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Untied Nations Secretariat (UN)
[www.un.org]

Subsites: 
Division for Sustainable Development
Human rights and biotechnology
Poverty eradication
UNPAN  

UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
[www.unctad.org]

Subsites: 
Science and Technology for Devlopment Network
Compendium and user guide to UNCTAD work on technology 1975-2001
Biotrade Initiative  
Climate change: carbon market programme
Division on Investment,  Technology and Enterprise Development
E-Commerce & Development
Empretec
Trade, Environment and Development

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
[www.fao.org]

Subsites:
Biological diversity
Biotechnology
Trade in Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Sustainable development
Organic agriculture
Fisheries
Food and Nutrition
Gender and food security
Partnership programme
Technical cooperation programme
Desertification
Forestry

International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) 
[www.icao.int]

Subsites:
Aviation Medicine
Aviation Training Programme
Environmental Protection
ICAO's Technical Co-operation Bureau
Information Technology and Systems Section

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
[www.iaea.org]

Subsites:
Technical Cooperation Programme
Promoting science and technology
Women in international safeguards

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
[www.ifad.org]

Subsites:
IFAD Rural poverty knowledgebase

The International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB)
[www.icgeb.trieste.it]

Subsites:
Biotechnology development
Biosafety

A Computer Resource for Molecular Biology(ICGEBnet )
P450 Protein Directory
Patents
SBASE: a protein domain library

International Maritime Organisation (IMO)
[www.imo.org]

Subsites:
The Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection (GESAMP)
Global Ballast Water Management Programme (GloBallast)

International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
[www.itu.org]

Subsites:
E-strategies for developing countries
The World Summit on the Information Society
Telecom standardization
Radio communication
Telecom development

International Training Centre, ILO
[www.itcilo.it]

Subsites:
Information technology and training technology

International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW)
[www.un-instraw.org/]

Subsites:
INSTRAW-GAINS

UN-HABITAT
[www.unhabitat.org]

Subsites:
Best Practices and Local Leadership
Managing Water for African Cities
Settlement Planning and Policies
Gender policy
Localizing Agenda 21

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
[www.undp.org]

Subsites:
Science and technology for sustainable livelihoods
Information and Communication Technologies for Development
Energy for sustainable development
Poverty reduction
Gender
UNIFEM

UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
[www.unesco.org]

Subsites:
Education
Communication & information
Knowledge portal
Natural sciences

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
[www.unep.org]

Subsites:
UNEP Division of Technology, Industry & Economics (Paris)
UNEP-GRID: Global Resource Information Database
UN Earthwatch Coordination (Geneva) 
Global International Waters Assessment (Kalmar, Sweden) 
Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-Based Activities, Coordinating Unit (The Hague)   

UNEP Convention Secretariats:
Basel Convention (Geneva)   
Convention on Biological Diversity (Montreal)   
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) (Geneva)   
Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) (Bonn)   
Ozone Secretariat (Nairobi) and Montreal Protocol (Montreal) 

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
[unfccc.int]

Subsites:
The UNFCCC technology programme
Guide to Climate Change

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
[www.unfpa.org]

Subsites:
Meeting development goals
Making motherhood safer
lmproving reproductive health

United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
[www.unido.org]

Subsites:
Investment and technology promotion
The International Center for Science and High Technology (ICS)
Agro-industries
Sustainable energy and climate change
Montreal Protocol
Technology foresight

United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
[www.unitar.org]

Subsites:
Information Society Programme
Chemicals and Waste Management
Application of Environmental Law

UNOSAT: Satellite imagery for all
 

United Nations Office at Vienna
[www.unvienna.org]

Subsites:
Space Science & Technology for Development

United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)
[www.unrisd.org]

Subsites:
Information Technologies and Social Development 
Rural Development

United Nations University (UNU)
[www.unu.edu]

Subsites:
Science, technology and society 
Institute for New Technologies

United Nations Volunteers (UNV)
[www.unv.org]

Subsites:
ICT for Development

World Bank
[www.worldbank.org]

Subsites:
Science, Technology, and Innovation
Infodev

World Health Organization (WHO)
[www.who.int]

Subsites:
Essential health technologies
Research tools

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
[www.wipo.org]

Subsites:
Standing Committee on Information Technologies
Internet domain names
SMEs
Innovation promotion
Traditional knowledge

 

 
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