A report on United Nations Office at Vienna
One of the four major office sites of the United Nations where numerous different UN agencies have a joint presence.
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Vienna
3 linksNational capital, largest city, and one of nine states of Austria.
National capital, largest city, and one of nine states of Austria.
Vienna has regained much of its former international stature by hosting international organizations, such as the United Nations (United Nations Industrial Development Organization, United Nations Office at Vienna and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime), the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, the International Atomic Energy Agency, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
United Nations Industrial Development Organization
2 linksSpecialized agency of the United Nations that assists countries in economic and industrial development.
Specialized agency of the United Nations that assists countries in economic and industrial development.
It is headquartered at the UN Office in Vienna, Austria, with a permanent presence in over 60 countries.
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
2 linksThe United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC; French: Office des Nations unies contre la drogue et le crime) is a United Nations office that was established in 1997 as the Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention by combining the United Nations International Drug Control Program (UNDCP) and the Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Division in the United Nations Office at Vienna.
United Nations
1 linksIntergovernmental organization whose purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations.
Intergovernmental organization whose purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations.
The UN is headquartered on international territory in New York City, and has other main offices in Geneva, Nairobi, Vienna, and The Hague (home to the International Court of Justice).
Vienna International Centre
1 linksThe Vienna International Centre (VIC) is the campus and building complex hosting the United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV; in ).
International Narcotics Control Board
1 linksIndependent treaty body, one of the four treaty-mandated bodies under international drug control law (alongside the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, UNODC on behalf of the Secretary-General, and the WHO).
Independent treaty body, one of the four treaty-mandated bodies under international drug control law (alongside the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, UNODC on behalf of the Secretary-General, and the WHO).
Additionally, in 1990, the Board noted that "by decision of the Secretary-General, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Vienna serves as Co-ordinator of all United Nations drug control-related activities."
United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs
0 linksOffice of the U.N. Secretariat that promotes and facilitates peaceful international cooperation in outer space.
Office of the U.N. Secretariat that promotes and facilitates peaceful international cooperation in outer space.
The Committee became permanent the following year, with UNOOSA undergoing several structural changes before its relocation in 1993 to the United Nations Office in Vienna, Austria.
List of ambassadors of the United States to the United Nations International Organizations in Vienna
0 linksThe United States Ambassador to the United Nations International Organizations in Vienna is the diplomatic representative of the United States to those organizations of the United Nations Office in Vienna.
United Nations Information Service Vienna
0 linksPart of a 63-strong network of United Nations Information Centres spanning the globe, which are part of the United Nations Department of Public Information.
Part of a 63-strong network of United Nations Information Centres spanning the globe, which are part of the United Nations Department of Public Information.
Furthermore, it provides public information support and promotional services to the substantive programmes of the United Nations based in Vienna, and acts as Secretariat to the UN Communications Group in Vienna.
United Nations Postal Administration
0 linksPostal agency of the United Nations.
Postal agency of the United Nations.
It issues postage stamps and postal stationery, denominated in United States dollars for the office in New York, in Swiss francs for the office in Geneva and in euros (formerly schillings) for the office in Vienna.