General information

Vienna is one of the four duty stations of United Nations Headquarters. (The other three are New York, Geneva and Nairobi.) There are more than 4,000 staff members from over 100 countries working for the organizations based at the Vienna International Centre (VIC). About one third of those staff members are Austrians. The costs of operating the VIC are borne by the organizations. The VIC contributes about 360 million euros annually to the Austrian economy.

Numerous international conferences and meetings are held annually at the VIC or at the  Austria Center Vienna, which is adjacent to the VIC.

The organizations located at the VIC are:

• United Nations Office at Vienna ( UNOV )
• United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime ( UNODC )
• International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA )
• United Nations Industrial Development Organization ( UNIDO )
• Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization ( CTBTO )

Other United Nations entities and intergovernmental bodies with offices at the VIC include:

• United Nations Postal Administration ( UNPA )
• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ( UNHCR )
• United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation ( UNSCEAR )
• United Nations Office for Project Services ( UNOPS )
• International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River ( ICPDR )
• United Nations Register of Damage Caused by the Construction of the Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory ( UNROD )