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UNICEF – UNITED NATIONS

CHILDREN’S FUND
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF),
originally known as the United Nations International
Children's Emergency Fund, was created by the United
Nations General Assembly on 11 December 1946, to
provide emergency food and healthcare to children and
mothers in countries that had been devastated by
World War II.
UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories
to protect the rights of every child. UNICEF works
in the world's toughest places to reach the most
disadvantaged children and adolescents – and to
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country programmes in the following areas:
Adolescent development. Our experts in this area work towards: ...
Communication for development (C4D) ...
Child protection. ...
Early Childhood Development. ...
Education. ...
Gender Equality. ...
Health. ...
HIV/AIDS.
UNDP – UNITED NATIONS
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
UNDP helps developing
countries attract and use aid
effectively.
...
UNDP's focus is helping
countries build and share
The United Nations Development solutions to the
Programme (UNDP) works in about challenges of:
170 countries and territories, helping 1. Poverty Reduction and
to achieve the eradication of poverty Achievement of the MDGs.
and the reduction of inequalities and 2. Democratic Governance.
exclusion. 3. Crisis Prevention and
UNDP partners with people at all Recovery.
levels of society to help build 4.Environment and Energy
nations that can withstand crisis,
for Sustainable
and drive and sustain the kind of
growth that improves the quality Development.
of life for everyone.
UNEP – UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT
UNEP's mission is toPROGRAMME
provide leadership and encourage
partnership in caring for the environment by inspiring, informing,
and enabling nations and peoples to improve their quality of life
without compromising that of future generations.
UNEP FI's governance bodies are: the Annual General Meeting,
the Global Steering Committee, the three Industry Committees
(Banking, Insurance and Investment), the Thematic Advisory
Groups and the Regional Advisory Groups. The Annual General
Meeting is the ultimate decision-making forum for UNEP FI .
United Nations Environment
Programme is an international agency
relating to the environment program.
The main functions of U.N.E.P. are
to protect the world from pollution by
cutting emission of greenhouse gases
and secondly, preventing unrestricted
exploitation of resources.
UNEP – UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT
PROGRAMME
The office of the United Nations
High Commissioner for
Refugees (UNHCR) was created in
1950, during the aftermath of the
Second World War, to help millions of
Europeans who had fled or lost their
As of 31
homes . May 2018, we work in 128
countries, employing 11,517 staff
members, of whom around 87 per cent
are based in the field.
UNHCR's goal is to guarantee the fundamental rules
accepted by all States concerning the right of
individuals to flee their country and seek asylum in
another. To this end, it helps States face the administrative,
legal, diplomatic, financial, and human problems that are
caused by the refugee phenomenon.
ILO – INTERNATIONAL LABOUR
ORGANISATION
The International Labour
Organization is the UN
specialized agency which seeks
the promotion of social justice and
internationally recognized human
and labour rights.
The International Labor Organization
(ILO) is devoted to promoting The three organs of the
social justice and internationally ILO are:
recognized human and labour International Labour
rights, pursuing its founding mission Conferences: -
that labour peace is essential to 1. General Assembly of the
prosperity .
The International Labour ILO – Meets every year in the
Organization (ILO), a tripartite month of June.
specialized agency of the United 2. Governing Body: -
Nations that sets international Executive Council of the ILO.
standards related to work, has 187 ...
member states, as of August 3. International Labour Office:
- A permanent secretariat
UNESCO – UNITED NATIONS
EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND
CULTURAL
UNESCO's mission ORGANISATION
is to contribute to the building of a culture of peace,
the eradication of poverty, sustainable development and intercultural
dialogue through education, the sciences, culture, communication and
information.
The Organization has 193 Members and 11 Associate Members.
Membership of UNESCO is governed by Articles II and XV of the
Constitution and by rules 98 to 101 of the Rules of Procedure of the
General Conference. Membership of the United Nations carries with it the
right to membership of UNESCO.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO) seeks to encourage the identification, protection and
preservation of cultural and natural heritage around the world considered
to be of outstanding value to humanity.
Today, UNESCO has five major themes to its
programs which include
 1) education,
2) natural sciences,
3) social and human sciences,
4) culture, and
5) communication and information.
WHO – WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION
The World Health
Organization (WHO) is
a specialized agency of the
United Nations responsible
for international public
health. The WHO
Constitution states its main
objective as "the attainment WHO works worldwide
by all peoples of the highest to promote health, keep the
possible level of world safe, and serve the
health“, Headquartered vulnerable. Our goal is to ensure
in Geneva,
The UnitedSwitzerland.
Nations member that a billion more people have
states are the 193 universal health coverage, to
sovereign states that are protect a billion more people from
members of the United health emergencies, and provide a
Nations (UN) and have equal further billion people with better
representation in the UN health and well-being.
General Assembly.
THE WORLD BANK UNITED NATIONS

World Bank United Nations


The World Bank focuses on poverty
reduction and the improvement of living
standards worldwide by providing low-
interest loans, interest-free credit, and
grants to developing countries for
education, health, infrastructure, and
communications, among other things. The
World Bank works in over 100 countries.
The World Bank Group has
The organizations that make up the a treaty-based
World Bank Group are owned by the relationship with the United
governments of member nations, Nations (UN) that dates back to its
which have the ultimate decision- founding, and through that
making power within the relationship, works to build a
organizations on all matters, partnership that supports Member
including policy, financial or States and contributes to effective
membership issues. development outcomes while
preserving the distinct mandates of
each institution.
IAEA – INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY
AGENCY
The IAEA, or the International Atomic Energy
Agency, is widely known as the world's
"Atoms for Peace and Development"​
organization within the United Nations family.

The IAEA assists countries in all aspects of


the nuclear fuel cycle, from uranium
mining to spent fuel and radioactive waste
management, fostering technical information
exchange between countries.
The IAEA is the world's centre for cooperation in the nuclear field. It was
set up as the world's "Atoms for Peace" organization in 1957 within the
United Nations family. The Agency works with its Member States and
multiple partners worldwide to promote the safe, secure and peaceful use
of nuclear technologies.
The IAEA has 175 member states as of March 2022. Most UN members
and the Holy See are Member States of the IAEA.
WTO – WORLD TOURISM ORGANISATION

The World Tourism
Organization (UNWTO) is the United
Nations agency responsible for the promotion
of responsible, sustainable and universally
accessible tourism.
UNWTO generates market knowledge,
promotes competitive and sustainable tourism
policies and instruments, fosters tourism
education and training, and works to make
tourism an effective tool for development
through technical assistance projects in over
100 countries around the world
Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala took office as WTO Director-General on 1
March 2021. She is a global finance expert, an economist and international
development professional with over 30 years of experience working in Asia,
Africa, Europe, Latin America and North America.
The First International Congress of National Tourism Bodies, meeting in
London, decides to create a new international non-governmental
organization to replace the International Union of Official Tourist
Propaganda Organizations (IUOTPO), established in 1934.

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