List of United Nations organizations by location

While the Secretariat of the United Nations is headquartered in New York City, its many bodies, specialized agencies, and related organizations are headquartered in other parts of the world, particularly in Europe.

The Palace of Nations. The United Nations Office at Geneva (Switzerland) is the second most important UN centre, after the United Nations Headquarters.

Locations

CountryCityOrganizations

Europe

 Austria Vienna
 Denmark Copenhagen
  • Inter-Agency Procurement Services Office
 Finland Helsinki
  • United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research
 France Paris
  • International Institute for Educational Planning
  • United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
 Germany Bonn
Hamburg
 Italy Rome
Trieste
Turin
 Malta Valletta
  • International Institute on Ageing
 Netherlands The Hague
Maastricht
 Norway Oslo
  • United Nations Common Supplier Database
 Spain Madrid
  • United Nations World Tourism Organization
Barcelona
  • United Nations University Institute on Globalization, Culture and Mobility
 Sweden Malmö
  Switzerland Berne
Geneva
 United Kingdom London

North America

 Canada Montreal
 Dominican Republic Santo Domingo
  • International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women
 Jamaica Kingston
 United States New York City
Washington, D.C.

Central America

 Costa Rica Ciudad Colón

South America

 Chile Santiago
  • Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

Africa

 Kenya Nairobi
 Ethiopia Addis Ababa
  • Economic Commission for Africa
 Tanzania Arusha

Middle East

 Jordan Amman
  • United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (co-located in the Gaza Strip)
 Lebanon Beirut
  • Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia

Asia

 Japan Tokyo
 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur
  • United Nations University International Institute for Global Health
China Macau
 Thailand Bangkok
  • Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
 Turkmenistan Ashgabat
  • UNRCCA (UNITED NATIONS REGIONAL CENTRE FOR PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY FOR CENTRAL ASIA)

Statistics

Relative sizes of the main offices of the United Nations (in 2015)[1]
Location Number of employees in offices of the United Nations
New York City
10,000
Geneva
9,800
Nairobi
4,000
Vienna
4,000
Rome
3,200
Copenhagen
1,350

See also

Notes

  1. Le Temps, Friday 3 July 2015.
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