Who's Who - Intergovernmental organisations

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WHO's WHO IN AGRIFOOD AND THE ENVIRONMENT -
Intergovernmental organisations

Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
World Food Programme (WFP)
UN Commission for Sustainable Development (UNCSD)
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
UN Population Fund (UNFPA)
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN/ECE)
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
World Bank
European Commission

Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)
FAO was founded in October 1945 with a mandate to raise levels of nutrition and standards of living, to improve agricultural productivity, and to better the condition of rural populations.

Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
Rome 00100
Italy
Tel: +39 06 57051
Fax: +39 06 5705 3152
URL: http://www.fao.org/

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
UNEP's mission is to provide leadership and encourage partnership in caring for the environment by inspiring, informing, and enabling nations and peoples to improve their quality of life without compromising that of future generations.

P.O. Box 30552
Nairobi
Kenya
Tel: +254 2 621234
Fax: +254 2 623927
E-mail: cpiinfo@unep.org
URL: http://www.unep.org/

World Food Programme (WFP)
WFP is the frontline United Nations Agency whose mission is to provide Food for life to sustain victims of man-made and natural disasters; Food for growth to improve the nutrition and quality of life of the most vulnerable people at critical times in their lives; Food for work to help build assets and promote the self-reliance of poor people and communities, particularly through labour-intensive works programmes.

via Cesare Giulio Viola 68
Parco de Medici
Rome 00148
Italy
Tel: +39 6 6513 1
Fax: +39 6 6590 632
URL: http://www.wfp.org/

UN Commission for Sustainable Development (UNCSD)
UNCSD was established as a functional commission of the Economic and Social Council by Council decision 1993/207. Its roles are: a) to review progress at the international, regional and national levels in the implementation of Agenda 21 and the Rio Declaration; b) to elaborate policy guidance and options for future activities to follow up UNCED; and c) to promote dialogue and build partnerships for sustainable development.

2 UN Plaza
Room DC2-2220
NY 10017 New York
United States
Tel: +1 212 963 3170
Fax: +1 212 963 4260
E-mail: dsd@un.org
URL: http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/csd.htm

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
OECD work related to sustainable agriculture and the environment aims to improve the design, implementation and coherence between agricultural and environmental policies.

2, rue André Pascal
Paris 75775 Cedex 16
France
Tel: +33 1 45 24 95 36
Fax: +33 1 44 30 61 02
URL: http://www.oecd.org/agr/policy/ag-env/index.htm

UN Population Fund (UNFPA)
UNFPA extends assistance to developing countries, countries with economies in transition and other countries at their request to help them address reproductive health and population issues, and raises awareness of these issues in all countries, as it has since its inception. UNFPA's information centre hosts a Food for the Future website.

220 East 42nd Street
NY 10017 New York
United States
E-mail: http://web.unfpa.org/modules/intercenter/food/
URL: http://www.unfpa.org

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
IFAD, a specialised agency of the United Nations, was established in 1977 as an international financial institution as one of the major outcomes of the 1974 World Food Conference. Its mandate is to combat rural hunger and poverty in developing countries.

107, via del Serafico
Rome 00142
Italy
Tel: +39 06 54591
Fax: +39 06 504 3463
E-mail: ifad@ifad.org
URL: http://www.ifad.org

United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
ECLAC was founded in 1948, its mission includes proposing, evaluating and following up public policy measures, as well as providing assistance in areas of specialised information. Since its foundation, ECLAC has promoted economic and social development, and cooperation between nations, through a variety of projects. In recent years, it has focussed its efforts on the challenges faced by the region in achieving sustained (and environmentally sustainable) growth as well as the central pillar of development.

ECLAC headquarters
Avenida Dag Hammarskjold s/n
Santiago
Chile
Tel: +(56 2) 210 20 00
Fax: +(56 2) 208 02 52
E-mail: dpisantiago@eclac.cl
URL: http://www.eclac.cl

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN/ECE)
UN/ECE is a forum for dialogue aimed at bringing about better understanding and agreement on common guidelines and policies, and where agreements are negotiated and assistance activities prepared. Its main purpose is to harmonize the policies and practices of its member countries. Such harmonization not only facilitates economic exchange investment and the integration of transport networks, but also makes environmental procedures more effective.

Palais des Nations
CH-1211 Geneva 10
Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 917 44 44
Fax: +41 22 917 05 05
E-mail: info.ece@unece.org
URL: http://www.unece.org

United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
ECA Reversing the spiral of rapidly growing population, decreasing food supplies and worsening environmental situation and ensuring Sustainable Development is the mission of FSSDD. FSSDD will be the focal point in Africa for policy analysis of nexus issues. Using an innovative advocacy tool, ECA will raise policy-makers' awareness to the challenges of dealing with rapid population growth, environmental degradation and poverty, and offer member States feasible solutions drawn from best practices within Africa and around the world.

PO Box 3001
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Tel: +251 1 51 04 06
Fax: +251 1 51 62 30
E-mail: ecaweb@un.org
URL: http://www.un.org/Depts/eca/divis/fssd/index.htm

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)
ESCWA objectives: enhancing the sustainable development of ESCWA member States; promoting regional co-operation and policy co-ordination among member states, and highlighting the linkages among the economic, social, cultural, technological and environmental dimensions of development.

PO Box 11-8575
Beirut
Lebanon
Tel: +961 1 981 301
Fax: +961 1 981 510
E-mail: unescwa@escwa.org.lb
URL: http://www.escwa.org.lb

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
ESCAP was created in 1947 and is the main organisation for United Nations activities in the Asia and Pacific region, the largest of the 5 UN Regional Commissions and represents some 60 percent of the world's population.

United Nations Building
Rajadamnern Nok Avenue
Bangkok 10200
Thailand
Tel: + 66 2 288 1234
Fax: +66 2 288 1000
URL: http://www.unescap.org

World Bank
Its mission is to fight poverty with passion and professionalism for lasting results, to help people help themselves and their environment by providing resources, sharing knowledge, building capacity and forging partnerships in the public and private sectors.

1818 H Street NW
DC 20433 Washington
United States
Tel: +1 202 477 1234
URL: http://www.worldbank.org/

European Commission
The Commission fulfils three main functions. Because of its right of initiative, the Commission is charged with making proposals for all new legislation. It does so on the basis of what it considers best for the Union and its citizens in general rather than on behalf of sectoral interests or individual countries. These activities are laid down in the Treaty and range from trade, industry and social policies to agriculture, the environment, energy, regional development and development co-operation.

200 rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200
B-1049 Brussels
Belgium
Tel: +32 2 299 11 11
Fax: +32 2 296 00 44
URL: http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/index_en.htm