 | The NGLS Handbook of UN Agencies, Programmes and Funds Working for Economic and Social Development (NGLS) |
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| | Preface |
| | Introduction |
|  | United Nations organization |
| | Origins and background |
| | Principal organs |
| | NGO relations |
| | Food and agriculture organization of the United Nations (FAO) |
| | Origins and background |
| | FAO activities |
| | NGO relations |
| | International fund for agricultural development (IFAD) |
| | Origins and background |
| | IFAD activities |
| | NGO relations |
| | International labour organization (ILO) |
| | Origins and background |
| | ILO activities |
| | NGO relations |
| | International research and training institute for the advancement of women (INSTRAW) |
| | Origins and background |
| | INSTRAW activities |
| | NGO relations |
| | Joint united nations programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) |
| | Origins and background |
| | UNAIDS activities |
| | United nations capital development fund (UNCDF) |
| | Origins and background |
| | UNCDF activities |
| | NGO relations |
| | United nations centre for human settlements UNCHS (HABITAT) |
| | Origins and background |
| | UNCHS activities |
| | UNCHS activities |
| | NGO relations |
| | United nations conference on trade and development (UNCTAD) |
| | Origins and background |
| | UNCTAD activities |
| | NGO relations |
| | United nations international drug control programme (UNDCP) |
| | Origins and background |
| | UNDCP activities |
| | NGO relations |
| | United nations development programme (UNDP) |
| | Origins and background |
| | UNDP activities |
| | NGO relations |
| | United nations environment programme (UNEP) |
| | Origins and background |
| | UNEP activities |
| | NGO relations |
| | United nations educational, scientific and cultural organization (UNESCO) |
| | Origins and background |
| | UNESCO activities |
| | NGO relations |
| | United nations population fund (UNFPA) |
| | Origins and background |
| | UNFPA activities |
| | NGO relations |
| | The office of the united nations high commissioner for refugees (UNHCR) |
| | Origins and background |
| | UNHCR activities |
| | NGO relations |
| | United nations children's fund (UNICEF) |
| | Origins and background |
| | UNICEF activities |
| | NGO relations |
| | United nations industrial development organization (UNIDO) |
| | Origins and background |
| | UNIDO activities |
| | NGO relations |
| | United nations development fund for women (UNIFEM) |
| | Origins and background |
| | UNIFEM activities |
| | NGO relations |
| | United nations institute for training and research (UNITAR) |
| | Origins and background |
| | UNITAR activities |
| | NGO relations |
| | United nations research institute for social development (UNRISD) |
| | Origins and background |
| | UNRISD activities |
| | NGO relations |
| | United nations volunteers (UNV) |
| | Origins and background |
| | UNV activities |
| | NGO relations |
| | World food programme (WFP) |
| | Origins and background |
| | WFP activities |
| | NGO relations |
| | World health organization (WHO) |
| | Origins and background |
| | WHO activities |
| | NGO relations |
| | The world bank group |
| | Origins and background |
| | World Bank Group Activities |
| | NGO relations |
| | United nations non-governmental liaison service (NGLS) |
| | Origins and background |
| | NGLS activities |
| | NGO relations |
Origins and background
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is the principal organ of the General Assembly in the field of trade and development. It was established as a permanent intergovernmental body in 1964 (GA Resolution 1995 XIX) in Geneva as a result of the first session of the conference, with a view to accelerating economic growth and development, particularly that of developing countries.
UNCTAD was established to affirm the United Nations General Assembly's conviction that international cooperation in trade and development is vital for world economic growth and the economic development of developing countries. Since 1964, UNCTAD has greatly evolved—its history is linked to the difficult but immensely challenging history of North-South cooperation. Its special quality is its concern with change as the hallmark of development, which explains the evolution that has marked UNCTAD's existence during the last three decades.
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