UN Organizational Structure
Official Websites
The United Nations is a large, complex organization with many branches. Below is an organizational breakdown with direct links to corresponding official websites. Note: For an alphabetical index of the UN System of Organizations, use the UN System of Organizations.
United Nations Official Website
UN Member States on the Record
The Principal UN Organs:
General Assembly:
***First Committee (disarmament and international security)
***Second Committee (economic and financial)
***Third Committee (social, humanitarian and cultural)
***Fourth Committee (special political and decolonization)
***Fifth Committee (administrative and budgetary)
***Sixth Committee (legal)
Security Council:
***Trusteeship Council
Economic and Social Council (ECOSOCO)
International Court of Justice (ICJ) The Hague.
Secretariat
Subsidiary UN Bodies:
Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Addis Ababa.
Subject Guide
Related Guides outside of Penn
- United Nations Research GuidesThe United Nations Library has produced a number of excellent research guides covering topics (disarmament, human rights, etc.) and institutions (Security Council, International Court of Justice, etc.).