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United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR)

The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), a department of the United Nations Secretariat, is mandated to promote and protect the realization, by all people, of all rights established in the Charter of the United Nations and in international human rights laws and treaties. The mandate includes...
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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

The agency is mandated to lead and co-ordinate international action to protect refugees and resolve refugee problems worldwide. Its primary purpose is to safeguard the rights and well-being of refugees. It strives to ensure that everyone can exercise the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge in another state,...
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United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN HABITAT)

The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-HABITAT, is the United Nations agency for human settlements. It is mandated by the UN General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities with the goal of providing adequate shelter for all.
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United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

UNIDO's mission is to reduce poverty in countries with developing and transition economies, through sustainable industrial growth.
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United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)

The United Nations was founded on the belief that peace and security for all peoples would only be possible through disarmament. Long-term development and security, ensuring food, education, housing and economic infrastructure, is all but impossible in regions torn apart by conflict. The global community often invests again and again...
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United Nations International Computing Centre (UNICC)

The International Computing Centre (ICC) was established in 1971 by a Memorandum of Agreement among the United Nations (UN), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the World Health Organization (WHO). It was created as an inter-organization facility to provide electronic data processing services for themselves and other users....
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United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW)

UN-INSTRAW is a research and training institute dedicated to the advancement of women. Since inception it has carried out research and training activities on different topics. The Institute highlights the gender perspective as an essential element in the analysis and implementation of programmes and projects aimed at achieving peace, sustainable...
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United Nations Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)

UNAIDS brings together the efforts and resources of 10 UN system organizations to the global AIDS response. Based in Geneva, the UNAIDS secretariat works in more than 75 countries.
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United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV)

UNOV manages and implements the programme on the peaceful use of outer space and provides common services, such as conference management, public information, security & safety for the Vienna International Centre (VIC). UNOV is closely associated with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), through which additional common...
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United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)

UNOPS is part of the United Nations system. They provide a wide range of operational management services to clients, from infrastructure and public works, census and elections support, and landmine awareness to public sector reform and programmes aimed at eradicating poverty.
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