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United Nations Environment Programme

Summary

United Nations Environment Programme is an environmental organization[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of environmental_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (497 views/month, #1 of 120).[2]

Key Facts

  • United Nations Environment Programme's field of work was environmental protection[3].
  • United Nations Environment Programme was a member of Global Citizen Science Partnership[4].
  • United Nations Environment Programme is in the country of Kenya[5].
  • United Nations Environment Programme's instance of is recorded as environmental organization[6].
  • United Nations Environment Programme's instance of is recorded as organization established by the United Nations[7].
  • United Nations Environment Programme's instance of is recorded as nonprofit organization[8].
  • United Nations Environment Programme's logo image is recorded as United Nations Environment Programme Logo.svg[9].
  • United Nations Environment Programme's headquarters location is recorded as Nairobi[10].
  • United Nations Environment Programme's chief executive officer is recorded as Inger Andersen[11].
  • United Nations Environment Programme's ISNI is recorded as 0000000121891824[12].
  • United Nations Environment Programme's ISNI is recorded as 0000000100250729[13].
  • United Nations Environment Programme's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 154177537[14].
  • United Nations Environment Programme's GND ID is recorded as 13260-3[15].
  • United Nations Environment Programme's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n80002388[16].
  • United Nations Environment Programme's Union List of Artist Names ID is recorded as 500287462[17].
  • United Nations Environment Programme's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11866053z[18].
  • United Nations Environment Programme's IdRef ID is recorded as 086020609[19].
  • United Nations Environment Programme's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA00630213[20].
  • United Nations Environment Programme's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00288559[21].
  • United Nations Environment Programme's child organization or unit is recorded as Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services[22].
  • United Nations Environment Programme's child organization or unit is recorded as OzonAction[23].
  • United Nations Environment Programme's child organization or unit is recorded as The Forum of Ministers of Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean[24].
  • United Nations Environment Programme's part of is recorded as United Nations System[25].
  • United Nations Environment Programme's Commons category is recorded as United Nations Environment Programme[26].
  • United Nations Environment Programme's Libraries Australia ID is recorded as 35174595[27].

Body

Founding

+1972-06-05T00:00:00Z marks the founding of United Nations Environment Programme[28].

Identity

United Nations Environment Programme's part of is recorded as United Nations System[25]. Short names include {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'ONU Medio Ambiente'}[29], {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'PNUMA'}[30], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'UNEP'}[31], {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'PNUE'}[32], {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '国連環境計画'}[33], and {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'ЮНЕП'}[34].

Leadership

United Nations Environment Programme's chief executive officer is recorded as Inger Andersen[11].

Operations

United Nations Environment Programme's headquarters location is recorded as Nairobi[10]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as United Nations[35]. Subsidiaries include Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services[22], a committee[36], founded in 2012[37], headquartered in UN Campus[38]; OzonAction[23], an organization[39], founded in 1991[40]; and The Forum of Ministers of Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean[24], an organizational subdivision[41], founded in 1982[42].

Industry

United Nations Environment Programme's industry is recorded as environment[43]. Its field of work was environmental protection[3].

Why It Matters

United Nations Environment Programme ranks in the top 0.83% of environmental_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (497 views/month, #1 of 120).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] It is known by 82 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]

Related Entities

environmental protection Kenya UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre United Nations

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . GRID Release 2017-01-10. wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [20] ↑ . CiNii Research. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [35] ↑ . 20th Century Press Archives. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [40] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [41] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [42] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [44] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [45] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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