| More than 30 UN Funds, Programmes
and Specialized Agencies are currently members of UNGIWG: |
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| CTBTO |
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Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization |
| ECA |
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United Nations Economic Commission for Africa |
| ECE |
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Economic Commission for Europe |
| ECLAC |
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Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean |
| ESCAP |
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Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific |
| FAO |
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| IAEA |
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International Atomic Energy Agency |
| ICAO |
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International Civil Aviation Organization |
| OCHA |
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Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs |
| UNAIDS |
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Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS |
| UN/DESA |
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UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs |
| UN/DM |
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UN Department of Management |
| UN/DPA |
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UN Department of Political Affairs |
| UN/DPI |
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UN Department of Public Information |
| UN/DPKO |
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UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations |
| UN/OLA |
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UN Office of Legal Affairs |
| UNDP |
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United Nations Development Programme |
| UNEP |
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United Nations Environment Programme |
| UNESCO |
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United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| UNFPA |
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United Nations Population Fund |
| UN-HABITAT |
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United Nations Human Settlements Programme |
| UNHCR |
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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
| UNICEF |
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United Nations Children’s Fund |
| UNITAR |
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United Nations Institute for Training and Research |
| UNODC |
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United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes |
| UNOOSA |
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United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs |
| UNOPS |
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United Nations Office for Project Services |
| UNU |
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United Nations University |
| WB |
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World Bank |
| WFP |
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United Nations World Food Programme |
| WHO |
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World Health Organization |
| WMO |
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World Meteorological Organization |
UNGIWG and the International Organization for Standardization
(ISO) cooperate to align UN technical specifications for geographic
information with agreed International Standards. See http://www.isotc211.org/
for more information.
UNGIWG also cooperates with the Open
Geospatial Consortium (OGC) to create open and extensible applications
and interfaces for geographic information systems technologies.
The following organizations and commercial companies
are recognised observers to the UNGIWG process: