United Nations Specialized Agency

An United Nations Specialized Agency is an Intergovernmental Organization that works with the United Nations to achieved world-wide goals in their areas of expertise.

• Example(s):
  • Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO),
  • International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO),
  • International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD),
  • International Labour Organization (ILO),
  • International Maritime Organization (IMO),
  • International Monetary Fund (IMF),
  • International Telecommunication Union (ITU),
  • United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO),
  • United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO),
  • Universal Postal Union (UPU),
  • World Bank Group (WBG),
  • World Health Organization (WHO),
  • World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO),
  • World Meteorological Organization (WMO),
  • World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA),
  • European Space Agency (ESA),
  • European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere (ESO),
  • Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative (CTTI),
  • Association of Clinical Research Organizations (ACRO),
  • Contract Research Organization (CRO).
• See: United Nations Charter, United Nations, United Nations Economic And Social Council, United Nations System, International Bank For Reconstruction And Development, International Finance Corporation, International Development Association, World Bank Group.

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References

2021

• (Wikipedia, 2021) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_specialized_agencies_of_the_United_Nations Retrieved:2021-9-26.
  • United Nations Specialized Agencies are autonomous organizations working with the United Nations and each other through the co-ordinating machinery of the United Nations Economic and Social Council at the intergovernmental level, and through the Chief Executives Board for co-ordination (CEB) at the inter-secretariat level. One of the principal objectives of the UN is to solve economic, social, cultural and humanitarian problems through international cooperation. A number of specialized agencies have been set up to achieve these goals, agencies which may or may not have been originally created by the United Nations, but they are incorporated into the United Nations System by the United Nations Economic and Social Council acting under Articles 57 and 63 of the United Nations Charter. At present the UN has in total 15 specialized agencies that carry out various functions on behalf of the UN. The specialized agencies are listed below.

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