Entri Blog
No Result
View All Result
Thursday, September 28, 2023
  • State PSC
    • Kerala PSC
      • Kerala PSC Exams
      • Kerala PSC Notification
      • Kerala PSC Exam Calender
      • Kerala PSC Previous Question papers
      • KAS Exam
      • KAS Previous Year Question papers
      • Kerala PSC VEO Notification
      • Kerala Police SI
      • Kerala PSC LDC Notification
      • Kerala PSC LP/UP Assistant
      • Kerala PSC Village Field Assistant Notification
      • Kerala PSC LD Typist Notification
      • Kerala PSC Food Safety Officer
      • Kerala PSC Excise Inspector Notification
      • Kerala PSC BDO Notification
      • Kerala PSC CPO Notification
      • Kerala PSC LGS Notification
    • TNPSC
    • APPSC
    • TSPSC
    • BPSC
    • Karnataka PSC
    • MPPSC
    • UPPSC
  • Banking
    • IBPS PO Notification
    • IBPS Clerk Notification
    • SBI PO Notification
    • SBI Clerk Notification
    • SBI SO Notification
    • SBI Apprentice Notification
    • Canara Bank PO Notification
    • Indian Bank PO Notification
    • RBI Assistant Notification
    • RBI Office Attendant Notification
    • IBPS RRB Notification
    • IBPS RRB Office Assistant Notification
  • Govt Exams
    • Railway
    • SSC
  • Skilling
    • Coding
    • Spoken English
    • Stock Marketing
  • Courses
    • Data Science Course
      • Data Science Malayalam
      • Data Science Training in Kochi
      • Data Science Training in Trivandrum
      • Data Science Course in Calicut
      • Data Science Training in Thrissur
    • Full Stack Developer Course
      • Full Stack Development Malayalam
      • Full Stack Development Hindi
      • Full Stack Development Tamil
      • Full Stack Development Telugu
      • Full Stack Development Kannada
    • Stock Market Course
      • Stock Market Course in Malayalam
      • Stock Market Course in Tamil
      • Stock Market Course in Kannada
      • Options Trading Course
    • Spoken English Course
      • Spoken English Course in Malayalam
      • Spoken English Course in Hindi
      • Spoken English Course in Telugu
      • Spoken English Course in Tamil
      • Spoken English Course in Kannada
    • Python Programming Course
    • Quantity Surveying Course
    • Performance Marketing Course
    • Practical Accounting Course
      • Tally Course
      • Taxation Course
      • UAE Accounting
      • GST Course
    • Mern Stack Developer Course
      • Full Stack Developer Course in Kochi
      • Full Stack Developer Course in Trivandrum
      • Full Stack Developer Course in Calicut
      • Full Stack Developer Course in Pune
      • Full Stack Developer Course in Bangalore
      • Full Stack Developer Course in Hyderabad
      • Full Stack Developer Course in Chennai
      • Full Stack Developer Course in Coimbatore
      • Full Stack Developer Course in Indore
      • Full Stack Developer Course in Jaipur
    • Other Courses
      • Montessori Teacher Training
      • MEP Course
      • German Language Course
      • OET Coaching
      • Nurses Recruitment Abroad
      • Digital Marketing Training
      • ChatGPT Course
      • Forex Trading Course
      • Yoga Teacher Training Course
  • Others
    • GATE
    • MAT
    • KMAT
    • UPSC
    • TET
      • APTET
      • CTET
      • DSSSB
      • Karnataka TET
      • Kerala TET
      • KVS
      • MPTET
      • SUPER TET
      • TNTET
      • TSTET
      • UPTET
  • Aptitude Questions
Spoken English
Entri Blog
  • State PSC
    • Kerala PSC
      • Kerala PSC Exams
      • Kerala PSC Notification
      • Kerala PSC Exam Calender
      • Kerala PSC Previous Question papers
      • KAS Exam
      • KAS Previous Year Question papers
      • Kerala PSC VEO Notification
      • Kerala Police SI
      • Kerala PSC LDC Notification
      • Kerala PSC LP/UP Assistant
      • Kerala PSC Village Field Assistant Notification
      • Kerala PSC LD Typist Notification
      • Kerala PSC Food Safety Officer
      • Kerala PSC Excise Inspector Notification
      • Kerala PSC BDO Notification
      • Kerala PSC CPO Notification
      • Kerala PSC LGS Notification
    • TNPSC
    • APPSC
    • TSPSC
    • BPSC
    • Karnataka PSC
    • MPPSC
    • UPPSC
  • Banking
    • IBPS PO Notification
    • IBPS Clerk Notification
    • SBI PO Notification
    • SBI Clerk Notification
    • SBI SO Notification
    • SBI Apprentice Notification
    • Canara Bank PO Notification
    • Indian Bank PO Notification
    • RBI Assistant Notification
    • RBI Office Attendant Notification
    • IBPS RRB Notification
    • IBPS RRB Office Assistant Notification
  • Govt Exams
    • Railway
    • SSC
  • Skilling
    • Coding
    • Spoken English
    • Stock Marketing
  • Courses
    • Data Science Course
      • Data Science Malayalam
      • Data Science Training in Kochi
      • Data Science Training in Trivandrum
      • Data Science Course in Calicut
      • Data Science Training in Thrissur
    • Full Stack Developer Course
      • Full Stack Development Malayalam
      • Full Stack Development Hindi
      • Full Stack Development Tamil
      • Full Stack Development Telugu
      • Full Stack Development Kannada
    • Stock Market Course
      • Stock Market Course in Malayalam
      • Stock Market Course in Tamil
      • Stock Market Course in Kannada
      • Options Trading Course
    • Spoken English Course
      • Spoken English Course in Malayalam
      • Spoken English Course in Hindi
      • Spoken English Course in Telugu
      • Spoken English Course in Tamil
      • Spoken English Course in Kannada
    • Python Programming Course
    • Quantity Surveying Course
    • Performance Marketing Course
    • Practical Accounting Course
      • Tally Course
      • Taxation Course
      • UAE Accounting
      • GST Course
    • Mern Stack Developer Course
      • Full Stack Developer Course in Kochi
      • Full Stack Developer Course in Trivandrum
      • Full Stack Developer Course in Calicut
      • Full Stack Developer Course in Pune
      • Full Stack Developer Course in Bangalore
      • Full Stack Developer Course in Hyderabad
      • Full Stack Developer Course in Chennai
      • Full Stack Developer Course in Coimbatore
      • Full Stack Developer Course in Indore
      • Full Stack Developer Course in Jaipur
    • Other Courses
      • Montessori Teacher Training
      • MEP Course
      • German Language Course
      • OET Coaching
      • Nurses Recruitment Abroad
      • Digital Marketing Training
      • ChatGPT Course
      • Forex Trading Course
      • Yoga Teacher Training Course
  • Others
    • GATE
    • MAT
    • KMAT
    • UPSC
    • TET
      • APTET
      • CTET
      • DSSSB
      • Karnataka TET
      • Kerala TET
      • KVS
      • MPTET
      • SUPER TET
      • TNTET
      • TSTET
      • UPTET
  • Aptitude Questions
No Result
View All Result
Entri Blog
Spoken Eng
  • HTML Tutorial
  • DSA Tutorials
  • Tutorials in Hindi
    • HTML Tutorial for Beginners in Hindi
    • Python Tutorial for Beginners in Hindi
    • GIT and GITHUB Tutorial for Beginners in Hindi
  • Tutorials in Tamil
    • JavaScript Tutorial in Tamil
  • Tutorials in Telugu
    • HTML Tutorial For Beginners in Telugu
    • CSS Tutorial for Beginners in Telugu
    • Bootstrap Tutorial for Beginner in Telugu
  • Tutorials in Kannada
    • HTML Tutorial For Beginners in Kannada
banner top article banner top article
Home Articles

