Proper noun
UNIDO
(UN) Initialism of United Nations Industrial Development Organization.
Activities laid out in the Business Plan are based on the clear comparative advantages of UNIDO, while avoiding overlap and duplication with other multilateral institutions. Source: Internet
All necessary formal requirements were fulfilled in 1985, and in December of the same year, UNIDO finally became the sixteenth Specialized Agency of the United Nations with Headquarters in Vienna. Source: Internet
Besides normative activities, such as acting as a forum for discussions, analytical functions and information dissemination, UNIDO became involved in operational activities, i.e. in technical co-operation activities. Source: Internet
As of February 2016, 171 States are Members of UNIDO, all of them being UN members. Source: Internet
A vote takes place when no consensus can be reached or on specific request of a member of the policy-making organ citation General Conference The Conference is the highest policy-making organ of the Organization and consists of all Member States of UNIDO. Source: Internet
Conversion into a specialized agency The setting up of UNIDO as a special organ had nonetheless been a compromise solution. Source: Internet