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UN in a Brief

The United Nations (UN) is an international organization founded in 1945 and is currently made up of 193 Member States. Its objectives include maintaining international peace and security, protecting human rights, delivering humanitarian aid, promoting sustainable development, and upholding international law. The current UN Secretary-General, and the ninth occupant of the post, is Mr. António Guterres of Portugal, who took office on 1 January 2017.

The Six UN has Principal Organs

  1. The General Assembly, which includes all of the 193 Member States.
  2. The Security Council (UNSC) with five permanent and 10 selected Member States.
  3. The Secretariat, headed by the UN Secretary-General. 
  4. The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) which includes 54 Member States.
  5. The International Court of Justice in The Hague.
  6. The Trusteeship Council.

In addition, the United Nations system includes a number of agencies, funds and programmes, for example, UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund), UNDP (United Nations Development Programme), WFP (World Food Programme) and UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees).

 

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Sweden and the UN

Sweden in UN, New York

Representation

Visiting address
1 Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza
885 Second Avenue, 46th Floor
New York, NY 10017
Postal address
Permanent Mission of Sweden to the United Nations
885 Second Avenue, 46th Floor
New York, NY 10017
USA
Phone
+1 212 583 2500
Email
representationen.new-york@gov.se
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Sweden has diplomatic relations with almost all States in the world. It has embassies and consulates in around half of these. Sweden's foreign representation consists of approximately 100 missions abroad and 350 honorary consulates.

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