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2. United Nations Development Programme - Wikipedia

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   UNDP.org. The United Nations Development Programme ( UNDP) [note 1] is a United Nations agency tasked with helping countries eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth and human development. The UNDP emphasizes on developing local capacity towards long-term self-sufficiency and prosperity.

3. United Nations Industrial Development Organization - Wikipedia

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   The United Nations Industrial Development Organization ( UNIDO) (French: Organisation des Nations unies pour le développement industriel; French/Spanish acronym: ONUDI) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that assists countries in economic and industrial development. [1] It is headquartered at the UN Office in Vienna, Austria, with a ...

4. United Nations University - Wikipedia

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   The United Nations University (国際連合大学, Kokusai Rengō Daigaku) ( UNU) is the think tank and academic arm of the United Nations. [3] Headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, with diplomatic status as a UN institution, its mission is to help resolve global issues related to human development and welfare through collaborative research ...

5. Secretary-General of the United Nations - Wikipedia

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   Guterres is the first former head of government to become secretary-general, and the first secretary-general born after the establishment of the United Nations. He was the prime minister of Portugal from 1995 to 2002. He has also been president of the Socialist International (1999–2005) and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (2005 ...

6. Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations - Wikipedia

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   An under-secretary-general of the United Nations ( USG) is a senior official within the United Nations System, normally appointed by the General Assembly on the recommendation of the secretary-general for a renewable term of four years. Under-secretary-general is the third highest rank in the United Nations, after the secretary-general and the ...

7. Member states of the United Nations - Wikipedia

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   The UN officially came into existence on 24 October 1945, after ratification of the United Nations Charter by the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (the Republic of China, France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States) and a majority of the other signatories. [8]