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United Nations Industrial Development Organization

(Encyclopedia)United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), specialized agency of the United Nations. Headquartered in Vienna, it was organized in 1966 and made a specialized UN agency in 1985. UNIDO'...

United Nations Trusteeship Council

(Encyclopedia)United Nations Trusteeship Council: see trusteeship, territorial. ...

United Nations Children's Emergency Fund

(Encyclopedia)United Nations Children's Emergency Fund: see United Nations Children's Fund. ...

United Nations Commission for the Investigation of War Crimes

(Encyclopedia)United Nations Commission for the Investigation of War Crimes: see war crimes. ...

United Nations Atomic Energy Commission

(Encyclopedia)United Nations Atomic Energy Commission: see disarmament, nuclear. ...

United Nations Commission on Conventional Armaments

(Encyclopedia)United Nations Commission on Conventional Armaments: see United Nations. ...

United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration

(Encyclopedia)United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA), organization founded (1943) during World War II to give aid to areas liberated from the Axis powers. There were finally 52 participatin...

United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference

(Encyclopedia)United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference: see Bretton Woods Conference. ...

United Nations Economic and Social Council

(Encyclopedia)United Nations Economic and Social Council: see Economic and Social Council. ...

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Office of the

(Encyclopedia)United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Office of the (UNHCR), established Dec. 14, 1950, by the General Assembly. It superseded the International Refugee Organization. It seeks permanent solut...