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  2. 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 ...

  3. 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.

  4. Member states of the International Labour Organization

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    Following the Second World War and the dissolution of the League of Nations, the ILO became the UN's first specialized agency. [7] All but one of the ILO's member states (the Cook Islands) are also member states of the United Nations. [8] However, there are seven UN member states which have not joined the ILO.

  5. U.N. observes minute's silence for 101 staff killed in Gaza - AOL

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    United Nations workers observed a minute's silence on Monday to honour the more than 100 employees killed in Gaza since the Israel-Hamas war began last month, the largest toll of humanitarian ...

  6. Israel has banned the UN agency for Palestinian refugees ...

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    Israel’s parliament has voted to ban a nearly eight-decade-old United Nations agency that provides essential services for Palestinian refugees, a move that could have devastating consequences ...

  7. International Labour Organization - Wikipedia

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    ILO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Unlike other United Nations specialized agencies, the International Labour Organization (ILO) has a tripartite governing structure that brings together governments, employers, and workers of 187 member States, to set labour standards, develop policies and devise programmes promoting decent work for all women and men.

  8. Aid fears in Gaza as Israel bans UN refugee agency - AOL

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    Israel’s parliament passed a law banning the UN Relief and Works Agency from operating in the country, citing alleged ties of some of its staff to the 7 October 2023 Hamas attack on southern Israel.

  9. UNRWA - Wikipedia

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    UNRWA operations, as of 1 January 2017. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East [a] (UNRWA, pronounced / ˈ ʌ n r ə / UN-rə) [b] is a UN agency that supports the relief and human development of Palestinian refugees.