List of Specialized Agencies of the United Nations

by Rajeswari Radhakrishnan
February 7, 2022
in Articles, General Knowledge
List of Specialized Agencies of the United Nations
Share on FacebookShare on WhatsAppShare on Telegram

Table of Contents

  • List of specialized agencies of the United Nations
  • What are the duties of specialized agencies of the UN?

The United Nations is an international organization, working based on its rules and regulations. However, some agencies are under the UN. These agencies are called specialized agencies of the UN. Even though they are under the UN, they have their own procedural rules, governing bodies, funding strategies, and membership.

In a competitive exam, questions relating to international organizations and specialized agencies are most common. For preparation, a list of international organizations and a list of specialized agencies of the United Nations become very handy. Some of the agencies were formed in the 19th century and some were the result of World War I and World War II. Let us have a look into this.

List of specialized agencies of the United Nations

Sl No: Name of the Specialized Agencies HQ
1 Food & Agricultural Organization (FAO) Rome
2 International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Montreal)
3 International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Rome
4 International Labor Organization (ILO) Geneva
5 International Monetary Fund (IMF) Washington, DC
6 International Maritime Organization (IMO) London
7 International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Geneva
8 United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization(UNESCO) Paris
9 United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Vienna
10 United Nations World Tourism Organization(UNWTO) Madrid
11 Universal Postal Union (UPU) Bern, Switzerland
12 World Health Organization(WHO) Geneva
13 World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Geneva
14 World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Geneva
15 World Bank Washington, DC

Get Higher Rank on Competitive Exams-Download Entri App Now!

What are the duties of specialized agencies of the UN?

