Basic Legal Documents of UNIDO
Historical documents
- UNIDO as a Specialized Agency (brief history)
- 20 December 1965: UN/General Assembly resolution 2089 (XX) (concerning the establishment of the United Nations Organization for Industrial Development)
- 17 November 1966: Annex I to UNIDO Constitution/UN/General Assembly resolution 2152 (XXI) (concerning UNIDO as an autonomous organization within the United Nations)
- 12-26 March 1975: Lima Declaration and Plan of Action on Industrial Development and Co-operation (Adopted by the Second General Conference of Former UNIDO at its Final Plenary Meeting, Lima, Peru, 12-26 March 1975)
- 17 December 1985: UN-UNIDO Relationship Agreement
- 2 December 2013: Lima Declaration: Towards Inclusive and Sustainable Industrial Development (Adopted by the Fifteenth General Conference of UNIDO at its Second Plenary Meeting, Lima, Peru, 02-06 December 2013)
- 5 November 2019: Abu Dhabi Declaration (Adopted by the Eighteenth General Conference of UNIDO, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 5 November 2019)
Constitution of UNIDO (entered into force on 21 June 1985)
Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish
Rules of Procedure
- Rules of Procedure of the General Conference
- Rules of Procedure of the Industrial Development Board
- Rules of Procedure of the Programme and Budget Committee
Statutes and Rules of other subsidiary bodies
- Statute and the Rules of Procedures of the International Civil Service Commission
- Statute of the Joint Inspection Unit
- Statute and Rules of the ILO Administrative Tribunal (ILOAT)
- Statute of the Multilateral Diplomatic Committee for relations with the International Organizations at Vienna and the Host Country
- Terms of Reference of the Independent Oversight Advisory Committee
- Inter-Organization Agreement Concerning Transfer, Secondment or Loan of Staff among the Organizations applying the United Nations Common System of Salaries and Allowances
Regulations and Rules
Headquarters and other Agreements with Austria
Headquarters Agreement
| Date | Title | Download pdf | Download pdf | Download pdf | Download pdf | Download pdf | Download pdf |
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| 1998-06-01 | Agreement between UNIDO and the Republic of Austria regarding the Headquarters of UNIDO | Arabic | Chinese | German | English | Russian | Spanish |
Old Agreements regarding UNIDO Headquarters (see Preamble of the Headquarters Agreement of 1995)
| Date | Title | Download pdf |
|---|---|---|
| 1967-04-13 | Agreement between the United Nations and the Republic of Austria regarding the Headquarters of UNIDO | English |
| 1979-09-28 | Agreement between the United Nations and the Republic of Austria regarding the Headquarters of UNIDO and other Offices of the United Nations | English and German |
| 1981-01-19 | Agreement between the United Nations and the Republic of Austria regarding the Headquarters seat of the UNIDO and other United Nations Offices at the Vienna International Centre | English and German |
| 1985-12-20 | Several Exchange of Notes between the United Nations, UNIDO and the Republic of Austria extending the provisions of the UNIDO Headquarters Agreement and related instruments for an interim period | English and German |
Other relevant Agreements (see section 59 of the Headquarters Agreement of 1995)
| Date | Title | Download pdf |
|---|---|---|
| 1972-03-01 | Supplemental Agreement between UNIDO and the Republic of Austria to implement section 27 (j)(iii) of the Agreement between the United Nations and Austria regarding the Headquarters of UNIDO, of 13 April 1967 | English and German |
| 1974-10-28 | Agreement between UNIDO, OPEC and the Republic of Austria regarding the access of officials of OPEC to the Commissary of the UNIDO | English |
| 1979-06-28 | Agreement between the United Nations and the Republic of Austria regarding the provisions, at the Vienna International Centre for the United Nations and the IAEA, of postal services | English and German |
| 1979-09-28 | Agreement between the United Nations, IAEA and the Republic of Austria regarding the Common Headquarters Area | English and German |
| 1981-01-19 | Agreement between the United Nations, IAEA and the Republic of Austria regarding the Headquarters Area Common to the United Nations and the IAEA at the Vienna International Centre | English and German |
