United Nations Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Funds, programmes, and other bodies === The United Nations system includes a myriad of autonomous, separately administered [[United Nations System#Funds and programmes, research and training institutes, and other bodies|funds, programmes, research and training institutes, and other subsidiary bodies]].<ref name="un.org">{{cite web|title=Structure and Organization|url=https://www.un.org/en/aboutun/structure/index.shtml|access-date=22 January 2013|publisher=Un.org|archive-date=18 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518080258/https://www.un.org/en/aboutun/structure/index.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> Each of these entities have their own area of work, governance structure, and budget such as the [[World Trade Organization]] (or the WTO) and the [[International Atomic Energy Agency]] (or the IAEA), operate independently of the UN but maintain formal partnership agreements. The UN performs much of its humanitarian work through these institutions, such as preventing famine and malnutrition (the [[World Food Programme]]), protecting vulnerable and displaced people (the [[United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees|UNHCR]]), and combating the HIV/AIDS pandemic (the [[Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS|UNAIDS]]).{{sfn|Fasulo|2004|pp=171β177}} {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:left;" |+ style="padding-top:1em;"| Programmes and funds of the United Nations !Acronyms !Agency !Headquarters !Head !Established |- |[[UNDP]] |'''[[United Nations Development Programme]]''' |{{flagicon|USA}} [[New York City]], United States |{{Flagicon|Germany}} {{Flagicon|Brazil}} [[Achim Steiner]] |1965 |- |[[UNICEF]] |'''[[United Nations Children's Fund]]''' |{{flagicon|USA}} [[New York City]], United States |{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Catherine M. Russell]] |1946 |- |[[UNCDF]] |'''[[United Nations Capital Development Fund]]''' |{{flagicon|USA}} [[New York City]], United States |{{Flagicon|Luxembourg}} [[Marc Bichler]] |1966 |- |[[WFP]] |'''[[World Food Programme]]''' |{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Rome]], Italy |{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Cindy McCain]] |1963 |- |[[UNEP]] |'''[[United Nations Environment Programme]]''' |{{flagicon|Kenya}} [[Nairobi]], [[Kenya]] |{{Flagicon|Denmark}} [[Inger Andersen (environmentalist)|Inger Andersen]] |1972 |- |[[UNFPA]] |'''[[United Nations Population Fund]]''' |{{flagicon|USA}} [[New York City]], United States |{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Natalia Kanem]] |1969 |- |[[UN-HABITAT]] |'''[[United Nations Human Settlements Programme]]''' |{{flagicon|Kenya}} [[Nairobi]], [[Kenya]] |{{Flagicon|Malaysia}} [[Maimunah Mohd Sharif]] |1978 |- |[[United Nations Volunteers|UNV]] |'''[[United Nations Volunteers]]''' |{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Bonn]], Germany |{{Flagicon|Russia}} [[Toily Kurbanov]] |1978 |} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page