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  2. List of United Nations organizations by location - Wikipedia

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    The Palace of Nations.The United Nations Office at Geneva (Switzerland) is the second most important UN centre, after the United Nations Headquarters.. While the Secretariat of the United Nations is headquartered in New York City, its many bodies, specialized agencies, and related organizations are headquartered in other parts of the world, particularly in Europe.

  3. List of specialized agencies of the United Nations - Wikipedia

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    The United Nations Office at Geneva in Switzerland is the second biggest U.N. centre after the United Nations Headquarters in New York City.. United Nations Specialized Agencies are autonomous organizations working with the United Nations and each other through the co-ordinating machinery of the United Nations Economic and Social Council at the intergovernmental level, and through the Chief ...

  4. List of intergovernmental organizations - Wikipedia

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    For a more complete listing, see the Yearbook of International Organizations, [1] which includes 25,000 international non-governmental organizations (INGOs), excluding for-profit enterprises, about 5,000 IGOs, and lists dormant and dead organizations as well as those in operation (figures as of the 400th edition, 2012/13). A 2020 academic ...

  5. Headquarters of the United Nations - Wikipedia

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    The United Nations headquarters is often featured in movies and other pop culture. [221] [222] Several films have been set at the headquarters, including The Glass Wall (1953) and North by Northwest (1959). [222] [223] The UN did not give producers permission to film at its headquarters until 2005, when The Interpreter was filmed there.

  6. United Nations Information Center Washington - Wikipedia

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    The United Nations Information Center Washington (UNIC Washington) is one of the United Nations Information Centers (UNICs) located in Washington, D.C. that provides service to the United States. UNIC Washington serves as the main point of contact for engagement between the United Nations and the United States Government , as well as American ...

  7. United Nations - Wikipedia

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    The United Nations (UN) is a diplomatic and political [2] international organization with the intended purpose of maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations and countries, achieving international cooperation, and serving as a center for coordinating the actions of member states. [3]

  8. United Nations System - Wikipedia

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    The United Nations Office at Geneva (Switzerland) is the second biggest UN centre, after the United Nations Headquarters (New York City).. The United Nations System consists of the United Nations' six principal bodies (the General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), Trusteeship Council, International Court of Justice (ICJ), and the UN Secretariat), [1] the ...

  9. Sustainable Energy for All - Wikipedia

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    Launched by former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in 2011, [1] SEforALL is now an independent organization based in Vienna, Austria with a satellite office in Washington, DC. Damilola Ogunbiyi took office in January 2020 as CEO and as Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All as well as Co-Chair of UN ...