The United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV) is one of the four major office sites of the

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where numerous different UN agencies have a joint presence. The office complex is located in

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, the capital of

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, and is part of the Vienna International Centre, a cluster of several major international organizations. UNOV was established on 1 January 1980, and was the third such complex to be created.

Constituent agencies

Headquartered at Vienna: *

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(has a special agreement on its status) *

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* International Narcotics Control Board * Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty * United Nations Commission on International Trade Law * United Nations Industrial Development Organization * United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs *

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Presence at Vienna: * International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River *

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is a United Nations agency mandated to aid and protect refugees, forcibly displaced communities, and stateless people, and to assist in their voluntary repatriation, local integrati ...

* United Nations Information Service * United Nations Office for Project Services *Investigations Division of the United Nations Office of Internal Oversight Services * United Nations Postal Administration *

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* United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs

Visits

Daily guided tours of the office are provided.

United Nations Library - Vienna

The United Nations Library in Vienna provides full library and information services to staff of United Nations units based in Vienna, as well as to any Permanent Missions in Vienna and select clients. As part of the global network of United Nations Libraries, the library works with the various United Nations libraries across the globe. The library at Vienna also works closely with the International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Library and the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) Library. The Library's collection includes: * Material related to the work of the United Nations units based in Vienna * Official United Nations documents in all official languages * The United Nations Treaty Series * Selected United Nations sales publications * Documents of other United Nations organizations and specialized agencies The Library has also developed a series of research guides on subjects related to the work of the United Nations entities based in Vienna. These guides provide more information on the work done in Vienna and highlight resources for further research in those subject areas. Some of the guides include: * Corruption * Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice * Terrorism Prevention

Representatives

* United States Ambassador to the United Nations International Organizations in Vienna * List of ambassadors of Iran to United Nations Office at Vienna

Cultural works

"Persian Scholars Pavilion" at UNOV, donated by Iran The courtyards and corridors of the United Nations Office at Vienna are adorned with many works or art. ;Persian Scholar Pavilion In June 2009

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donated a pavilion to the United Nations Office in Vienna, which is located in the central Memorial Plaza of the Vienna International Centre. The Persian Scholars Pavilion at UNOV features statues of four prominent Persian figures. Highlighting Persian architectural features, the pavilion is adorned with Persian art forms and includes the statues of renowned Persian scientists

Avicenna Ibn Sina ( fa, ابن سینا; 980 – June 1037 CE), commonly known in the West as Avicenna (), was a Persian polymath who is regarded as one of the most significant physicians, astronomers, philosophers, and writers of the Islam ...

, Abu Rayhan Biruni, Zakariya Razi (Rhazes) and Omar Khayyam.

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