Finance & Budget Network (FBN)
Budgetary and financial situation of the organizations of the United Nations system
Finance & Budget Network (FBN)
Budgetary and financial situation of the organizations of the United Nations system
Finance & Budget Network (FBN)
Budgetary and financial situation of the organizations of the United Nations system
Finance & Budget Network (FBN)
Budgetary and financial situation of the organizations of the United Nations system
Finance & Budget Network (FBN)
Budgetary and financial situation of the organizations of the United Nations system
Human Resources Network (HRN)
UN System HR Statistics Report 2019
World Meteorological Organization
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is the successor to the International Meteorological Organization, which was established in 1873. It formally came into existence in 1950 and became a UN specialised agency in 1951.
World Health Organization
Representatives of 61 states adopted the World Health Organization (WHO) Constitution in 1946. The Organization formally came into existence on 7 April 1948 and became a UN specialized agency on 10 July 1948. Article 1 of the Constitution defines the WHO's objective as "the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health". The detailed functions are set out in article 2 of the Constitution.
Universal Postal Union
The Universal Postal Union (UPU) was established by the Berne Treaty of 1874 and became a specialised agency of the UN in 1948. Article 1 of the Vienna Constitution 1964 states that the aim of the Union is to secure the organisation and improvements of postal services, promote the development of international collaboration and undertake, as far as possible, technical assistance in postal matters requested by members countries. To this end, the countries that have adopted the Constitution comprise a single postal territory.
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is the secretariat of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its three supplementary protocols on: Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children; Smuggling of Migrants; and illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms. It is also the secretariat of the Conference of the States Parties to the UN Convention against Corruption. UNODC promotes the ratification and implementation of all of these conventions and protocols through capacity building, training and technical assistance.