Welcome to the United Nations Office at Vienna!

The United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV), established on 1 January 1980, serves as the representative office of the Secretary-General in Vienna and performs representation and liaison functions with permanent missions, the host Government as well as Governments, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations in Vienna.

UNOV manages and implements the programme on the peaceful use of outer space and provides common services, such as conference services, information services, security & safety services and general support services, for the other organizations of the United Nations system located at the Vienna International Centre (VIC).

UNOV is closely associated with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) through which additional common services are provided, namely information technology and communications services, human resources management services and financial resources management services.

UNOV is headed by a Director-General, since May 2002 Mr. Antonio Maria Costa (Italy), who also serves as the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.