This page categorizes and links to UN system and related organizations. You may also view an alphabetic ordering.
United Nations
Funds and Programmes
The Funds and Programmes
were created by the United Nations to meet needs not envisaged at San
Francisco, such as Palestine refugees, development assistance, food aid,
or the environment. They are subordinate to the United Nations, but
since they are immediately controlled by distinct inter-governmental
bodies and derive most of their financial resources from other sources
than the United Nations budgets, they are somewhat more akin to
specialized agencies than to "subsidiary organs" such as UN commissions
and committees. Moreover, as their activities are more operational and
carried out at field level, they have needs dictated by an environment
quite different from that of headquarter-centered administrations. The
Programmes and Funds apply UN rules and regulations in the realm of
administration and personnel. UNRWA reports only to the General
Assembly.
Specialized Agencies
Specialized agencies
are legally independent international organizations with their own
rules, membership, organs and financial resources, were brought into
relationship with the United Nations through negotiated agreements.
Some of the agencies existed before the First World War, some were
associated with the League of Nations, others were created almost
simultaneously with the United Nations and yet others were created by
the United Nations itself to meet emerging needs. Specialized agencies
work with the UN and each other through the coordinating machinery of
ECOSOC at the intergovernmental level, and through the Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB) at the inter-secretariat level.
Regional Commissions
Regional Commissions
are the regional outposts of the United Nations and represent an
integral part of the regional institutional landscape. Stationed in five
regions of the world, they share the key objectives of aiming to foster
economic integration at the sub-regional and regional levels, promoting
the regional implementation of internationally agreed development
goals, including the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and to support
regional sustainable development by contributing to bridging economic,
social and environmental gaps among their member countries and
sub-regions.
United Nations Research and Training Institutes
The various research and training institutes
were established by the General Assembly to perform independent
research and training. One former institute, the International Research
and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW), was
merged with other elements of the United Nations system into a new
organization, UN Women, in January 2011. UNIDIR reports only to the
General Assembly.
Jointly Financed Bodies
Jointly Financed Bodies
are administrative organizational units of the United Nations common
system financed on an inter-agency basis. In addition to the Chief Executives Board for Coordination itself, these include the following:
Related Organizations
The term Related Organization
has to be understood as a default expression, describing organizations
whose cooperation agreement with the United Nations has many points in
common with that of Specialized Agencies, but does not refer to Article
57 and 63 of the United Nations Charter, relevant to Specialized
Agencies. Nonetheless, these organizations are part and parcel of the
work of CEB.
IAEA reports to the Security Council and the General Assembly. WTO has no reporting obligation to the General Assembly (GA) but contributes on an ad-hoc basis to GA and ECOSOC work inter alia on finance and developmental issues.IAEA reports to the Security Council and the General Assembly. WTO has no reporting obligation to the General Assembly (GA) but contributes on an ad-hoc basis to GA and ECOSOC work inter alia on finance and developmental issues.
IAEA reports to the Security Council and the General Assembly. WTO has no reporting obligation to the General Assembly (GA) but contributes on an ad-hoc basis to GA and ECOSOC work inter alia on finance and developmental issues.IAEA reports to the Security Council and the General Assembly. WTO has no reporting obligation to the General Assembly (GA) but contributes on an ad-hoc basis to GA and ECOSOC work inter alia on finance and developmental issues.
Other Entities
Chief Executives Board for Coordination
The United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination
(CEB) is the main instrument for supporting and reinforcing the
coordinating role of the United Nations intergovernmental bodies on
social, economic and related matters. On behalf of 29 member organizations, the CEB carries out its role through three high-level committees.
United Nations Development Group
The UNDG
is the third pillar of the CEB responsible for coordinating operational
activities at the country level. The UNDG complements the work of the
High Level Committee on Programmes on policy and programme topics and
the High Level Committee on Management on management and administrative
issues.
High-level Committee on Programmes
High-level Committee on Management
Suggested Pages
- CEB Member Organizations
- CEB Members - Executive Heads
- CEB Organization Chart - Requires Adobe Flash
- UN System Bookmarks - Categorical listing of organizations' web resources
- UN System Chart- 2470 rev.3—13-38229 - August 2013, Requires Adobe Reader
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