United Nations Secretariat

Summary

United Nations Secretariat is a principal organ of the United Nations^[1]. It draws 432 Wikipedia views per month (principal_organ_of_the_united_nations category, ranking #2 of 4).^[2]

Key Facts

• United Nations Secretariat's image is recorded as Headquarters of the United Nations, New York City, 20231001 1103 1007.jpg^[3].
• United Nations Secretariat's instance of is recorded as principal organ of the United Nations^[4].
• United Nations Secretariat's instance of is recorded as secretariat^[5].
• United Nations Secretariat's official language is recorded as English^[6].
• United Nations Secretariat's official language is recorded as French^[7].
• United Nations Secretariat's logo image is recorded as UN emblem blue.svg^[8].
• United Nations Secretariat's headquarters location is recorded as New York City^[9].
• United Nations Secretariat's headquarters location is recorded as Geneva^[10].
• United Nations Secretariat's headquarters location is recorded as Vienna^[11].
• United Nations Secretariat's ISNI is recorded as 0000000403844639^[12].
• United Nations Secretariat's ISNI is recorded as 0000000121652954^[13].
• United Nations Secretariat's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 136665488^[14].
• United Nations Secretariat's GND ID is recorded as 1041547-6^[15].
• United Nations Secretariat's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n81010205^[16].
• United Nations Secretariat's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12048955z^[17].
• United Nations Secretariat's IdRef ID is recorded as 02870844X^[18].
• United Nations Secretariat's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA01677074^[19].
• United Nations Secretariat's child organization or unit is recorded as United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs^[20].
• United Nations Secretariat's child organization or unit is recorded as Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General^[21].
• United Nations Secretariat's child organization or unit is recorded as United Nations Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies^[22].
• United Nations Secretariat's part of is recorded as United Nations System^[23].
• United Nations Secretariat's part of is recorded as United Nations^[24].
• United Nations Secretariat's Commons category is recorded as United Nations Secretariat^[25].
• United Nations Secretariat's Libraries Australia ID is recorded as 35562066^[26].
• +1945-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of United Nations Secretariat^[27].

Body

Founding

+1945-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of United Nations Secretariat^[27].

Identity

Part of include United Nations System^[23], a group^[28] and United Nations^[24], an intergovernmental organization^[29], in United States^[30], founded in 1945^[31], headquartered in New York City^[32].

Operations

Headquarters locations include New York City^[9], a global city^[33], in United States^[34], founded in 1624^[35]; Geneva^[10], a cantonal capital of Switzerland^[36], in Switzerland^[37]; and Vienna^[11], a federal capital^[38], in Austria^[39], founded in -0100^[40]. United Nations Secretariat's parent organization or unit is recorded as United Nations^[41]. Subsidiaries include United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs^[20], an organization established by the United Nations^[42], founded in 1992^[43], headquartered in Headquarters of the United Nations^[44]; Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General^[21], an organization established by the United Nations^[45], headquartered in New York City^[46]; and United Nations Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies^[22], an organization established by the United Nations^[47], in United States^[48], founded in 2025^[49], headquartered in New York City^[50].

Why It Matters

United Nations Secretariat draws 432 Wikipedia views per month (principal_organ_of_the_united_nations category, ranking #2 of 4).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[51] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[52]