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Secretariat

The Secretariat, one of the main organs of the UN, is organized along departmental lines, with each department or office having a distinct area of action and responsibility. Offices and departments coordinate with each other to ensure cohesion as they carry out the day to day work of the Organization in offices and duty stations around the world.  At the head of the United Nations Secretariat is the Secretary-General.

UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe
A wide view of a conference room as Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (shown on screens) addresses a high-level meeting on the Sahel in 2013. The servicing of meetings at the UN are the responsibility of the Department for General Assembly and Conference Management (DGACM), the largest UN department, which comprises committee secretaries, research clerks, meeting planners and protocol officers, translators and verbatim reporters, interpreters and editors, graphic designers and printers, conference officers and administrators, and more.

Offices and Departments at Headquarters in New York

Executive Office of the Secretary-General
Office of Internal Oversight Services
Office of Legal Affairs
Department of Political Affairs
Office for Disarmament Affairs
  • Weapons of Mass Destruction Branch
  • Conventional Arms Branch
  • Information and Outreach Branch
  • Regional Disarmament Branch
  • Conference on Disarmament Secretariat and Conference Support Branch
Department of Peacekeeping Operations
Department of Field Support
  • Office of the Assistant Secretary-General
  • Field Personnel Division
  • Field Budget and Finance Division
  • Logistics Support Division
  • Information & Communications Technology Division
  • Policy Evaluation and Training (PET) Division
  • United Nations Logistics Base in Brindisi (UNLB)
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Department for General Assembly and Conference Management
Department of Public Information
Department of Safety and Security
  • Field Support Service
  • Division of Regional Operations
  • Division of Headquarters Security and Safety Services
Department of Management
Internal Justice Bodies
Other Offices
Special Advisers, Representatives and Envoys

Offices Outside the Main Headquarters

Geneva
Nairobi
Vienna

UN Regional Commissions

Bangkok
Beirut
Addis Ababa
Geneva
Santiago
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