UN Tourism
ONU Tourisme
ONU Turismo
ООН Туризм
الأمم المتحدة للسياحة
联合国旅游组织
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Founded
1975-01-02
History
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Promote and develop responsible, sustainable and universally accessible tourism so as to contribute to economic development, international understanding, peace, prosperity and universal respect for, and observance of, human rights and fundamental freedoms for all, without distinction as to race, sex, language or religion. In pursuing these aims, pay particular attention to the interests of developing countries in the field of tourism.
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Member of: E-XE4062 - United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB), supported by its 3 pillars - United Nations High Level Committee for Programmes (HLCP), United Nationals High Level Committee for Management (HLCM) and E-XE4205 - United Nations Sustainable Development Group (UNSDG); E-XJ2271 - UN-Water. Observer status with: B-XF2527 - World Trade Organization (WTO).
Cooperates with:
- B-XB0971 - FAO;
- B-XB2183 - ILO;
- B-XB1505 - International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO);
- B-XB1117 - International Maritime Organization (IMO);
- D-XD3030 - OAS;
- E-XE3586 - Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD);
- E-XE4161 - UNEP;
- E-XE3382 - UNDP;
- B-XB3383 - UNESCO;
- A-XA3375 - United Nations (UN);
- E-XE4174 - United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA);
- E-XE4175 - United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC);
- E-XE4177 - United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP);
- E-XJ0813 - United Nations Group on the Information Society (UNGIS);
- B-XB3548 - WHO;
- F-XF6841 - The World Bank Group;
- B-XB3556 - World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
Links with:
- G-XG0198 - Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID);
- F-XF0711 - Antarctic Treaty (AT);
- D-XD0165 - ASEAN;
- C-XD2469 - Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC);
- F-XF3162 - Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA);
- E-XE5349 - Conference of European Statisticians (CES);
- G-XJ2537 - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ);
- F-XD3462 - Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS);
- E-XE3377 - ECOSOC;
- E-XE2442 - European Commission (EC);
- D-XD9187 - Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC);
- E-XM2387 - Ibero-American General Secretariat;
- F-XF1069 - Inter-American Development Bank (IDB);
- E-XE0128 - International Civil Service Commission (ICSC);
- G-XG3367 - Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA);
- D-XD2903 - League of Arab States (LAS);
- E-XE2491 - Mekong River Commission (MRC);
- E-XK2193 - African Union Development Agency-NEPAD (AUDA-NEPAD);
- F-XF0947 - Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE);
- F-XF1294 - Pacific Islands Marine Resources Information System (PIMRIS);
- E-XE0061 - Secretaria de Integración Turistica Centroamericana (SITCA);
- D-XD5720 - South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC);
- F-XF2522 - Southern African Development Community (SADC);
- F-XF9180 - Southern Common Market;
- E-XE8148 - Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC);
- E-XE7358 - Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat);
- UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA);
- B-XE3386 - UNIDO;
- E-XE4176 - United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE);
- E-XE4178 - United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA);
- E-XK1561 - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - Secretariat (UNFCCC);
- F-XF5941 - United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund (UNJSPF);
- E-XK0972 - United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS);
- F-XF4104 - United Nations Volunteers (UNV);
- B-XB3635 - World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Links with:
- International Centre for Educational Travel Confederation; G-XN5253 - SNV Netherlands Development Organisation (SNV); D-XD7613 - Regional Tourism Organisation of Southern Africa (RETOSA); F-XF3608 - World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF); C-XM2774 - World Youth Student and Educational Travel Confederation (WYSE Travel Confederation).
Links indicated by:
- D-XD4084 - Airlines International Representation in Europe (AIRE);
- B-XB0031 - Airports Council International (ACI);
- G-XJ3323 - Asia-Pacific Tourism Exchange Centre (APTEC);
- C-XC1339 - Association internationale d'experts scientifiques du tourisme (AIEST);
- D-XJ5012 - Balkan Alliance of Hotel Associations (BAHA);
- E-XE4159 - Confederation of National Associations of Hotels, Restaurants, Cafés and Similar Establishments in the European Union and European Economic Area (HOTREC);
- D-XD5579 - Danube Tourist Commission;
- F-XF2222 - ECPAT International (ECPAT);
- D-XD3674 - European Tour Operators Association (ETOA);
- D-XD6278 - Federación de Camaras de Turismo de Centroamérica (FEDECATUR);
- C-XC0946 - Federation of International Civil Servants' Associations (FICSA);
- F-XF3309 - Foundation for Aviation and Sustainable Tourism (FAST);
- F-XF1380 - Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE);
- E-XE0448 - ICOMOS International Cultural Tourism Committee (ICTC);
- E-XE1309 - International Academy for the Study of Tourism;
- B-XB1748 - International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS);
- D-XD6083 - International Federation of Information Technology and Tourism (IFITT);
- F-XF2181 - International Forum of Travel and Tourism Advocates (IFTTA);
- B-XB2418 - International Road Federation (IRF Global);
- B-XB2644 - International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF);
- B-XB2772 - International Union of Railways (UIC);
- D-XD2056 - Organisation mondiale du thermalisme (OMTh);
- C-XD4589 - Organization of World Heritage Cities (OWHC);
- F-XC7371 - World Economic Processing Zones Association (WEPZA);
- C-XC0020 - World Federation of Tourist Guide Associations (WFTGA).
- Cooperates with: International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
- Cooperates with: International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN)
- Cooperates with: United Nations Foundation (UNF)
- Instrumental in setting up: World Tourism Education and Research Centre (WTERC)
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UN Sustainable Development Goals **
UIA Org ID
XB2745
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