United Nations Office at Nairobi

The United Nations Office at Nairobi (English United Nations Office at Nairobi, UNON ) refers to the branch of the United Nations in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. The office complex is located in the district of Gigiri and includes the offices of 24 organizations and programs of the United Nations.

The office is not a regular venue for the principal organs of the United Nations. In November 2004, however, a meeting held in Nairobi, the United Nations Security Council at the insistence of the then U.S. Ambassador John Danforth on the situation in Sudan.

From 6 to 17 November 2006, the UN Climate Change Conference was held in UNON. It was at the same time

  • The twelfth Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC (United Nations COP12 ) and
  • The second Conference of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol ( CMP 2 ).

Headquartered UN agencies and programs

Programs headquartered in Nairobi

  • Environment Programme of the United Nations
  • The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN -HABITAT )

Programs and organizations with a regional office in Nairobi

  • FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization
  • ICAO - International Civil Aviation Organization
  • ILO - International Labour Organization
  • IMO - International Maritime Organization
  • IMF - International Monetary Fund
  • UNIFEM - United Nations Development Fund for Women
  • UNDP - United Nations Development Programme
  • UNDCP - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
  • UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
  • UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
  • UNIDO - United Nations Industrial Development
  • UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund
  • UNOPS - United Nations Development Programme
  • United Nations Population Fund
  • UNAIDS - Joint United Nations Programme on HIV / AIDS
  • World Bank
  • WFP - World Food Programme of the United Nations
  • WHO - World Health Organization
  • UNCRD (United Nations Centre for Regional Development )

Other United Nations agencies

  • United Nations Common Air Services ( UNCAS )
  • United Nations Office for Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs
  • United Nations Political Office for Somalia ( UNPOS )
  • United Nations Centre for Regional Development Africa Office ( UNCRD )
  • United Nations Information Centre ( UNIC ) in Nairobi ( Office of the United Nations Information Centre, in charge of Kenya, Uganda and the Seychelles)
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