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United Nations
Headquarters, New York City Official languages Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish Membership 192 member states Leaders Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Belong to south korea Establishment United Nations Charter signed 26 June 1945 Entry into force of Charter 24 October 1945 Organization Main article: United Nations System The United Nations system is based on five principal organs (formerly six the Trusteeship Council suspended operations in 1994);[6] the General Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the Secretariat, and the International Court of Justice. Four of the five principal organs are located at the main United Nations headquarters located on international territory in New York City. The International Court of Justice is located in The Hague, while other major agencies are based in the UN offices at Geneva, Vienna, and Nairobi. Other UN institutions Name--------- Secertary General-----FromTo 1 Trygve Lie Norway 2 February 1946 10 November 1952 Resigned; First Secretary-General from Scandinavia 2 Dag Hammarskj๖ld Sweden 10 April 1953 18 September 1961 Died while in office 3 U Thant Burma 30 November 1961 1 January 1972 First Secretary-General from Asia 4 Kurt Waldheim Austria 1 January 1972 1 January 1982 5 Javier P้rez de Cu้llar Peru 1 January 1982 1 January 1992 First Secretary-General from South America 6 Boutros Boutros-Ghali Egypt 1 January 1992 1 January 1997 First Secretary-General from Africa 7 Kofi Annan Ghana 1 January 1997 1 January 2007 8 Ban Ki-moon South Korea 1 January 2007 Incumbent UNO Agencies Agency Estd. In Headquarters International Labour Organization (ILO) 1919 Geneva World Health Organization (WHO) 1948 Geneva United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) 1946 Paris International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) 1957 Vienna United Nations International Childrens Emergency Fund (UNICEF) 1946 New York United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) 1950 Geneva United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) 1967 New York International Fund for Agricultural Development 1977 Rome United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) 1964 Geneva International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) 1947 Montreal International Monetary Fund (IMF) 1945 Washington D.C. International Finance Corporation (IFC) 1956 Washington D.C. Universal Postal Union (UPU) 1947 Berne United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) 1972 Nairobi United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) 1967 Geneva Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) 1945 Rome International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) 1945 Washington D.C. World Meteorological Organization (WMO) 1950 Geneva World Trade Organization (WTO) 1995 Geneva United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) New York Inter Government maritime Consultative Organization (IMCO) 1958 London International Development Association (IDA) 1960 Washington D.C. International Tele-communication Union (ITU) 1947 Geneva United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) 1965 New York United Nations Relief and Work for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) 1949 New York United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) 1967 New York OIC The Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Eatablished. September 25, 1969. Headquarters Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Official languages Arabic, English, French Membership 57 member states Leaders Secretary-General Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu The Secretary General of the OIC Tunku Abdul Rahman (Malaysia): (19711973) Hassan Al-Touhami (Egypt): (19741975) Dr. Amadou Karim Gaye (Senegal): (19751979) Habib Chatty (Tunisia): (19791984) Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada (Pakistan): (19851988) Dr. Hamid Algabid (Niger): (19891996) Dr. Azeddine Laraki (Morocco): (19972000) Dr. Abdelouahed Belkeziz (Morocco): (20012004) Prof.Dr. Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu (Turkey): (2005 to present)[ Past Islamic Summit Conferences Number Date Country Place 1st September 2225, 1969 Morocco Rabat 2nd February 2224, 1974 Pakistan Lahore 3rd January 2529, 1981 Saudi Arabia Makkah Al Mukarramah and Taif 4th January 1619, 1984 Morocco Casablanca 5th January 2629, 1987 Kuwait Kuwait City 6th December 911, 1991 Senegal Dakar 7th December 1315, 1994 Morocco Casablanca 1st Extraordinary March 23, 1997 Pakistan Islamabad 8th December 911, 1997 Iran Tehran 9th November 1213, 2000 Qatar Doha 2nd Extraordinary March 5, 2003 Qatar Doha 10th October 1617, 2003 Malaysia Putrajaya 3rd Extraordinary December 78, 2005 Saudi Arabia Makkah Al Mukarramah 11th March 1314, 2008 Senegal Dakar 12th 2011 Egypt Cairo The South Asian Association for Regional (SAARC) At the Association's 14th summit, Afghanistan became its eighth member Headquarters Kathmandu, Nepal Membership 8 member states Establishment December 8, 1985 Membership Afghanistan Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka [edit] Observers Secretaries General Abul Ahsan January 16, 1987 to 15 October 1989 Kant Kishore Bhargava October 17, 1989 to December 31, 1991 Ibrahim Hussain Zaki January 1, 1992 to December 31, 1993 Yadav Kant Silwal January 1, 1994 to December 31, 1995 Naeem U. Hasan January 1, 1996 to December 31, 1998 Nihal Rodrigo January 1, 1999 to January 10, 2002 Q.A.M.A. Rahim January 11, 2002 to February 28, 2005 Lyonpo Chenkyab Dorji March 1, 2005 to February 29, 2008 Sheel Kant Sharma March 1, 2008 to present List of SAARC summits 1st Dhaka December 78, 1985 2nd Bangalore November 1617, 1986 3rd Kathmandu November 24, 1987 4th Islamabad December 2931, 1988 5th Mal้ November 2123, 1990 6th Colombo December 21, 1991 7th Dhaka April 1011, 1993 8th New Delhi May 24, 1995 9th Mal้ May 1214, 1997 10th Colombo July 2931, 1998 11th Kathmandu January 46, 2002 12th Islamabad January 26, 2004 13th Dhaka November 1213, 2005 14th New Delhi April 34, 2007 15th Colombo August 13, 2008 16th Thimphu April 2829, 2010 17th Maldives - Mal้ 2011 |
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