The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the United Nations:
United Nations – international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace. The UN was founded in 1945 after World War II to replace the League of Nations, to stop wars between countries, and to provide a platform for dialogue. It contains multiple subsidiary organizations to carry out its missions.
Legal foundation: The United Nations Charter United Nations Charter – foundational treaty of the United Nations which states that obligations to the United Nations prevail over all other treaty obligations and is binding for all United Nations members. Type of document: treaty Signed: 26 June 1945 Location: San Francisco, California, United States Effective: 24 October 1945 Condition: Ratification by China, France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, United States and by a majority of the other signatory states. Parties: 193 Sections: 20 (the preamble and 19 chapters) Preamble to the United Nations Charter – opening (preamble) of the United Nations Charter. Chapter I: Purposes And Principles – lays out the purposes and principles of the United Nations organization. Chapter II: Membership Chapter III: Organs Chapter IV: The General Assembly Chapter V: The Security Council Chapter VI: Pacific Settlement of Disputes Chapter VII: Action with respect to Threats to the Peace, Breaches of the Peace, and Acts of Aggression Chapter VIII: Regional Arrangements Chapter IX: International Economic and Social Co-operation Chapter X: The Economic and Social Council Chapter XI: Declaration regarding Non-Self-Governing Territories Chapter XII: International Trusteeship System Chapter XIII: The Trusteeship System Chapter XIV: The International Court of Justice Chapter XV: The Secretariat Chapter XVI: Miscellaneous Provisions Chapter XVII: Transitional Security Arrangements Chapter XVIII: Amendments Chapter XIX: Ratification and Signature
Membership Member states of the United Nations (United Nations member states) Withdrawal from the United Nations
Geography United Nations geoscheme United Nations geoscheme for Africa United Nations geoscheme for the Americas United Nations geoscheme for Asia United Nations geoscheme for Europe United Nations geoscheme for Oceania
Buildings and structures United Nations headquarters
United Nations System
United Nations System
Core structure of the United Nations General Assembly United Nations General Assembly Main Committees The First Committee: Disarmament and International Security (DISEC) The Second Committee: Economic and Financial (ECOFIN) The Third Committee: Social, Cultural, and Humanitarian (SOCHUM) The Fourth Committee: Special Political and Decolonisation (SPECPOL) The Fifth Committee: Administrative and Budgetary The Sixth Committee: Legal. Other committees and subsidiary bodies Peacebuilding Commission (also reports to the Security Council) Human Rights Council
Security Council United Nations Security Council Subsidiary bodies Military Staff Committee Peacebuilding Commission (also reports to the General Assembly) Sanctions committees International criminal tribunals International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
Economic and Social Council United Nations Economic and Social Council Functional Commissions Commission for Social Development Commission on Narcotic Drugs International Narcotics Control Board Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Commission on Science and Technology for Development Commission on Sustainable Development Commission on the Status of Women Commission on Population and Development Statistical Commission United Nations Forum on Forests Regional Commissions United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)
United Nations Secretariat United Nations Secretariat Commission on Population and Development United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Microcredit Nafis Sadik Rafael M. Salas Jomo Kwame Sundaram Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues United Nations Secretariat United Nations Secretary-General United Nations Statistical Commission
United Nations Secretariat offices Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) Office for Disarmament Affairs (ODA) Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
United Nations Secretariat departments Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA) Special political missions Department of Peace Operations (DPO) Peacekeeping operations Department of Field Support (DFS) Department of Management (DM) Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Department of General Assembly and Conference Management (DGACM) Department of Public Information (DPI)
International Court of Justice International Court of Justice (ICtJ) Jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice Leonid Skotnikov
