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January 1, 1967 - present. Headquarters: Vienna. Areas Of Involvement: industrialization. developing country. United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), international UN development agency, based in Vienna, that was established by the General Assembly on January 1, 1967.
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UNIDO, is a specialized agency in the United Nations system, headquartered in Vienna. The Organization's objective is the promotion and acceleration of industrial development in developing countries and countries with economies in transition and the promotion of international industrial cooperation.
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UNIDO was established by the General Assembly in November 1966 as an autonomous organization within the UN to promote and accelerate the industrialization of developing countries and to coordinate the industrial development activities of the UN system. The first General Conference of UNIDO was held in Viennain 1971. The second General Conference, h...
UNIDO's mandate from the General Assembly is to act as the central coordinating body for industrial activities within the United Nationssystem and to promote industrial development and cooperation at global, regional, national, and sectoral levels. In the wake of the reorganization of the activities of the United Nations and its specialized agencie...
As of 21 August 2003, UNIDO had a membership of 171, an increase of 21 countries since 1987. The growth in membership was mainly caused by the emergence of the newly independent nations of Central and Eastern Europe in the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union. A few of the most industrialized countries chose to withdraw from UNIDO, claiming tha...
The four organs of UNIDO are the General Conference, the Industrial Development Board, the program and budget committee, and the secretariat, headed by a Director-General.
Funding for UNIDO activities is drawn from the regular budget, the operational budget, and voluntary contributions. The regular budget is derived from member states' assessed contributions. The operational budget is derived from the implementation of projects. The estimated volume of UNIDO operations for 2006-07 was €355.8 million. The breakup was ...
Forty-nine integrated programs were formulated and approved as of May 2006, most of which had been developed and were in operation.
This is directly reflected in the three main priorities of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)—the specialized agency of the United Nations that promotes inclusive and sustainable industrial development—which include:
of the United Nations Industrial Develop-ment Organization (UNIDO) concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city, area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or bound-aries, or its economic system or degree of development. Designations such as “de-veloped”, “industrialized” or “developing”
UNIDO | United Nations Development Programme. Established by the General Assembly in 1966, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) became a UN specialised organization in 1985 whose mandate is to promote industrial development and cooperation.
The Constitution of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization was adopted on 8 April 1979 at Vienna, at the second ses-sion of the United Nations Conference on the Establishment of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization as a Specialized Agency.
