Research and Training Institutes, United Nations University

The UN Research and Training Institutes have been established to provide high-priority
training and research projects to facilitate the UN objectives of world peace and security
and economic and social progress. They are autonomous bodies of the UN mainly funded
by voluntary contributions: 

• INSTRAW United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women 
• UNICRI United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute
• UNIDIR United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research
• UNITAR United Nations Institute for Training and Research
• UNRISD United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
• UNU United Nations University