10 MOVING TOWARDS A CLIMATE NEUTRAL UN The United Nations System Principal Organs Trusteeship Council Subsidiary Bodies
Military Staff Committee Standing Committee and ad hoc bodies Peacekeeping Operations and Missions Counter-Terrorism Committee
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)
Security Council General Assembly
Subsidiary Bodies Main committees Human Rights Council Other sessional committees Standing committees and ad hoc bodies Other subsidiary organs
Programmes and Funds
UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
ITC International Trade Centre (UNCTAD/WTO)
UNDCP 1 United Nations Drug Control Programme
UNEP United Nations Environment Programme
UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund Research and Training Institutes
UNICRI United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute
UNITAR United Nations Institute for Training and Research
UNRISD United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
UNIDIR 2 United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research
Other UN Entities UNOPS United Nations Office for Project Services UNU United Nations University
Other UN Trust Funds 8 UNFIP United Nations Fund for International Partnerships UNDEF United Nations Democracy Fund
NOTES: Solid lines from a Principal Organ indicate a direct reporting relationship; dashes indicate a non-subsidiary relationship. 1 The UN Drug Control Programme is part of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime. 2 UNRWA and UNIDIR report only to the GA.
3 The United Nations Ethics Office, the United Nations Ombudsman’s Office, and the Chief Information Technology Officer report directly to the Secretary-General.
4 In an exceptional arrangement, the Under-Secretary-General for Field Support reports directly to the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations. 5 IAEA reports to the Security Council and the General Assembly (GA). 6 The CTBTO Prep.Com and OPCW report to the GA. 7 Specialized agencies are autonomous organizations working with the UN and each other through the coordinating machinery of the ECOSOC at the intergovernmental level, and through the Chief Executives Board for coordination (CEB) at the inter-secretariat level.
8 UNFIP is an autonomous trust fund operating under the leadership of the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General. UNDEF’s advisory board recommends funding proposals for approval by the Secretary-General.
UN-INSTRAW United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women
UNDP United Nations Development Programme
UNIFEM United Nations Development Fund for Women
UNV United Nations Volunteers
UNCDF United Nations Capital Development Fund
UNFPA United Nations Population Fund
UNHCR Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
WFP World Food Programme
UNRWA 2 United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
UN-HABITAT United Nations Human Settlements Programme
Advisory Subsidiary Body
United Nations Peacebuilding Commission
UNSSC United Nations System Staff College UNAIDS Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
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