While the Secretariat of the United Nations is headquartered in New York City, its many bodies, specialized agencies, and related organizations are headquartered in other parts of the world, particularly in Europe.
Locations Africa Country City Organizations Addis Ababa United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) Nairobi United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) United Nations Office at Nairobi
Americas Country City Organizations Montreal International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Secretariat UNESCO Institute for Statistics Santiago Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC, UNECLAC) Ciudad Colón University for Peace (UPEACE) (associated) Santo Domingo International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW) Kingston International Seabed Authority (ISA) New York City United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Former Inter-Agency Committee on Sustainable Development Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality Inter-Agency Working Group on Evaluation International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) Panel of External Auditors of the United Nations the Specialized Agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency United Nations (United Nations Secretariat) United Nations Board of Auditors United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (moving to Nairobi in 2026) United Nations Communications Group United Nations CyberSchoolBus United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (moving to Nairobi in 2026) United Nations Fund for International Partnerships (UNFIP) United Nations Geographic Information Working Group United Nations Information and Communication Technologies Task Force (UN ICT TF) United Nations International School (UNIS) United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund (UNJSPF) United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) (moving to Nairobi in 2026) United Nations Resident Coordinators Network United Nations Sustainable Development Group (UNSDG) United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination United Nations Women (moving to Nairobi in 2026) WomenWatch United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) Washington, D.C. International Monetary Fund (IMF) United Nations Atlas of the Oceans World Bank Group (WBG) International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) International Development Association (IDA) International Finance Corporation (IFC) Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
Asia Country City Organizations Macau Macau United Nations University Institute on Computing and Society (UNU-CS) Tokyo United Nations University (UNU) Amman United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) (co-located in the Gaza Strip) Beirut Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) Kuala Lumpur United Nations University International Institute for Global Health Bangkok Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) Ashgabat United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA) Hanoi United Nations International School of HanoiKathmandu United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific (UNRCPD)
Europe Country City Organizations Vienna Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) Preparatory Commission International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV) United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) United Nations Postal Administration (UNPA) United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) Copenhagen United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)Helsinki United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) Paris International Institute for Educational Planning United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Bonn UN Bonn Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) United Nations Volunteers (UNV) United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response (UN-SPIDER) United Nations University Hamburg International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) Rome Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) UN System Network on Rural Development and Food Security World Food Programme (WFP) Trieste Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) International Centre for Science and High Technology (ICS) Turin United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) International Training Centre of the ILO (ITCILO) United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC) Valletta International Institute on Ageing (INIA) The Hague International Court of Justice (ICJ) International Criminal Court (ICC or ICCt) International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) (working relationship with United Nations)Maastricht United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT) Oslo United Nations Common Supplier Database Madrid United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Malmö World Maritime University (WMU) Bern Universal Postal Union (UPU) Geneva Economic Commission for Europe (ECE or UNECE) Global Programme on Globalization, Liberalization and Sustainable Human Development High Level Committee on Management High Level Committee on Programmes International Bureau of Education (IBE-UNESCO) International Computing Centre (UNICC) International Labour Organization (ILO) International Organization for Migration (IOM) International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (IDNDR) International Telecommunication Union (ITU) International Trade Centre (ITC) Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) Joint Inter-Agency Meeting on Computer-Assisted Translation and Terminology Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) ReliefWeb (RW) United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC) United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service (UN-NGLS) United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) United Nations System Standing Committee on Nutrition (UNSCN) World Health Organization (WHO) World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) World Meteorological Organization (WMO) World Trade Organization (WTO) United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) London International Maritime Organization (IMO)
Statistics
See also List of United Nations organizations United Nations United Nations System
References
External links Main UN Offices Worldwide UN System of Organisations