The UN Campus in

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, Germany, is seat to 18 organizations of the

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. It was opened in July 2006 by then-

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Kofi Annan and then-

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Angela Merkel and expanded in July 2013. The UN Campus is owned by the

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and used rent-free by the United Nations. The

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(COP 23) was held on 6–17 November 2017 there and in World Conference Center Bonn (WCCB), near the UNFCCC secretariat, for the Republic of Fiji.

Constituent agencies

Agencies/offices

The following United Nations entities are based, or have offices, at the campus in Bonn: * Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services * SDG Action Campaign * United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization ** International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training * United Nations Global Center for Human Resources Services *

United Nations Industrial Development Organization The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) (French: Organisation des Nations unies pour le développement industriel; French/Spanish acronym: ONUDI) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that assists countries in e ...

** Investment and Technology Promotion Office Germany * United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction * United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs ** United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response *

United Nations Regional Information Centre The United Nations Regional Information Centre (UNRIC) is one of 63 United Nations Information Centres (UNICs) around the world. Their main task is to spread the UN message, raise awareness and create understanding of issues relating to the United ...

** Liaison office in Germany *

United Nations System Staff College The United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC) is a UN organization that serves the personnel of the United Nations and its affiliates via interagency learning and training. The organization aims to contribute to a more effective, results-o ...

** Knowledge Centre for Sustainable Development *

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** Institute for Environment and Human Security ** Vice Rectorate in Europe ** Vice Rectorate in Europe, Sustainable Cycles Programme * United Nations Volunteers *

World Health Organization The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. The WHO Constitution states its main objective as "the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of h ...

** European Centre for Environment and Health

Secretariats

The following all have their secretariat offices based at the Bonn campus: * Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds * Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic, North East Atlantic, Irish and North Seas * Agreement on the Conservation of Populations of European Bats * Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals * United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification *

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) established an international environmental treaty to combat "dangerous human interference with the climate system", in part by stabilizing greenhouse gas concentrations in th ...

References

External links

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City of Bonn - Info on UN Bonn
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Buildings and structures in Bonn Germany and the United Nations 2006 establishments in Germany