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INTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTION

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UNICEFUNICEFUNESCOUNESCO

ILO and IMOILO and IMO

WHOWHO

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History

UNICEF was created by the United

Nations General Assembly to provide

emergency food and healthcare tochildren in countries that had been

devastated by World War II

In 1953 UNICEF became a permanent

part of the United Nations System

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Location

Headquarter: New York City

8 regional offices and country offices

worldwide, and UNICEF's supplyfacility and research center are

located in Copenhagen, Denmark

and Florence, Italy

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Focus areas

1. Child survival and development.

2. Basic education and gender

equality.3. HIV/AIDS and children

4. Child protection (from violence,

exploitation and abuse)

5. Policy advocacy and partnerships(for children's rights)

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UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL,UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL,

SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURALSCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL

ORGANIZATIONORGANIZATION

UNESCO has 193 Member States and 7 Associate

Member States.

It is governed by the General Conference -

establishes the Organization's goals andpriorities every two years and sets the budget.

the Executive Board - meets twice a year to follow

programme implementation.

The Secretariat, headed by the Director-General,implements the decisions of these two bodies.

UNESCO has its headquarters in Paris. It is

housed in an outstanding, Modernist building

inaugurated in 1958 and recently renovated. It

has more than 50 fields offices around the world.

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UNESCOsUNESCOs ProgrammeProgramme and Budget forand Budget for

20102010--20112011 To translate the policy directions and

focus provided by the Medium-Term

Strategy for 2008-2013 into concretethematic and policy-style approaches

for the 5 Programme Sectors of

UNESCO (Education, Natural

Sciences, Social and HumanSciences, Culture, Communication

and Information).

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MainMain ThemesThemes

Gender equality Youth

Least developed countries

Culture of peace

Dialogue among civilizations Public-private partnership

Globalization

As a specialized agency of the UN system,

UNESCO contributes to the building of peace,the alleviation of poverty, sustainable

development and intercultural dialogue

through education, the sciences, culture,

communication and information

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TheThe overarchingoverarching objectivesobjectives

Attaining quality Education for All Mobilizing scientific knowledge and

science policy for sustainable

development; Addressing emerging ethical

challenges

Promoting cultural diversity and

intercultural dialogue

Building inclusive knowledge societies

through information and

communication

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TheThe InternationalInternational LabourLabour

organizationorganization

HISTORYHISTORY

Established in 1919

1944 - Declaration of Philadelphia - theaims and objectives of the ILO;

1946 - the 1st specialized agency of the

UN

1969 - the Nobel Peace Prize

1998 - the Declaration on Fundamental

Principles and Rights at Work.

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AIMS AND GOALSAIMS AND GOALS

4 strategic objectives:- Promote and realize standards and

fundamental principles and rights at

work

- Create greater opportunities for women

and men to decent employment and

income

- Enhance the coverage andeffectiveness of social protection for all

- Strengthen tripartism and social

dialogue

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MEMBERSMEMBERS

Today the ILO comprises 183 MSs;

Any state admitted to membership of

the UN may become a Member of the

ILO; The General Conference of the ILO

may admit members to the

Organization by a vote of 2/3 of thedelegates attending the session,

including 2/3 of the government

delegates present and voting.

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STRUCTURESTRUCTURE

3 main bodies:

International labour Conference

(2+1+1)

Governing body (28+14+14) International Labour Office (Geneva)

All of which comprise governments',employers' and workers'

representatives.

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ACTIVITIESACTIVITIES

creation of the system ofinternational labour standards = over

180 ILO Conventions and 190

Recommendations covering allaspects of the world of work;

supervisory system helps to ensure

that countries implement the

conventions they ratify;

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The ILO seeks to address issues like:

forced labour, including child labour,

freedom of association,

all kinds of discrimination,

wages and other conditions of

employment,

social protection, international migration,

health and safety, etc.

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TheThe InternationalInternational MaritimeMaritime

OrganizationOrganization

INTROINTRO

established by means of Geneva

Convention adopted on 17 March

1948 which entered into force in

1958;

First meeting of the IMO in 1959;

Until 1982 it was called the Inter-

Governmental Maritime Consultative

Organization (IMCO).

