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United Nations Environment Programme

Summary

United Nations Environment Programme is an environmental organization[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[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 headquarters location is recorded as Nairobi[9].
  • United Nations Environment Programme's chief executive officer is recorded as Inger Andersen[10].
  • United Nations Environment Programme's child organization or unit is recorded as Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services[11].
  • United Nations Environment Programme's child organization or unit is recorded as OzonAction[12].
  • United Nations Environment Programme's child organization or unit is recorded as The Forum of Ministers of Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean[13].
  • United Nations Environment Programme is part of United Nations System[14].
  • United Nations Environment Programme's Commons category is recorded as United Nations Environment Programme[15].
  • United Nations Environment Programme's industry is recorded as environment[16].
  • June 5, 1972 marks the founding of United Nations Environment Programme[17].
  • United Nations Environment Programme's parent organization or unit is recorded as United Nations[18].
  • United Nations Environment Programme's official website is recorded as https://www.unep.org/[19].
  • United Nations Environment Programme's topic's main category is recorded as Category:United Nations Environment Programme[20].
  • United Nations Environment Programme's Commons gallery is recorded as United Nations Environment Programme[21].
  • United Nations Environment Programme's external data available at URL is recorded as https://open.unep.org/[22].
  • United Nations Environment Programme's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'ONU Medio Ambiente'}[23].
  • United Nations Environment Programme's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'PNUMA'}[24].
  • United Nations Environment Programme's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'UNEP'}[25].
  • United Nations Environment Programme's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'PNUE'}[26].
  • United Nations Environment Programme's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '国連環境計画'}[27].

Body

Founding

June 5, 1972 marks the founding of United Nations Environment Programme[17].

Identity

United Nations Environment Programme is part of United Nations System[14]. Short names include {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'ONU Medio Ambiente'}[23], {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'PNUMA'}[24], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'UNEP'}[25], {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'PNUE'}[26], {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '国連環境計画'}[27], and {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'ЮНЕП'}[28].

Leadership

United Nations Environment Programme's chief executive officer is recorded as Inger Andersen[10].

Operations

United Nations Environment Programme's headquarters location is recorded as Nairobi[9]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as United Nations[18]. Subsidiaries include Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services[11], a committee[29], founded in 2012[30], headquartered in UN Campus[31]; OzonAction[12], an organization[32], founded in 1991[33]; and The Forum of Ministers of Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean[13], an organizational subdivision[34], founded in 1982[35].

Industry

United Nations Environment Programme's industry is recorded as environment[16]. Its field of work was environmental protection[3].

Why It Matters

United Nations Environment Programme has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 82 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

Related Entities

environmental protection Kenya UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre United Nations

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . 20th Century Press Archives. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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