International Court of Justice cases Bosnian genocide case at the International Court of Justice International Court of Justice advisory opinion on the Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons International Court of Justice advisory opinion on the Legality of the Use by a State of Nuclear Weapons in Armed Conflict List of International Court of Justice cases LaGrand case Nicaragua v. United States Lotus case
International Court of Justice judges Ronny Abraham Awn Shawkat Al-Khasawneh Thomas Buergenthal John Dugard Nabil Elaraby Taslim Olawale Elias Rosalyn Higgins Robert Yewdall Jennings Philip Jessup Eduardo Jimenez de Arechaga Kenneth Keith Muhammad Zafrulla Khan Pieter Kooijmans Abdul G. Koroma Manfred Lachs Nagendra Singh Shigeru Oda Hisashi Owada Gonzalo Parra Aranguren Raymond Ranjeva John Erskine Read Francisco Rezek Jose Maria Ruda Stephen M. Schwebel Bernardo Sepúlveda Amor Shi Jiuyong Bruno Simma Peter Tomka Humphrey Waldock Christopher Weeramantry
Trusteeship Council
United Nations Trusteeship Council
Funds and programmes, research and training institutes, and other bodies
Funds and programmes International Trade Centre (ITC) Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (OHCHR) United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) United Nations Volunteers (UNV) United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) World Food Programme (WFP)
Research and training institutes United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)
Secretariats of Conventions Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities UNCCD – United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification UNFCCC – United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change UNCLOS – United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea established bodies: ISA – International Seabed Authority ITLOS – International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
Other entities Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC) United Nations University (UNU)
Specialized agencies
Specialized agencies of the United Nations – autonomous organizations working with the United Nations and each other through the coordinating machinery of the Economic and Social Council. International Labour Organization (ILO) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Health Organization (WHO) World Bank Group International Bank for Reconstruction and Development(IBRD) International Development Association (IDA) International Finance Corporation (IFC) Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) International Monetary Fund (IMF) International Civil Aviation Organization ICAO International Maritime Organization (IMO) International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Universal Postal Union (UPU) World Meteorological Organization (WMO) World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) International Refugee Organization (IRO); ceased to exist in 1952
International Civil Aviation Organization International Civil Aviation Organization Kenneth Beaumont Convention on International Civil Aviation ICAO airline designator ICAO airport code Assad Kotaite Shivinder Singh Sidhu Edward Pearson Warner
ICAO airline designator Airline call sign ICAO airline designator International Civil Aviation Organization
ICAO airport designator List of airports by ICAO code List of airports by ICAO code: A List of airports by ICAO code: B List of airports by ICAO code: C List of airports by ICAO code: D List of airports by ICAO code: EB-EG List of airports by ICAO code: EH-EY List of airports by ICAO code: FA-FM List of airports by ICAO code: FN-FZ List of airports by ICAO code: G List of airports by ICAO code: H List of airports by ICAO code: I List of airports by ICAO code: J List of airports by ICAO code: K List of airports by ICAO code: L List of airports by ICAO code: M List of airports by ICAO code: N List of airports by ICAO code: O List of airports by ICAO code: P List of airports by ICAO code: Q List of airports by ICAO code: R List of airports by ICAO code: S List of airports by ICAO code: T List of airports by ICAO code: U List of airports by ICAO code: V List of airports by ICAO code: W List of airports by ICAO code: X List of airports by ICAO code: Y List of airports by ICAO code: Z
International Monetary Fund Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group International Financial Statistics International Monetary Fund Life and Debt Raymond Mikesell Singapore 2006 Special drawing rights United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference
Managing directors of the International Monetary Fund Michel Camdessus Camille Gutt Ivar Rooth Per Jacobsson Horst Köhler Anne O. Krueger Jacques de Larosière Rodrigo Rato Pierre-Paul Schweitzer H. Johannes Witteveen
International Telecommunication Union International Telecommunication Union ITU-D ITU-R Radio Regulations Regional Radiocommunication Conference ITU region ITU-T ITU Youth Forum Tunis Agenda for the Information Society Tunis Commitment Video Coding Experts Group World Information Society Day World Radiocommunication Conference World Summit on the Information Society
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