HQ in London, UK;

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STRUCTURESTRUCTURE

Assembly, Council, Secretariat

5 Committees:

the Maritime Safety Com.;

the Marine EnvironmentProtection Com.;

the Legal Committee;

the Technical Co-operationCommittee

the Facilitation Committee

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MEMBERSHIPMEMBERSHIP

IMO has 169 MSs + 3 Associate MSs.

(79) NGOs in consultative status

(61) IGOs with observer status

Budget 2011- 30,860,300

Contributions to the budget depend

on the tonnage of the merchant fleet

of MSs.

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ACTIVITIESACTIVITIES

Int. Convention on Safety of Life at Sea

(SOLAS)

Convention on Int. Regulations for Preventing

Collisions at Sea (COLREG)

Int. Convention on Maritime Search and

Rescue

Int. Convention for the Prevention of Pollution

from Ships (MARPOL)

Int. Ship and Port Facility Code Int. Convention on Oil Pollution

Preparedness, Response and Co-operation

(OPRC)

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WHO is the directing and coordinating authority

for health within the United Nations system. It is responsible for:- providing leadership on global health matters,

- shaping the health research agenda,

- setting norms and standards,

- articulating evidence-based policy options,

- providing technical support to countries and monitoring and

assessing health trends.

Established on 7 April 1948, with headquarters in

Geneva, the agency inherited the mandate and

resources of the Health Organization (agency of

the League of Nations).

In the 21st century, health is a shared

responsibility, involving equitable access to

essential care and collective defence against

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Constitution and historyConstitution and history

The WHO's constitution states that its objective"is the attainment by all people of the highest

possible level of health. The WHO is one of the

agencies of the United Nations, its constitution

formally coming into force on the first World

Health Day, (7 April 1948, ratified by the 26th

members).

Jawaharlal Nehru had given an opinion to start

WHO. Prior to this its operations, as well as the

remaining activities of the League of NationsHealth Organization, were under the control of an

Interim Commission following an International

Health Conference in the summer of 1946. The

transfer was authorized by a Resolution of the

General Assembly

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ActivitiesActivities

The WHO supports the development and distribution of safe and

effective vaccines, pharmaceutical diagnostics, and drugs.

It develops and promotes the use of evidence-based tools, norms

and standards to support Members to inform health policy

options. It publishes a World Health Report including an expert

assessment of a specific global health topic.

It has published tools for monitoring the capacity of national

health systems and health workforces to meet population healthneeds, and endorsed the world's first official HIV/AIDS Toolkit for

Zimbabwe, making it an international standard.

WHO conducts health research in communicable diseases, non-

communicable conditions and injuries.

WHO has worked on:

- Global Initiative for Emergency- Essential Surgical Care

- the Guidelines for Essential Trauma Care focussed on access and

quality.

- Safe Surgery Saves Lives addresses the safety of surgical care.

The WHO Surgical Safety Checklist is in current use worldwide in

the effort to improve safety in surgical patients.

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StructureStructure

Members of the UN may become members by accepting its Constitution.

Others may be admitted as members (application approved by a simple

majority vote of the WHA (-World Health Assembly ).

Territories are not responsible for the conduct of their international

relations may be admitted as Associate Members upon application made

on their behalf by the Member/other authority responsible for their

international relations.

193 Members of WHO are grouped according to regional distribution.

WHO Members appoint delegations to the WHA, decision-making body).

All UN members are eligible for WHO membership, Other countries may

be admitted as members (application approved by a simple majority voteof the WHA).

The WHA meets in May/year. In addition to appointing the Director-General

every 5 years, it considers the financial policies and reviews and approves

the proposed programme budget.

The WHA elects 34 members to the Executive Board for 3-year terms. The

functions are: to carry out the decisions and policies of the WH

A, toadvise it, to facilitate its work in general.

The WHO is financed by contributions from members and donors.

The WHO's work has involved increasing collaboration with cca. 80

partnerships ("official or working relations") with: NGOs, the pharmaceutical industry,

Foundations as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation.

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StaffingStaffing

The WHO shares a core of commonpersonnel policy with other agencies.

The WHO has recently banned the

recruitment of cigarette smokers, to

promote the principle of a tobacco-free

work environment.

The WHO successfully rallied 168

countries to sign the FrameworkConvention on Tobacco Control in 2003.

On 28 August 2005, the National Peoples

Congress of China signed the Convention.

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