The United Nations System

Principal Organs

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

Subsidiary Bodies Subsidiary Bodies Functional Commissions Specialized Agencies7 Departments and Offices
Military Staff Committee International Criminal Tribunal for the Main committees Commissions on: ILO International Labour OSG3 Office of the

Standing Committee and ad hoc bodies former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Narcotic Drugs Organization Secretary-General

Human Rights Council

International Criminal Tribunal for Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice FAO Food and Agriculture OIOS Office of Internal Oversight

Peacekeeping 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

Other subsidiary organs
UNESCO United Nations OLA Office of Legal Affairs
Sustainable Development Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Status of Women
DPA Department of Political Affairs
Organization
Population and Development UNODA Office for Disarmament

WHO World Health Organization Affairs

Commission for Social Development

Programmes and Funds Advisory Subsidiary Body Statistical Commission DPKO Department of Peacekeeping

United Nations Peacebuilding World Bank Group Operations

UNCTAD United Nations Conference on UNDP United Nations Development Commission IBRD International Bank
Trade and Development Programme Regional Commissions for Reconstruction and DFS4 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 IDA International Development of Humanitarian Affairs

Economic Commission for Europe (ECE)

UNDCP1 United Nations Drug UNV United Nations Volunteers WFP World Food Programme Association DESA Department of Economic and

Economic Commission for Latin Social Affairs

Control Programme UNCDF United Nations Capital UNRWA2 United Nations Relief and 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 Assembly and Conference

Programme UNFPA United Nations Population Fund MIGA Multilateral Investment

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

UNICRI United Nations Interregional UNRISD United Nations Research UN-INSTRAW United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Developed Countries, Landlocked

ICAO International Civil Aviation

Crime and Justice Research Institute Institute for Social Development International Research and Training Developing Countries and Small

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 Universal Postal Union Drugs and Crime

UNOPS United Nations Office for Project Services UNSSC United Nations System 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 World Trade Organization 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 Geneva

UNIDO United Nations Industrial UNOV UN Office at Vienna

CTBTO Prep.Com6 PrepCom for the Development Organization UNON UN Office at Nairobi

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
1 The UN Drug Control Programme is part of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime. OPCW6 Organization for the
Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Published by the United Nations
2 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.
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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.