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UN Global Environmental Facility GEF funds defray the added costs of making planned projects environmentally friendly & finance regional approaches to multinational problems. GEF partnerships unite governments, non-governmental organizations, scientists & the private sector behind cost-effective solutions that pave the way for sustainable economic development. www.gefweb.org
International Labour Organisation The International Labour Organization is the UN specialized agency which seeks the promotion of social justice and internationally recognized human and labour rights. It was founded in 1919 and is the only surviving major creation of the Treaty of Versailles which brought the League of Nations into being and it became the first specialized agency of the UN in 1946. www.ilo.org
UNCTAD Established in 1964 as a permanent intergovernmental body, UNCTAD is the principal organ of the United Nations General Assembly in the field of trade and development. Focal point within the United Nations for the integrated treatment of development and interrelated issues in the areas of trade, finance, technology, investment and sustainable development. Main goals are to maximize the trade, investment and development opportunities of developing countries, and to help them face challenges arising from globalization and integrate into the world economy, on an equitable basis. Fields of activity UNCTAD pursues its goals through research and policy analysis, intergovernmental deliberations, technical cooperation, and interaction with civil society and the business sector. www.unctad.org
UNESCO The main objective of UNESCO is to contribute to peace and security in the world by promoting collaboration among nations through education, science, culture and communication in order to further universal respect for justice, for the rule of law and for the human rights and fundamental freedoms which are affirmed for the peoples of the world, without distinction of race, sex, language or religion, by the Charter of the United Nations. www.unesco.org
UNICEF Founded in 1946, UNICEF advocates and works for the protection of children's rights, to help the young meet their basic needs and to expand their opportunities to reach their full potential. The UNICEF Executive Board reaffirmed this mandate in January 1996, when it adopted a statement on the mission of UNICEF saying that UNICEF "is guided by the Convention on the Rights of the Child and strives to establish children's rights as enduring ethical principles and international standards of behaviour towards children." www.unicef.org/
United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) The objective of the ISDR is to enable all societies to become resilient to the effects of natural hazards and related technological and environmental disasters, in order to reduce human, economic and social losses. www.unisdr.org
United Nations Centre on Human Settlements/HABITAT Habitat's operational activities focus on promoting housing for all, improving urban governance, reducing urban poverty, improving the living environment and managing disaster mitigation and post-conflict rehabilitation. The Centre is supporting the implementation of the Habitat Agenda at local, national and regional levels. At the end of 1998 UNCHS (Habitat) had 238 technical programmes and projects under execution in 86 countries, with an annual budget totalling US$70 million. www.unchs.org/
United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development The Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) was created in December 1992 to ensure effective follow-up of UNCED; to monitor and report on implementation of the Earth Summit agreements at the local, national, regional and international levels. www.un.org/esa/sustdev/csdgen.htm
United Nations Commission on the Status of Women The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) was established as a functional commission of the Economic and Social Council by Council resolution 11(II) of 21 June 1946 to prepare recommendations and reports to the Council on promoting women's rights in political, economic, civil, social and educational fields. The Commission also makes recommendations to the Council on urgent problems requiring immediate attention in the field of women's rights. The object of the Commission is to promote implementation of the principle that men and women shall have equal rights. www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/csw/
United Nations Department of Economic & Social Affairs The Department of Economic and Social Affairs was created as the result of the consolidation of the Department for Policy Coordination and Sustainable Development, the Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis and the Department for Development Support and Management Services.
The main objective of the Department's programme is to promote broad-based and sustainable development through a multidimensional and integrated approach to economic, social, environmental, population and gender related aspects of development. The overall policy framework for the programme is based primarily on the programmes and platforms of action adopted by the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development and the Earth Summit + 5, the Global Conference on Small Island Developing Countries, the International Conference on Population and Development, the World Summit for Social Development and the Fourth World Conference on Women. www.un.org/esa/desa.htm
United Nations Development Programme UNDP's mission is to help countries in their efforts to achieve sustainable human development by assisting them to build their capacity to design and carry out development programmes in poverty eradication, employment creation and sustainable livelihoods, the empowerment of women and the protection and regeneration of the environment, giving first priority to poverty eradication. www.undp.org
United Nations Environment Programme Established
as the outcome of the Stockholm Environment Conference
in 1972, UNEP is charged with the implementation of
global and regional environment conventions, providing
and integrated and coherent policy response to existing
and emerging environmental concerns and raising
consciousness and awareness about how peoples actions
negatively affect the environment. www.unep.org
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation Since its inception, FAO has worked to alleviate poverty and hunger by promoting agricultural development, improved nutrition and the pursuit of food security - the access of all people at all times to the food they need for an active and healthy life. The Organization offers direct development assistance, collects, analyses and disseminates information, provides policy and planning advice to governments and acts as an international forum for debate on food and agriculture issues.
World Bank The World Bank is the world's largest source of development assistance, providing nearly $30 billion in loans annually to its client countries. The Bank uses its financial resources, its highly trained staff, and its extensive knowledge base to individually help each developing country onto a path of stable, sustainable, and equitable growth. www.worldbank.org
World Health Organisation The objective of WHO is the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health. Health, as defined in the WHO Constitution, is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. In support of its main objective, the Organization has a wide range of functions. www.who.org
World Meteorological Organisation From weather prediction to air pollution research, climate change related activities, ozone layer depletion studies and tropical storm forecasting, the World Meteorological Organization coordinates global scientific activity to allow increasingly prompt and accurate weather information and other services for public, private and commercial use, including international airline and shipping industries. WMO's activities contribute to the safety of life and property, the socio-economic development of nations and the protection of the environment http://www.wmo.ch/
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