Since its founding nearly 80 years ago, the United Nations has grappled with the most difficult and controversial geopolitical issues in the world. The most visible pieces of the UN agenda are usually those that provide humanitarian assistance to millions of people or broker global environmental compacts like the Montreal Protocol or the Paris Agreement.
But there is another, equally important part of the UN system that many people don’t realize exists: the agencies that allow American businesses to connect with the rest of the world. Most businesses that operate internationally could not thrive without these low-key, under-the-radar organizations.
