Relations with the organizations of the UN System

Composition of the CEB

The CEB comprises twenty-eight member organizations, including UN funds and programmes as well as specialized agencies, WTO and the Bretton Woods institutions.

The Chairman is the Secretary-General of UN, Mr Ban Ki-moon, and the current Secretary is Mr Patrizio Civili.

In addition to the Director-General of UNESCO, the members of the CEB are as follows:

• the Secretary-General of the United Nations,


• the Executive Director of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF),


• the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD),


• the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP),


• the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP),


• the Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA),


• the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East,


• the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (HCR),


• the Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP),


• the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Vienna and Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime,


• the Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO),


• the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO),


• the Secretary-General of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO),


• the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO),


• the President of the World Bank,


• the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF),


• the Director-General of the Universal Postal Union (UPU),


• the Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU),


• the Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO),


• the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO),


• the Director-General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO),


• the President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD),


• the Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO),


• the Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat),


• the Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO),


• the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and


• the Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO)