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United Nations and Its Specialized Agencies 1
United Nations and Its Specialized Agencies 1
SPECIALIZED AGENCIES
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HISTORY:
Major Report
published :The State
of Food Security
and Nutrition in the
World.
Objective: Secure
financial stability,
reduce poverty
around the world.
It was established
along with
the International
Monetary Fund at
the 1944 Bretton
Woods Conference.
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)
Important Initiatives
of UNESCO
World Heritage
Convention 1972-
preservation of
cultural properties.
Globally there are
1154 World Heritage
sites in the 167
countries.
International
Geoscience and
Global Geoparks
Programme (IGGP)
There are 177
UNESCO Global
Geoparks in 46
countries.
World Water
Assessment
Programme (WWAP)
Important Reports
Released by UNESCO
UNESCO Science
Report-
published every five
years
UNCTAD is composed
of 195 member
states
It reports to
the Economic and
Social Council
UNCTAD conferences
ordinarily take place
every four years,
with the first
occurring
in Geneva in 1964.
focus is the
trafficking in and
abuse of illicit
drugs, crime
prevention and crimi
nal justice,
international terroris
m, and political
corruption
International Day
Against Drug Abuse
and Illicit
Trafficking is
celebrated every
year on 26th June.
latest numbers of
refugees, asylum
seekers, internally
displaced and
stateless persons
worldwide
In 1981, it received a
second Nobel Peace
Prize
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