UN AGENCY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does UN agency mean? 

• UN AGENCY (noun)
  The noun UN AGENCY has 1 sense:

1. an agency of the United Nations

  Familiarity information: UN AGENCY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UN AGENCY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An agency of the United Nations

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

UN agency; United Nations agency

Hypernyms ("UN agency" is a kind of...):

administrative body; administrative unit (a unit with administrative responsibilities)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "UN agency"):

IFC; International Finance Corporation (a United Nations agency that invests directly in companies and guarantees loans to private investors; affiliated with the World Bank)

WMO; World Meteorological Organization (the United Nations agency concerned with the international collection of meteorological data)

W.H.O.; WHO; World Health Organization (a United Nations agency to coordinate international health activities and to help governments improve health services)

Centre for International Crime Prevention; United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (the United Nations office responsible for crime prevention and criminal justice and law reform)

DCCP; United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention (an agency of the United Nations that promotes drug control and crime prevention)

UNESCO; United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (an agency of the United Nations that promotes education and communication and the arts)

IMF; International Monetary Fund (a United Nations agency to promote trade by increasing the exchange stability of the major currencies)

IMO; International Maritime Organization (the United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities)

ILO; International Labor Organization; International Labour Organization (the United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor)

IDA; International Development Association (an agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank)

ICAO; International Civil Aviation Organization (the United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation)

IBRD; International Bank for Reconstruction and Development; World Bank (a United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments)

IAEA; International Atomic Energy Agency (the United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy)

GATT; General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (a United Nations agency created by a multinational treaty to promote trade by the reduction of tariffs and import quotas)

FAO; Food and Agriculture Organization; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (the United Nations agency concerned with the international organization of food and agriculture)

UNICEF; United Nations Children's Fund; United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (an agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries)

Holonyms ("UN agency" is a member of...):

UN; United Nations (an organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security)

 Context examples 

"The bacteria that cause gonorrhea are particularly smart. Every time we use a new class of antibiotics to treat the infection, the bacteria evolve to resist them," according to Dr. Teodora Wi, a medical officer involved in human reproduction at the WHO, quoted in a news release from the UN agency.

(Vaccine for Meningitis Shows Some Protection Against Gonorrhea, VOA)