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United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

• Established by A/RES/2152 (XXI) of 17 Nov. 1966; became a specialized agency of the United Nations in 1985
• Constitution adopted at UN Conference on the Establishment of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, 8 April 1979, Vienna
• Relationship Agreement with UN (1985)
  • 1412 UNTS 305
• Governing Bodies
  • 1985-present
    • General Conference
      • Meets once every two years
    • Industrial Development Board
      • 53 members
      • Meets once a year
  • 1967-1985
    • Industrial Development Board
      • Supplement 16 to the General Assembly Official Records (GAOR)
      • Symbol pattern: A/session/16
      • example: A/40/16
      • Search results for Report of the Industrial Development Board
• Legal texts
• Flagship publications
  • Industrial Development Report
  • International Yearbook of Industrial Statistics
• Statistics
• Directors-General (1985-present)
  • 2021-: Gerd Müller (Germany)
  • 2013- 2021: Li Yong (China)
  • 2005-2013: Kandeh Yumkella (Sierra Leone)
  • 1997-2005: Carlos Alfredo Margariños (Argentina)
  • 1993-1997: Mauricio de Maria y Campos (Mexico) (UNIDOlinks No. 299/1993, p. 1, UN Library (NY) call no.: UNIDO(05)/N3)
  • 1985-1993: Domingo Siazon, Jr. (Philippines) (Press release BIO/2120-IDO/1064 [1985])
• Executive Directors (1967-1985)
  • 1975-1985: Abd-El Rahman Khane (Algeria) (Press release BIO/1176-SG/A/163-IDO/567 [1974])
  • 1967-1974: Ibrahim Helmi Abdel-Rahman (Egypt)