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Those multi-member international organizations having responsibility for economic, social, cultural, educational, health, and related matters, which have been linked to the UN through special agreements. The UN Economic and Social Council has responsibility for trying to coordinate their work on the basis of consultation and recommendation. But each of the 14 specialized agencies is an independent body, with its own membership, budget, deliberative and governing organs, secretariat, and headquarters. The full current list is as follows: the Food and Agriculture Organization, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (widely known as the World Bank), the International Civil Aviation Association, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, the International Labour Organization, the International Maritime Organization, the International Monetary Fund, the International Telecommunication Union, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, the Universal Postal Union, the World Health Organization, the World Intellectual Property Organization, and the World Meteorological Organization. See also Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies, Convention on. |
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