  1. Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) functions to:
  • Improve nutrition and fight hunger
  • Promote sustainable agricultural development by encouraging countries.
  1. International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) functions to:
  • Facilitate reliable and efficient international air travel
  • Regulate the overall aviation
  1. International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) functions to:
  • Empower agricultural practices in rural areas
  • Eradicate hunger, poverty, and malnutrition
  1. International Labor Organization (ILO) functions to:
  • Promote equality in workplaces
  • Promote safety in workplaces
  • Maintains a database of labor and employment strategies of every nation
  1. International Monetary Fund (IMF) functions to:
  • Stabilize the international monetary system
  • Solve financial crisis
  1. International Maritime Organization (IMO) functions to:
  • Monitor international shipping
  • Regulate a framework for shipping
  • Assign universally accepted security and standards for shipping
  1. International Telecommunications Union (ITU) functions to:
  • Maintain connectivity in telecommunication networks
  • Allocate satellite orbits and radio spectrum
  • Improve the standards to enable connectivity all over the world.
  1. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) functions to:
  • Encourage international cooperation in the fields of education, science, and culture.
  • Protect cultural heritage
  1. United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) functions to:
  • Promote industrial development to alleviate poverty, environmental sustainability, and inclusive globalization.
  1. United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) functions to:
  • Promote inclusive economic growth and development
  • Facilitate environmentally sustainable tourism strategies and practices.
  1. Universal Postal Union (UPU) functions to:
  • Improve postal products and services with new technologies.
  1. World Health Organization (WHO) functions to:
  • Improve the health of individuals
  • Provide health care services
  • Prevent and treat communicable and non-communicable diseases
  • Enable countries to manage emergencies
  • Prevent pandemics.
  1. World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) functions to:
  • Service for protecting IP rights across borders
  • Establish common standards to facilitate information
  • Maintain searchable databases
  • Provide mechanisms for resolving IP disputes.
  1. World Meteorological Organization (WMO) functions to
  • Promote international cooperation among the national meteorological and hydrological entities that monitor the weather and climate conditions
  1. World Bank functions to:
  • Reduce poverty by giving policy advice, financing, and technical assistance to developing countries.

For more general knowledge and current affairs, kindly check into Entri App.

Share64SendShare

Rajeswari Radhakrishnan

Related Posts

Prepare for OET in 3 Months
Articles

Prepare for OET in 3 Months

September 7, 2023
Kerala PSC Training Instructor Exam Date 2023: Hall Ticket PDF
Articles

Kerala PSC Training Instructor Exam Date 2023: Hall Ticket PDF

September 7, 2023
Kerala PSC Ayurveda Therapist Exam Date 2023: Direct Link, Exam Center
Articles

Kerala PSC Ayurveda Therapist Exam Date 2023: Direct Link, Exam Center

September 6, 2023
Next Post
Kerala CSEB Answer Key 2022

Kerala CSEB Answer Key 2022

Latest Posts

  • Kerala PSC Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) Notification 2023 PDF: Apply Link, Vacancy, Eligibility
  • Kerala PSC Store Keeper Notification 2023: Apply Link, Eligibility, Vacancy
  • Kerala PSC LD Typist Notification 2023 PDF: Apply Link, Vacancy, Eligibility
  • Kerala Police Constable Recruitment 2023: Notification PDF, Apply Date
  • Kerala PSC Overseer Grade I (Electrical) Notification 2023: Download PDF, Apply Link

Trending Posts

  • states of india and their capitals and languages

    List of 28 States of India and their Capitals and Languages 2023 – PDF Download

    151910 shares
    Share 60761 Tweet 37976
  • List of Government Banks in India 2023: All you need to know

    64534 shares
    Share 25814 Tweet 16134
  • KSDA Recruitment 2023 Apply Online for 9264 FDA SDA Posts – Qualification

    8657 shares
    Share 3463 Tweet 2164
  • TNPSC Group 2 Posts and Salary Details 2022

    39900 shares
    Share 15960 Tweet 9975
  • New Map of India with States and Capitals 2023

    31380 shares
    Share 12552 Tweet 7845

Courses

  • Data Science Course
  • Full Stack Developer Course
  • Data Science Course in Malayalam
  • Full Stack Developer Course in Malayalam
  • Full Stack Developer Course in Hindi
  • Full Stack Developer Course in Tamil
  • Full Stack Developer Course in Telugu
  • Full Stack Developer Course in Kannada
  • Python Programming Course
  • Practical Accounting Course
  • Quantity Surveying Course
  • Stock Market Course
  • Stock Market Course in Malayalam
  • Stock Market Course in Tamil
  • Stock Market Course in Kannada
  • Options Trading Course

