United Nations organisations
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Relief Web
ReliefWeb was launched in October 1996 by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). ReliefWeb is a comprehensive source of information (including documents, maps and agency contact details) on humanitarian emergencies and disasters. It provides timely, reliable and relevant...
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) - Costa Rica
FAO was founded in 1945 with a mandate to raise levels of nutrition and standards of living, to improve agricultural productivity, and to better the condition of rural populations. Today, FAO is one of the largest specialised agencies in the United Nations system and the lead agency for...
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) - Gulf Area Office
The UNICEF Gulf Area Office (GAO) works with local communities and governments for the survival, development and protection of children and to uphold the Convention on the Rights of the Child. GAO's priorities are children's health, education, equality and protection, with HIV/AIDS, refugees,...
UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East)
UNRWA (the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East) provides assistance, protection and advocacy for some 5 million registered Palestine refugees, pending a solution to their plight. In Jordan the UNRWA runs schools, training and health centres, provides...
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) - Mozambique and Swaziland
FAO was founded in 1945 with a mandate to raise levels of nutrition and standards of living, to improve agricultural productivity, and to better the condition of rural populations. Today, FAO is one of the largest specialised agencies in the United Nations system and the lead agency for...
United Nations Economic & Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)
ESCWA promotes economic and social development through regional and sub regional cooperation and integration and serves as the main general economic and social development forum within the United Nations system for the ESCWA region. It formulates and promotes development assistance activities and...
World Health Organization (WHO) - Western Pacific Region
The World Health Organization (WHO) is a United Nations agency, established in 1948, that aims to coordinate international health activities and to help governments improve health services. The Western Pacific Regional Office (WPRO) represents the WHO in the Asia Pacific with 37 member states. WPRO...
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
UNICEF is an international aid agency that works with communities and governments in 157 countries for the survival, development and protection of children worldwide, upholding the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The priorities of the program are children's health, education, equality and...
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
UNDP is one of United Nation organisations that has targets for reducing poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation and discrimination against women by 2015. On the ground in 176 countries, UNDP uses its global network to help the UN system and its partners to raise...
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - Costa Rica
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is the United Nations' global network advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life. In Costa Rica, UNDP activities are mainly aimed at promoting sustainable human...