mbers - (58) selected on a rotating basis from all regions

** United Nations General Assembly **

established - 26 June 1945;

effective - 24 October 1945

aim - to function as the primary deliberative organ of the UN

members - (189) all UN members are represented in the General Assembly

** United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) **

established - 3 December

1949; effective - 1 January 1951

aim - to ensure the humanitarian treatment of refugees and find permanent
solutions to refugee problems members (executive committee) - (57)
Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil,
Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cote
d'Ivoire, Denmark, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Holy See,
Hungary, India, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Lebanon,
Lesotho, Madagascar, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands,
Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Russia,
Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania,
Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, UK, US, Venezuela

** United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) **

established - 17 November

1966; effective - 1 January 1967

aim - UN specialized agency that promotes industrial development
especially among the members

members - (169) Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Armenia,
Austria, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus,
Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana,
Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon,
Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia,
Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Costa
Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark,
Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador,
Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon,
The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran,
Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya,
North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho,
Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, The Former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta,
Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Mo