UNITED NATIONS AGENCY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does United Nations agency mean? 

• UNITED NATIONS AGENCY (noun)
  The noun UNITED NATIONS AGENCY has 1 sense:

1. an agency of the United Nations

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNITED NATIONS 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 ("United Nations agency" is a kind of...):

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "United Nations 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 ("United Nations 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 United Nations agency says rising temperatures are ushering in more extreme weather with huge socioeconomic impact.

(World Meteorological Org.: Arctic Warming Appears Irreversible, VOA)