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United Nations Development Group
- UNESCOThe United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization began its life in the shadow of a global war. A League of Nations resolution on the 21st…
- UNICEFOn the 11th of December 1946, the United Nations General Assembly passed resolution 57(I) to create a new agency. This body was named the United Nations…
- International Bank for Reconstruction and DevelopmentThe year 1944 marked a turning point for global finance when delegates gathered at the Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire.
- International Monetary FundIn July 1944, delegates from forty-five governments gathered inside the Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire.
- United Nations Development ProgrammeOn the 22nd of November 1965, a new agency named the United Nations Development Programme officially began its work. This entity emerged from the merger of…
- World Bank GroupThe gold room at the Mount Washington Hotel in New Hampshire hosted a conference from July 1 to the 22nd of July 1944. Harry Dexter White and John Maynard…
- World Health OrganizationThe World Health Organization officially began its work on the 1st of September 1948, following a constitution that had been signed by all 51 founding…
- United Nations Environment ProgrammeIn June 1972, the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment convened in Stockholm. This gathering marked a turning point for global environmental…
- Food and Agriculture OrganizationOn the 16th of October 1945, delegates gathered inside the Château Frontenac in Quebec City to sign a constitution. This moment birthed the Food and…
- World Meteorological OrganizationThe year 1873 marked the founding of the International Meteorological Organization. This group operated as a nongovernmental forum for exchanging weather…
- United Nations Department of Economic and Social AffairsThe United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs traces its modern form to a 1997 merger. Three distinct departments combined forces that year.
- United Nations Research Institute for Social DevelopmentThe United Nations Research Institute for Social Development opened its doors in 1963 with a grant from the Government of the Netherlands.