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Greek Presence in the UN System & other subsidiary or related Bodies
 
Greece is one of the 50 founding members of the United Nations. In exercising its foreign policy Greece has consistently supported multilateral cooperation as a way to promote understanding among the world’s nations and coordinate the handling of international affairs.  

In this context, Greece actively participates in various Organizations and Organs of the United Nations System:

 

Ad Hoc Committee on the Indian Ocean

Member

Committee on Information

Member  

Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space

Member

Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations

Membership

Intergovernmental l Oceanographic Commission

Member

Intergovernmental Committee for Physical Education and Sport

Member

Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)

Member

Committee of experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods and the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals

Member

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

Membership

Executive Board of United Nations Development Programme and United Nations fund for Population Activities (UNDP/UNFPA)

Membership

Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Membership

UN Human Settlements Program (UN HABITAT)

Membership

Executive Committee of the International Campaign for the Establishment of the Nubia Museum in Aswan and the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Cairo

Member

Global Environment Facility (GEF)

Member

Governing Body  of International Labour Office (ILO)

Deputy Membership

Food and Agriculture Organization/ World Health Organization (FAO/WHO- Codex Alimentarius Commission)

Member

United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)  

Member

International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)

Member

Universal Postal Union (UPU)

Member

International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

Member

World Meteorological Organization

Member

International Maritime Organization (IMO)

Member – (Mr Mitropoulos is elected  Secretary General  of the Council)

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

Member (in both Paris and Bern Institutions)

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

Member

United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

Member

International Center for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM)

Member

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)

Member

International Finance Corporation (IFC)

 Member

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Member

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

Member

International Criminal Court (ICC)

Member

World Tourism Organization (WTO)

Member

Executive Council of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

Membership



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