International governmental organisations

United Nations - international organisation on peace, security, development and human rights.

Choice of UN institutions:

Secretary-General
General Assembly - institution representing all the Member States of UN.
Security Council - primary institution responsible for peace and security.
High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) - primary UN institution on human rights.
High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) - primary UN institution on refugees and refugee-issues.
UNICEF - UN Children's Fund
UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) - UN fund providing financial and technical assistance to programmes and strategies to foster gender equality.
UN Treaty Committees - Committees supervising the implementation of 7 UN Conventions

Council of Europe - regional political organisation dealing with main problems on European level

Choice of CoE institutions:

Choice of OSCE institutions:


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