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---------- _#_United Nations Angola Verification Mission (UNAVEM) established--20 December 1988; aim--established by the UN Security Council to verify the withdrawal of Cuban troops from Angola; members--(10) Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, Congo, Czechoslovakia, India, Jordan, Norway, Spain, Yugoslavia ------------------------------------------------------------------------- _#_United Nations Center for Human Settlements (UNCHS or Habitat) established--12 October 1978; aim--to assist in solving human settlement problems; members--(88) selected on a rotating basis from all regions ------------------------------------------------------------------------- _#_United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)--acronym retained from the predecessor organization UN International Children's Emergency Fund; established--11 December 1946; aim--to help establish child health and welfare services; members--(41) selected on a rotating basis from all regions ------------------------------------------------------------------------- _#_United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) established--30 December 1964; aim--to promote international trade; members--(166) all UN members plus North Korea, South Korea, Monaco, San Marino, Switzerland, Tonga, Vatican City ------------------------------------------------------------------------- _#_United Nations Development Program (UNDP) established--22 November 1965; aim--to provide technical assistance to stimulate economic and social development; members--(48) selected on a rotating basis from all regions ------------------------------------------------------------------------- _#_United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) established--31 May 1974; aim--established by the UN Security Council to observe the 1973 Arab-Israeli ceasefire; members--(4) Austria, Canada, Finland, Poland ------------------------------------------------------------------------- _#_United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) established--16 November 1945, effective 4 November 1946; aim--to promote cooperation in education, science, and culture; members--(159) all UN members except Brunei, Liechtenstein, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, UK, US, Vanuatu; other members are Cook Islands, Kiribati, North Korea, South Korea, Monaco, San Marino, Switzerland, Tonga; associate members--(3) Aruba, British Virgin Islands, Netherla
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