United Nations Industrial Development Organization

Introduction to United Nations Industrial Development Organization

United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), international agency established by the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) in 1966 to promote industrialization in developing nations. The organization offers technical assistance, fosters international industrial partnerships, and funds projects that aid the efforts of emerging nations to achieve long-term prosperity. UNIDO projects include initiatives to privatize ownership of businesses in developing nations and to assist efforts by former communist countries in Eastern Europe to reduce industrial pollution. UNIDO has its headquarters in Vienna, Austria.” (1)

United Nations Industrial Development Organization

Embracing mainstream international law, this section on united nations industrial development organization explores the context, history and effect of the area of the law covered here.

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See Also

• International Organization
• Foreign Relations
• Organization
• United Nations
• United Nations System
• UN Agency

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Further Reading

• The entry “united nations industrial development organization” in the Parry and Grant Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law (currently, the Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law, 2009), Oxford University Press

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Notes and References

• Information about United Nations Industrial Development Organization in the Encarta Online Encyclopedia

Guide to United Nations Industrial Development Organization

UNIDO – United Nations Industrial Development Organization

Further Reading

• A concise encyclopedia of the United Nations (including United Nations Industrial Development Organization , H Volger, KA Annan -2010)
• The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations (TG Weiss – 2007)
• International Law: A Dictionary (including United Nations Industrial Development Organization , Boczek, Boleslaw Adam -2005)

United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in relation with International Trade

In the context of trade organizations, Christopher Mark (1993) provided the following definition of United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO): A UN specialized agency established in 1966 to promote and accelerate the industrialization of LDCs. It provides a forum for consultations between industrial and developing countries concerning industrial development and provides technical assistance to LDCs. UNIDO headquarters are in Vienna, Austria.