UN Institutions

• General Assembly and Security Council
• Secretariat
• Economic and Social Council
• High-Level Conferences
• Treaty monitoring bodies

 

Below is a simplified scheme to explain the UN galaxy. It distinguishes between the “Charter-based” System, i.e. the bodies and procedures that have their basis in the UN Charter, and the “Treaty-based” System, i.e. bodies and procedures that have their basis in specific treaties.