United Nations University (UNU)
Université des Nations Unies (UNU)
Universidad de las Naciones Unidas
国連大学
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Founded
1973-12-06
History
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Contribute, through collaborative research and education, to efforts to resolve pressing global problems of human survival, development and welfare that are the concern of the UN, its Peoples and Member States.
Events
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Agreements with:
- D-XD0165 - ASEAN;
- C-XC0069 - Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization (AALCO);
- F-XJ7911 - Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM);
- F-XF3162 - Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA);
- B-XB0971 - FAO;
- E-XE5928 - International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA);
- E-XE0116 - International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB);
- B-XB1112 - International Organization for Migration (IOM);
- D-XD3030 - OAS;
- E-XE8300 - Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP);
- D-XD3257 - Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO);
- E-XE4161 - UNEP;
- E-XE3381 - UNCTAD;
- E-XE3382 - UNDP;
- B-XB3383 - UNESCO;
- E-XE3016 - UNHCR;
- E-XE4174 - United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA);
- E-XE3242 - United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA);
- E-XK2002 - United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR);
- K-XK2384 - United Nations Office of the Special Advisor on Africa (OSAA);
- F-XF8239 - University for Peace (UPEACE);
- B-XB3548 - WHO;
- B-XB3635 - World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
Cooperates with:
- F-XF0018 - African Development Bank (ADB);
- F-XE4484 - Arab Gulf Programme for United Nations Development Organizations (AGFUND);
- F-XF0077 - Asian Development Bank (ADB);
- C-XC0376 - Commonwealth Secretariat;
- H-XD7657 - Federation of Arab Scientific Research Councils (FASRC);
- F-XF2335 - Global Environment Facility (GEF);
- B-XB2183 - ILO;
- E-XD1035 - Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama (INCAP);
- F-XF1069 - Inter-American Development Bank (IDB);
- E-XF1308 - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC);
- F-XF1393 - International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD);
- E-XE0390 - International Development Research Centre (IDRC);
- F-XF1721 - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD);
- F-XF2266 - International Monetary Fund (IMF);
- E-XE2639 - International Trade Centre (ITC);
- E-XE2288 - Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS);
- F-XF6646 - Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences;
- E-XK1312 - Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR);
- F-XF6504 - OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID);
- B-XB0057 - Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW);
- E-XE3060 - Pan American Health Organization (PAHO);
- E-XE2653 - Secretariat of the Basel Convention (SBC);
- E-XE3586 - Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD);
- E-XE3486 - Secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (Secretariat of the UNCCD);
- F-XF3380 - UNICEF;
- B-XE3386 - UNIDO;
- E-XE4177 - United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP);
- E-XE4178 - United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA);
- E-XK1561 - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - Secretariat (UNFCCC);
- E-XE6809 - United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat);
- E-XE6904 - United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR);
- E-XE3387 - United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR);
- U-XE9444 - United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (UN-INSTRAW);
- United Nations Office of Legal Affairs (UNOLA);
- United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA);
- United Nations Department of Peace-keeping Operations;
- F-XF5606 - United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA);
- E-XE3388 - United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD);
- E-XE1131 - United Nations Special Committee on Peace-keeping Operations;
- F-XF4104 - United Nations Volunteers (UNV);
- F-XE3543 - World Food Programme (WFP);
- B-XB3556 - World Meteorological Organization (WMO);
- B-XF2527 - World Trade Organization (WTO).
Member of: E-XJ5752 - UN-OCEANS; E-XJ2271 - UN-Water. Instrumental in setting up: H-XK1156 - United Nations University Food and Nutrition Programme for Human and Social Development (UNU/FNP).
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Member of: E-XE0042 - Regional Energy Resources Information Center (RERIC); F-XJ7855 - Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN). Agreements with: F-XF2052 - African Academy of Sciences (AAS); G-XK2074 - African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD); D-XD0117 - Association of African Universities (AAU); D-XC1463 - International Cell Research Organization (ICRO); F-XF4243 - International Foundation for Science (IFS); E-XC3987 - International Ocean Institute (IOI); A-XA2654 - International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN).
Instrumental in setting up: J-XM4271 - Higher Education Sustainability Initiative (HESI); U-XJ1516 - United Nations University Institute for Sustainability and Peace (UNU-ISP); U-XJ6122 - UNU International Institute for the Alliance of Civilizations (UNU-IIAOC); U-XK1318 - UNU Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU/IAS); U-XK1381 - International Conflict Research Institute (INCORE), Coleraine (Northern Ireland), jointly with the University of Ulster.
Links with:
- E-XE8250 - Asia/Pacific Cultural Centre for UNESCO (ACCU);
- H-XD6124 - Association of Development Research and Training Institutes of Asia and the Pacific (ADIPA);
- D-XD4250 - Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO);
- U-XE1773 - COSTED-IBN;
- D-XD0006 - Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA);
- C-XC0373 - CPU Media Trust;
- F-XF8329 - Federation of Arab News Agencies (FANA);
- G-XG4005 - Digiworld Institute;
- G-XG0334 - Institute for Political and International Studies, Teheran (IPIS);
- B-XB1363 - International Association of Universities (IAU);
- H-XA1752 - International Council for Science (ICSU);
- D-XC4518 - International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA);
- B-XB1408 - International Institute of Communications (IIC);
- E-XE4109 - International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA);
- B-XB2369 - International Political Science Association (IPSA);
- B-XB2575 - International Sociological Association (ISA);
- B-XB2743 - International Union of Nutritional Sciences (IUNS);
- E-XE2321 - Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE);
- B-XB3228 - Society for International Development (SID);
- F-XF3352 - Union of International Associations (UIA).
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UN Sustainable Development Goals **
UIA Org ID
XF2488
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