Bonn's development into Germany’s United Nations City is without doubt an impressive success story! A closer look at the story of UN Bonn shows the highlights of the past 25 years. The settlement of entities large and small, starting with the United Nations Climate Secretariat and the Convention to Combat Desertification and continuing to UN Habitat's Global Water Operators' Partnerships Alliance, which only came to Bonn in 2020, or UNAIDS, which opened an office here on the banks of the Rhine in 2022.
The following 26 UN agencies are working from Bonn:
- GWOPA Global Water Operators ' Partnerships Alliance
- IPBES - Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
- UN OneHR United Nations Global Center for Human Resources Services
- UN SDG Action Campaign - Sustainable Development Goals Action Campaign
- UN/ISDR / UNDRR Secretariat of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
- UNAIDS - Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS - Bonn Office
- UNCCD - Secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
- UNDP-GRO - Germany Representation Office
- UNEP/AEWA - Secretariat of the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds
- UNEP/ASCOBANS - Secretariat of the Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic and North Seas
- UNEP/CMS - Secretariat of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals
- UNEP/EUROBATS - Secretariat of the Agreement on the Conservation of Populations of European Bats
- UNESCO-UNEVOC - International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training
- UNFCCC - Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
- UNIDO ITPO - United Nations Industrial Development Organization - Investment and Technology Promotion Office Bonn
- UNOOSA/UN-SPIDER - United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response
- UNOPS/ICAT United Nations Office for Project Services / Initiative for Climate Action
- UNRIC - United Nations Regional Information Centre Liaison Office in Germany
- UNRISD United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
- UNSSC - United Nations System Staff College Knowledge Centre for Sustainable Development
- UNU-ViE - United Nations University- Vice-Rectorate in Europe
- UNU-ViE SCYCLE United Nations University - Vice Rectorate in Europe, Sustainable Cycles Programme
- UNU/EHS - United Nations University / Institute for Environment and Human Security
- UNV - United Nations Volunteers
- United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
- WHO ECEH Bonn - World Health Organisation - European Centre for Environment and Health
Information brochure
UN Bonn Information has published a brochure on the work of the Bonn-based UN agencies: