Outline of the United Nations

Summary

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the United Nations:

United Nations sign at the United Nations Office at Geneva (Switzerland)

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 edit

Membership edit

Geography edit

Buildings and structures edit

United Nations System edit

Core structure of the United Nations edit

General Assembly edit

Security Council edit

Economic and Social Council edit

United Nations Economic and Social Council

United Nations Secretariat edit

United Nations Secretariat offices edit
United Nations Secretariat departments edit

International Court of Justice edit

International Court of Justice cases edit
International Court of Justice judges edit

Trusteeship Council edit

United Nations Trusteeship Council

Funds and programmes, research and training institutes, and other bodies edit

Funds and programmes edit

Research and training institutes edit

Secretariats of Conventions edit

Other entities edit

Specialized agencies edit

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 Civil Aviation Organization edit

ICAO airline designator edit
ICAO airport designator edit

International Monetary Fund edit

Managing directors of the International Monetary Fund edit

International Telecommunication Union edit

ITU-R recommendations edit
ITU-T recommendations edit

International Labour Organization edit

International Labour Organization Conventions edit

UNESCO edit

Biosphere reserves edit
UNESCO Directors-General edit

Universal Postal Union edit

World Bank edit

Presidents of the World Bank edit
World Bank Chief Economists edit

World Health Organization edit

Human Development Index edit

History of the United Nations edit

League of Nations edit

League of Nations Mandates edit

Formation edit

United Nations Trust Territories edit

United Nations peacekeeping missions and operations edit

United Nations Mission in Kosovo edit

United Nations General Assembly Resolutions edit

United Nations Security Council Resolutions edit

2002 United Nations Security Council Resolutions edit

2003 United Nations Security Council Resolutions edit

2004 United Nations Security Council Resolutions edit

2005 United Nations Security Council Resolutions edit

2006 United Nations Security Council Resolutions edit

United Nations reform edit

United Nations Parliamentary Assembly edit

United Nations relations edit

United Nations tribunals edit

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda edit

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda judges edit
People charged by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda edit
People convicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda edit

International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia edit

People charged by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia edit
People convicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia edit
People indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia edit

United Nations Oil-for-Food scandal edit

United Nations in education edit

United Nations schools edit

Model United Nations edit

United Nations observances edit

The United Nations observances are days, weeks, months, years and decades where issues that are important for humanity are brought to the attention and given a forum. In several of the resolutions where the decision has been taken for a particular observance, it is mentioned that the observance has to be taken up in the educational curriculum, and often as well that the member organisations to the UN are supposed to make a budget available and feedback an agenda of planned activities and a report of those. Some of the observances are a very hot item to some members and much maneuvering is done to limit the impact and resources that go to the observance. The UN Decade for people of African descent reporting for the EU-28 has e.g. fallen under the responsibility of the Belgian delegation to the UN; Belgium being one of Africa's eight former colonial powers.

UNESCO designations edit

World Heritage Sites edit

World Book Capitals edit

Recipients of the Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize edit

L’Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science laureates edit

Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity edit

United Nations people edit

United Nations officials edit

Ambassadors to the United Nations edit

List of Australian ambassadors to the United Nations edit

List of Australian ambassadors to the United Nations

Former British Ambassadors to the United Nations edit
Former Canadian Ambassadors to the United Nations edit
Former Israeli Ambassadors to the United Nations edit
Former Russian and Soviet Ambassadors to the United Nations edit
United States ambassadors to the United Nations edit

FAO experts edit

Presidents of the United Nations General Assembly edit

United Nations Secretaries-General edit

World Health Organization officials edit

Special Rapporteurs to the United Nations edit

United Nations Interpreters edit

United Nations experts edit

UN Numbers scheme edit

See also edit

References edit

External links edit

  • Directory of the UN system
  • List of main UN System bodies
  • Chart of main UN System bodies
  • UN System Sites
  • Global Issues on the UN Agenda
  • UN System – CEB (Chief Executives Board)
  • UN – Senior Management Group
  • United Nations – Official site