The United Nations is a global supra-governmental organization based in New York City.
History
On June 13, 2019, the United Nations and the World Economic Forum (WEF) signed a “Strategic Partnership Framework outlining areas of cooperation to deepen institutional engagement and jointly accelerate the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.”[1]
Organization
The UN is organized through the United Nations System, which includes its six principal bodies, specialized agencies and related organizations.[2]
Principal bodies
The principal bodies of the UN are:
- International Court of Justice (ICJ)
- United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
- United Nations General Assembly
- United Nations Secretariat
- United Nations Security Council
- United Nations Trusteeship Council
Specialized agencies
Specialized agencies of the UN include:[3]
- International Monetary Fund (IMF)
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- World Bank Group
- World Health Organization (WHO)
Personnel
| Name | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Mark Malloch Brown | Deputy Secretary General (former)[4] | Global Business Network, World Economic Forum, Open Society Foundations |
Partners
The UN has partnerships with:
- Global Urban Development (GUD)[5]
- World Economic Forum (WEF)[1:1]
External links
Tedeneke, A. (2019, June 13). World Economic Forum and UN Sign Strategic Partnership Framework. World Economic Forum. http://archive.today/2023.01.07-201341/https://www.weforum.org/press/2019/06/world-economic-forum-and-un-sign-strategic-partnership-framework/ ↩︎ ↩︎
Fasulo, L. M. (2004). An insider’s guide to the UN. Yale University Press. https://archive.org/details/insidersguidetou00lind/page/n9/mode/2up ↩︎
Specialized Agencies. United Nations. Retrieved November 29, 2022, from http://archive.today/2022.11.29-114451/https://www.un.org/en/about-us/specialized-agencies ↩︎
Mark Malloch Brown. Global Business Network. Retrieved December 30, 2010, from https://web.archive.org/web/20101230141840/http://www.gbn.com/people/peopledetail.php?id=193 ↩︎
Weiss, M. A. (2013, May 21). GUD’s 10th Anniversary Update, 2001-2011. Global Urban Development. https://web.archive.org/web/20220122023356/https://globalurban.org/GUD_10-year_Update.pdf ↩︎