| 1981-01-19 | Agreement between the United Nations, IAEA and the Republic of Austria regarding the Establishment and Administration of a Common Fund for Financing Major Repairs and Replacements at their Headquarters Seats at the Vienna International Centre | English and German |
| 1981-01-19 | Protocol regarding Provisional List of Main Elements referred to in Article2, paragraph 2 of the Agreement between the United Nations, IAEA and the Republic of Austria regarding the Establishment and Administration of a Common Fund for Financing Major Repairs and Replacements at their headquarters Seats at the Vienna International Centre | English and German |
Supplementary Agreements
Social Security Agreement
| Date | Title | Download pdf | Download pdf | Download pdf |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972-01-01 | Agreement between UNIDO and the Republic of Austria concerning Social Security for officials of that Organization (entered into force 1 January 1972 - SUPERSEDED by the New Social Security Agreement) | English | ||
| 2010-11-01 | New Social Security Agreement between UNIDO and the Government of the Republic of Austria (entered into force on 1 November 2010) | English | French | German |
Vienna International Centre
Allocation of Common Services
| Date | Title | Download pdf |
|---|---|---|
| 1977-03-31 | Memorandum of Understanding concerning the allocation of Common Services at Donaupark Centre in Vienna between the UN, UNIDO and IAEA (entered into force on 31 March 1977) | English |
| 1998-11-20 | Supplementary Memorandum of Understanding concerning the Allocation of Common Services at the Donaupark Centre in Vienna (entered into force on 20 November 1998) | English |
Common Fund for Financing Major Repairs and Replacements
| Date | Title | Download pdf |
|---|---|---|
| 2002-02-14 | Agreement between the Republic of Austria, the UN, IAEA, UNIDO and CTBTO regarding the Establishment and Administration of a Common Fund for Financing Major Repairs and Replacements at the Headquarters or Seats at the VIC (as amended on 24 January and 14 February 2002) | English |
Commissary
| Date | Title | Download pdf |
|---|---|---|
| 1972-03-01 | Supplementary Agreement regarding the establishment of the Commissary (1 March 1972) | English |
| 1981-12-8 | Exchange of Notes regarding the Commissary (23 November and 8 December 1981) | English |
| 1985-12-20 | Exchange of Notes regarding the Commissary (20 December 1985) | English |
Medical Centre
| Date | Title | Download pdf |
|---|---|---|
| 1991-02-21 | Memorandum of Understanding between IAEA and the Medical Doctors' Board of Vienna regarding cooperation between the Joint Medical Service at the Vienna International Centre and the Service Department for Foreign Patients of the Medical Doctors' Board (signed on 21 February 1991) | English |
Child Care Centre
| Date | Title | Download pdf |
|---|---|---|
| 1989-11-29 | Memorandum of Understanding between UN, IAEA and UNIDO concerning Common Services at the Vienna International Centre relating to the Establishment and Operation of a Child Care Centre (signed on 21, 27 and 29 November 1989) | English |
| 2004-04-08 | Supplementary Memorandum of Understanding between IAEA, UNOV, UNIDO and CTBTO Preparatory Commission concerning administrative arrangements and common services for the Child Care Centre at the Vienna International Centre (signed on 25, 29, 30 March and 8 April 2004) | English |
Conference Facilities
| Date | Title | Download pdf |
|---|---|---|
| 2004-10-18 | Memorandum of Understanding between Austria and the UN represented by UNOV, IAEA, UNIDO and CTBTO Preparatory Commission regarding additional Conference Facilities at the Vienna International Centre (signed on 18 October 2004) | English |
Terms of Reference of the Committees
| Date | Title | Download pdf |
|---|---|---|
| 2006-10-24 | Terms of Reference of the Committee on Common Services (dated 24 October 2006) | English |
| 2010-10-20 | Terms of Reference of the Joint Advisory Committee on the Child Care Centre (JAC-CCC)(entered into effect on 20 October 2010) | English |
| 2010-10-20 | Terms of Reference of the Joint Advisory Committee on the Catering Service(JACCS)(entered into effect on 20 October 2010) | English |
| 1989-01-19 | Rules of the Catering Services at the VIC | English |
| 2010-10-20 | Terms of Reference of the Joint Advisory Committee on the VIC Garage(JACG)(entered into effect on 20 October 2010) | English |
Exhibitions at the VIC
| Date | Title | Download pdf |
|---|---|---|
| 2013-02-28 | Guidelines for Exhibitions at the Vienna International Centre (dated 28 February 2013) | English |