UN institutions in Bonn

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The federal city of Bonn has been the seat of United Nations organizations since 1951 .

The Lange Eugen on the UN campus is the seat of most of the UN organizations in Bonn.
UN organizations in the federal city of Bonn
abbreviation Surname
UNFCCC Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
UNCCD Secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
UNV United Nations Volunteer Program
UN SDG Action Campaign Action campaign for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
UNEP / CMS Secretariat of the Convention for the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wildlife
UNEP / AEWA Secretariat of the Agreement for the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterfowl
UNEP / ASCOBANS Secretariat of the Agreement for the Conservation of Small Whales in the North and Baltic Seas, the North Atlantic and the Irish Sea
UNEP / EUROBATS Secretariat of the Agreement for the Conservation of European Bat Populations
IPBES Intergovernmental platform for biodiversity and ecosystem services
UNESCO-UNEVOC UNESCO International Center for Vocational Training
UNU-ViE United Nations University - Vice Rectorate in Europe
UNU-ViE SCYCLE United Nations University - Vice Rectorate in Europe, Sustainable Cycles Program
UNU-EHS United Nations University - Institute for Environment and Human Security
UNSSC Knowledge Center for Sustainable Development of the Training Academy of the United Nations System
WHO / ECEH World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, European Center for Environment and Health
UNISDR International Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction of the United Nations - Bonn Office
UN SPIDER United Nations platform for space-based information for disaster management and emergency response
UNIDO ITPO United Nations Industrial Development Organization - Investment and Technology Promotion Office
OneHR United Nations global center for human resources
UNOPS-ICAT Initiative for transparency in climate protection
GWOPA United Nations Secretariat for Water Supply
UNRIC Regional Information Center of the United Nations - Liaison Office in Germany

As the 21st office of the United Nations in Bonn, the UNOPS-ICAT Secretariat is located on the UN campus in Bonn. Bonn's role as a sustainability center was also expanded with the establishment of the GWOPA secretariat in January 2020 and the UN location was further strengthened.

development

After Bonn had become the seat of government of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1949, the first United Nations organizations opened the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and in 1953 the International Labor Organization (ILO) liaison offices in Bonn. The first UN organization with a global task, based in Bonn in 1984, the Secretariat of the result of his signing resort Bonn Convention called the Convention on Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMD; 1979), which the United Nations Environment Program is supported (UNEP).

From 2001 to 2007, the diplomat Harald Ganns was the Federal Foreign Office's special envoy for looking after the UN organizations based in Bonn. Since January 1, 2008, the Federal Foreign Office has had its own department for this task in Bonn, headed by an ambassador, which is also responsible for looking after other international organizations in Germany and, following a resolution by Frank-Walter Steinmeier in 2015, the title is today Liaison Office VN Campus Bonn carries.

From November 2012, the Federal Foreign Office was in charge of drafting the bill for a host state law based on the Swiss model , which it is hoped will facilitate the settlement of international organizations and non-governmental organizations. This was completed at the beginning of 2014 and should then be submitted to the coordination between the federal ministries also responsible for the proposals. The Host State Act was enacted on November 30, 2019 ( Federal Law Gazette I, p. 1929 ).


Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The organizations at the UN Campus Bonn. In: unbonn.org. United Nations , Bonn, accessed June 21, 2016 .
  2. ↑ 21. UN organization in Bonn: UNOPS-ICAT. Retrieved January 14, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Harald Ganns: The UN in Germany . In: German Society for the United Nations (ed.): United Nations , 1/2009, pp. 24–29.
  4. ↑ Bernd Leyendecker: Special envoy wants 1,000 UN employees in Bonn , August 1, 2001
  5. ↑ Mayor Dieckmann bids farewell to retired Ambassador Harald Ganns , press release from the city of Bonn, January 21, 2008
  6. ↑ The Foreign Office in Bonn - contact for international organizations in Germany , Foreign Office
  7. ↑ Organizational plan of the Federal Foreign Office (PDF)
  8. ↑ Speech by Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on the occasion of the opening of the UN Conference Center in Bonn , June 7, 2015
  9. ↑ Report of the Federal Government on the cooperation between the Federal Republic of Germany and the United Nations and individual, globally operating, international organizations and institutions within the framework of the UN system in 2012 and 2013 , German Bundestag , 18th electoral term, printed matter 18/2487, 4th September 2014, p. 83
  10. ↑ The Federal Foreign Office continues to actively support the UN site in Bonn , press release by the City of Bonn, 23 January 2014