission on Sustainable Development
      Population Commission
      Statistical Commission

6) International Court of Justice (ICJ)

Note: The Trusteeship Council’s mandate was ended on 1 October 1994 when
the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (Palau) became the Republic of
Palau, a self-governing territory in free association with the US