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=== Specialized agencies ===
{{Main|List of specialized agencies of the United Nations}}
The UN Charter stipulates that each primary organ of the United Nations can establish various specialized agencies to fulfill its duties.<ref name=CharterIX /> Specialized agencies are autonomous organizations working with the United Nations and each other through the coordinating machinery of the Economic and Social Council. Each was integrated into the UN system through an agreement with the UN under UN Charter article 57.<ref name="CEB">{{cite web |title=The UN System, Chief Executives Board for Coordination |url=http://www.unsceb.org/ceb/about/un |access-date=22 January 2013 |publisher=Unsceb.org}}{{Dead link|date=July 2018|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> There are fifteen specialized agencies, which perform functions as diverse as facilitating international travel, preventing and addressing pandemics, and promoting economic development.<ref>{{cite web |title=What are UN specialized agencies, and how many are there? – Ask DAG! |url=https://ask.un.org/faq/140935|access-date=14 November 2020 |website=ask.un.org |language=en |archive-date=16 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116165826/https://ask.un.org/faq/140935 |url-status=live}}</ref>{{efn|Some sources identify seventeen specialized agencies, taking into account the three specialized agencies that make up the [[World Bank Group]], which is now treated as one organization: the [[International Bank for Reconstruction and Development]] (IBRD), the [[International Development Association]] (IDA), and the [[International Finance Corporation]] (IFC).}}

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:left;"
|+ style="padding-top:1em;"| Specialized agencies of the United Nations
! No. !!Acronym !! Agency !! Headquarters !! Head !! Established
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| 1 || FAO || [[Food and Agriculture Organization]]||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Rome]], Italy|| {{flagicon|PRC}} [[Qu Dongyu]] || 1945
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| 2 || ICAO || [[International Civil Aviation Organization]]||{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Montreal, Quebec]], Canada|| {{flagicon|COL}} [[Juan Carlos Salazar Gómez|Juan Carlos Salazar]]|| 1947
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| 3 || IFAD || [[International Fund for Agricultural Development]]|| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Rome]], Italy|| {{flagicon|SPA}} [[Alvaro Lario]]|| 1977
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| 4 || ILO || [[International Labour Organization]]||{{flagicon|SUI|size=23px}} [[Geneva]], Switzerland|| {{flagicon|TOG}} [[Gilbert Houngbo]]|| 1946 (1919)
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| 5 || IMO || [[International Maritime Organization]]||{{flagicon|GBR}} [[London]], United Kingdom|| {{flagicon|PAN
}} [[Arsenio Dominguez]]|| 1948
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| 6 || IMF || [[International Monetary Fund]]|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Washington, D.C.]], United States|| {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Kristalina Georgieva]]|| 1945 (1944)
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| 7 || ITU || [[International Telecommunication Union]]||{{flagicon|SUI|size=23px}} [[Geneva]], Switzerland|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Doreen Bogdan-Martin]]|| 1947 (1865)
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| 8 || UNESCO || [[UNESCO|United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization]]||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Paris]], France|| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Audrey Azoulay]]|| 1945
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| 9 || UNIDO || [[United Nations Industrial Development Organization]]||{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Vienna]], Austria|| {{flagicon|DEU}} [[Gerd Müller (politician)|Gerd Müller]]|| 1967
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| 10 || UNWTO ||[[World Tourism Organization]]||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Madrid]], Spain|| {{flagicon|GEO}} [[Zurab Pololikashvili]]|| 1974
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| 11 || UPU || [[Universal Postal Union]]||{{flagicon|SUI|size=23px}} [[Bern]], Switzerland|| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Masahiko Metoki]] || 1947 (1874)
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| 12 || WBG || [[World Bank Group]]||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Washington, D.C.]], United States||{{flagicon|USA}}{{flagicon|IND}} [[Ajay Banga]] {{small|(president)}}
| 1945 (1944)
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| 13 || WHO || [[World Health Organization]]||{{flagicon|SUI|size=23px}} [[Geneva]], Switzerland||{{flagicon|ETH}} [[Tedros Adhanom]]|| 1948
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| 14 || WIPO || [[World Intellectual Property Organization]]||{{flagicon|SUI|size=23px}} [[Geneva]], Switzerland|| {{flagicon|SIN}} [[Daren Tang]]|| 1974
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| 15 || WMO || [[World Meteorological Organization]]|| {{flagicon|SUI|size=23px}} [[Geneva]], Switzerland|| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Celeste Saulo]] {{small|(secretary-general)}}<br />{{flagicon|UAE}} {{ill|Abdulla Al Mandous}} {{small|(president)}}|| 1950 (1873)
|}