Important United Nations Agencies / संयुक्त राष्ट्र की प्रमुख एजेंसियाँ
The source provides establishment years, headquarters and purposes of several major international and UN-related agencies. Headquarters matching is especially important for competitive examinations.
Source major UN और international agencies के establishment year, headquarters तथा purposes देता है। Exams में Organisation–Headquarters और Organisation–Function matching frequently पूछी जाती है।
International Telecommunication Union – ITU
- Established: 1865
- Headquarters: Geneva
- Purpose: International regulations for radio telegraph, telephone and space radio communications
International Labour Organisation – ILO
- Established: 1919
- Headquarters: Geneva
- Purpose: Improve conditions and living standards of workers
International Monetary Fund – IMF
- Established: 1945
- Headquarters: Washington DC
- Purpose: Promote international monetary cooperation
UNICEF
- Established: 1945 in source
- Headquarters: New York
- Purpose: Promote children's welfare throughout the world
Food and Agricultural Organisation – FAO
- Established: 1945
- Headquarters: Rome
- Purpose: Improve living conditions of rural population
UNESCO
- Established: 1946 in source
- Headquarters: Paris
- Purpose: Promote collaboration through education, science and culture
World Health Organisation – WHO
- Established: 1948
- Headquarters: Geneva
- Purpose: Attainment of highest possible level of health by all people
International Atomic Energy Agency – IAEA
- Established: 1957
- Headquarters: Vienna
- Purpose: Promote peaceful uses of atomic energy
International Development Association – IDA
- Established: 1960
- Headquarters: Washington DC
- Purpose: World Bank affiliate aimed at helping under-developed countries raise living standards
United Nations Development Programme – UNDP
- Established: 1965
- Headquarters: New York
- Purpose: Help developing countries increase wealth-producing capabilities of natural and human resources
United Nations Environment Programme – UNEP
- Established: 1972
- Headquarters: Nairobi, Kenya
- Purpose: Promote international cooperation concerning human environment
World Trade Organisation – WTO
- Established: 1995
- Headquarters: Geneva
- Purpose: Set rules for world trade and reduce tariffs according to source
UNODC
- Established: 1997
- Headquarters: Vienna as listed in source table
- Purpose: Prevention of illicit drug trafficking, drug abuse and crime
UN Women
- Established: 2010
- Headquarters: New York City
- Purpose: Gender equality and women's empowerment
World Food Programme – WFP
- Established: 1961
- Headquarters: Rome
- Purpose: Eradicate hunger and malnutrition
OECD
- Established: 1961
- Headquarters: Paris
- Purpose: Stimulate economic progress and world trade
Headquarters-Based Revision / मुख्यालय आधारित पुनरावृत्ति
- Geneva → ITU, ILO, WHO, WTO
- Washington DC → IMF, IDA
- New York → UNICEF, UNDP, UN Women
- Rome → FAO, WFP
- Paris → UNESCO, OECD
- Vienna → IAEA, UNODC in source
- Nairobi → UNEP