Company

  • Become a teacher
  • Login to Entri Web

Spoken English Courses

  • Spoken English Course
  • Spoken English Course in Malayalam
  • Spoken English Course in Hindi
  • Spoken English Course in Tamil
  • Spoken English Course in Telugu
  • Spoken English Course in Kannada
  • Spoken English Course for Housewives
  • Spoken English Course for Working Professionals
  • Spoken English Course for School Students
  • Spoken English Course for College Students
  • Spoken English Course for Job Seekers
  • AI Powered Spoken English Course

Quick Links

  • Aptitude Questions
  • Articles
  • Videos
  • Entri Daily Quiz Practice
  • Current Affairs & GK
  • News Capsule – eBook
  • Preparation Tips
  • Kerala PSC Gold
  • Entri Skilling
  • Kerala PSC

Other Courses

  • OET Coaching Classes
  • Nurse Recruitment Abroad
  • Forex Trading Course
  • Montessori Teachers Training
  • Performance Marketing Course
  • German Language Course
  • MEP Course

Popular Exam

  • IBPS Exam
  • SBI Exam
  • Railway RRB Exam
  • Kerala PSC
  • Tamil Nadu PSC
  • Telangana PSC
  • Andhra Pradesh PSC
  • MPPSC
  • UPPSC
  • Karnataka PSC
  • Staff Selection Commission Exam

© 2021 Entri.app - Privacy Policy | Terms of Service

No Result
View All Result
  • State PSC
    • Kerala PSC
      • Kerala PSC Exams
      • Kerala PSC Notification
      • Kerala PSC Exam Calender
      • Kerala PSC Previous Question papers
      • KAS Exam
      • KAS Previous Year Question papers
      • Kerala PSC VEO Notification
      • Kerala Police SI
      • Kerala PSC LDC Notification
      • Kerala PSC LP/UP Assistant
      • Kerala PSC Village Field Assistant Notification
      • Kerala PSC LD Typist Notification
      • Kerala PSC Food Safety Officer
      • Kerala PSC Excise Inspector Notification
      • Kerala PSC BDO Notification
      • Kerala PSC CPO Notification
      • Kerala PSC LGS Notification
    • TNPSC
    • APPSC
    • TSPSC
    • BPSC
    • Karnataka PSC
    • MPPSC
    • UPPSC
  • Banking
    • IBPS PO Notification
    • IBPS Clerk Notification
    • SBI PO Notification
    • SBI Clerk Notification
    • SBI SO Notification
    • SBI Apprentice Notification
    • Canara Bank PO Notification
    • Indian Bank PO Notification
    • RBI Assistant Notification
    • RBI Office Attendant Notification
    • IBPS RRB Notification
    • IBPS RRB Office Assistant Notification
  • Govt Exams
    • Railway
    • SSC
  • Skilling
    • Coding
    • Spoken English
    • Stock Marketing
  • Courses
    • Data Science Course
      • Data Science Malayalam
      • Data Science Training in Kochi
      • Data Science Training in Trivandrum
      • Data Science Course in Calicut
      • Data Science Training in Thrissur
    • Full Stack Developer Course
      • Full Stack Development Malayalam
      • Full Stack Development Hindi
      • Full Stack Development Tamil
      • Full Stack Development Telugu
      • Full Stack Development Kannada
    • Stock Market Course
      • Stock Market Course in Malayalam
      • Stock Market Course in Tamil
      • Stock Market Course in Kannada
      • Options Trading Course
    • Spoken English Course
      • Spoken English Course in Malayalam
      • Spoken English Course in Hindi
      • Spoken English Course in Telugu
      • Spoken English Course in Tamil
      • Spoken English Course in Kannada
    • Python Programming Course
    • Quantity Surveying Course
    • Performance Marketing Course
    • Practical Accounting Course
      • Tally Course
      • Taxation Course
      • UAE Accounting
      • GST Course
    • Mern Stack Developer Course
      • Full Stack Developer Course in Kochi
      • Full Stack Developer Course in Trivandrum
      • Full Stack Developer Course in Calicut
      • Full Stack Developer Course in Pune
      • Full Stack Developer Course in Bangalore
      • Full Stack Developer Course in Hyderabad
      • Full Stack Developer Course in Chennai
      • Full Stack Developer Course in Coimbatore
      • Full Stack Developer Course in Indore
      • Full Stack Developer Course in Jaipur
    • Other Courses
      • Montessori Teacher Training
      • MEP Course
      • German Language Course
      • OET Coaching
      • Nurses Recruitment Abroad
      • Digital Marketing Training
      • ChatGPT Course
      • Forex Trading Course
      • Yoga Teacher Training Course
  • Others
    • GATE
    • MAT
    • KMAT
    • UPSC
    • TET
      • APTET
      • CTET
      • DSSSB
      • Karnataka TET
      • Kerala TET
      • KVS
      • MPTET
      • SUPER TET
      • TNTET
      • TSTET
      • UPTET
  • Aptitude Questions

© 2021 Entri.app - Privacy Policy | Terms of Service