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United Nations System Links


Below are Organizations either part of the United Nations organization or linked to the United Nations framework that deal with oceans and the law of the sea.  Whenever possible, links are to the area of special relevance to oceans and law of the sea within the web site.

United Nations Organs and Programmes
Specialized Agencies and related Institutions
Environmental Bodies
United Nations Joint and Coordinating Mechanisms

Entries are in alphabetical order by name, not by acronym.

United Nations Organs and Programmes

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International Court of Justice

United Nations Centre for Human Settlements

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

United Nations Development Programme

 

United Nations Environment Programme

United Nations System-Wide
Earthwatch

Global Environment Facility
 

UNEP Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment

United Nations University

United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention

 
United Nations Regional Economic and Social Commissions

Economic Commission for Africa

Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

Economic Commission for Europe

Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

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Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia


Specialized Agencies and other Organizations

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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International Civil Aviation Organization
International Fund for Agricultural Development

International Labour Organization

International Maritime Organization

International Monetary Fund

International Telecommunication Union

United Nations Industrial Development Organization

 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, UNESCO

World Bank Group

World Health Organization

World Intellectual Property Organization

World Meteorological Organization
     


 International Atomic Energy Agency
Global Marine Radioactivity Database (), IAEA

World Tourism Organization

 

Environmental Bodies

Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal
Convention on Biological Diversity

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals
Convention on Wetlands
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United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

 

United Nations Joint and Coordinating Mechanisms

Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts

Inter-Agency Committee on Sustainable Development

Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection

Subcommittee on Oceans and Coastal Areas, ACC (Administrative Committee on Coordination)
 

 


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