-fire
agreement and to plan for the observation of the cease-fire and
disengagement of forces

members - (49) Algeria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, China, Czech
Republic, Denmark, Egypt, France, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Ireland,
Jordan, Kenya, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique,
Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Poland,
Romania, Russia, Senegal, Serbia and Montenegro, South Africa, Spain,
Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Ukraine, UK, Uruguay, Zambia

United Nations Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP): established -
4 March 1964

aim - to serve as a peacekeeping force between Greek Cypriots and
Turkish Cypriots in Cyprus; established by the UN Security Council

members - (9) Argentina, Austria, Canada, Finland, Hungary, Ireland,
South Korea, Slovakia, UK

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA): note - acronym retained from
predecessor organization UN Fund for Population Activities

established - NA July 1967

aim - to assist both developed and developing countries to deal with
their population problems

members (executive board ) - (36) selected on a rotating basis from all
regions

United Nations Preventive Deployment Force (UNPREDEP): established 31
March 1995; to monitor border activity in the Former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia; members were Argentina, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil,
Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, Ghana, Indonesia,
Ireland, Jordan, Kenya, Nepal, NZ, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Poland,
Portugal, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, US; mandate
ended 25 March 1999

United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the
Near East (UNRWA): established - 8 December 1949

aim - to provide assistance to Palestinian refugees

members (advisory commission) - (10) Belgium, Egypt, France, Japan,
Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, UK, US

United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD):
established - NA 1963

aim - to conduct research into the problems of economic development
during different phases of economic growth

members - no country members, but a Board of Directors consisting of a
chairman appointed by the UN secretary general and 11 individual
members

United Nations Secretariat: established - 26 June 1945; effective - 24
October 1945

aim - to serve as the primary administrative organ of the UN; a