Specialized Agencies of the United Nations Organization

Specialized agencies of the UN are seventeen in number as per the terms of the UN Charter. They are autonomous organisations set up to deal with specific issues. These agencies may or may not have been originally created by the United Nations Organisation, but they are incorporated into the UNO System by the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). Specialized Agencies of the United Nations are as follows:

Food and Agriculture Organization established in 1945
International Atomic Energy Agency established in 1957
International Civil Aviation Organization established in 1947
International Fund for Agricultural Development established in 1977
International Labor Organization established in 1946
International Maritime Organization established in 1948
International Monetary Fund established in 1945
International Telecommunication Union established in 1947
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization established in 1946
United Nations Industrial Development Organization established in 1967
Universal Postal Union established in 1947
World Bank established in 1945
World Food Program established in 1963
World Health Organization established in 1948
World Intellectual Property Organization established in 1974
World Meteorological Organization established in1950
World Tourism Organization established in 1974

Specialized Agencies of the United Nations

S.No.	Name of the Agency	Headquarters	Establishment	Objective
1	Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)	Rome, Italy	1945	To deal with the problem of food and agriculture.
2	International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)	Vienna, Austria	1957	To promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy.
3	International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)	Montreal, Canada	1947	To promote cooperation in air navigation and transport.
4	International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)	Rome, Italy	1977	To extend financial assistance to least developed countries for increasing food production.
5	International Labour Organization (ILO)	Geneva, Switzerland	1946 (1919)	To improve labour conditions and to encourage productive employment.
6	International Maritime Organization (IMO)	London, United Kingdom	1948	To facilitate cooperation on maritime activities.
7	International Monetary Fund (IMF)	Washington, D.C., USA	1945 (1944)	To promote financial and monetary stability and assist revival of international trade.
8	International Telecommunication Union (ITU)	Geneva, Switzerland	1947 (1865)	To promote cooperation in use of tele-communications.
9	United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)	Paris, France	1946	To promote and to spread knowledge and education and mutual understanding of people.
10	United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)	Vienna, Austria	1967	To promote industrial development.
11	Universal Postal Union (UPU)	Bern, Switzerland	1947 (1874)	To improve world postal services.
12	World Bank (WB)	Washington, D.C, USA	1945 (1944)	To provide leveraged loans to developing countries for capital programs.
13	World Food Programme (WFP)	Rome, Italy	1963	To help people, unable to produce or obtain enough food for themselves and their families.
14	World Health Organization (WHO)	Geneva, Switzerland	1948	To promote highest possible levels of health of all peoples.
15	World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)	Geneva, Switzerland	1974	To promote the protection of intellectual property.
16	World Meteorological Organization (WMO)	Geneva, Switzerland	1950 (1873)	To improve world meteorological activities.
17	World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)	Madrid, Spain	1974	To promote the development of responsible, sustainable and universally accessible tourism.

NOTE: In 'Establishment' the year mentioned in ( ) is the year of its establishment. The other year mentioned in there is the year of its becoming specialised agency of the UNO.