United Nations System

While the United Nations is an international organization, the United Nations System is the whole network of international organizations, treaties and conventions that were created by the United Nations.

Related Topics:
United Nations - International organization

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The United Nations System is based on five active principal organs (formerly six, the UN Trusteeship Council suspended operations in 1994):

Related Topics:
United Nations - UN Trusteeship Council

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• UN General Assembly
• UN Security Council
• UN Economic and Social Council
• UN Secretariat
• International Court of Justice

In addition separate organizations, often subordinate to the principal organs, have been created to solve specialized tasks.

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