Editing Beirut (section)

===International organizations===
The city is home to numerous international organizations. The [[United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia]] (ESCWA) is headquartered in downtown Beirut,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.unfpa.org/icpd5/bulletins/bulletn4.htm |title=ICPD+5 |access-date=28 August 2016}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{Dead link|date=June 2015}}, [[United Nations General Assembly]]. Retrieved 15 November 2007.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.escwa.org.lb/ |title=United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia |publisher=Escwa.org.lb |access-date=17 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905081650/http://www.escwa.org.lb/ |archive-date=5 September 2015 }}</ref> The [[Arab Air Carriers' Organization]] (AACO),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aaco.org/contact.asp |title=Arab Air Carriers Organization |publisher=Aaco.org |access-date=17 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100128030601/http://www.aaco.org/contact.asp |archive-date=28 January 2010 }}</ref> the [[Union of Arab Banks]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uabonline.org/contact.php |title=Union of Arab Banks |publisher=uabonline.org |access-date=29 January 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130416042129/http://www.uabonline.org/contact.php |archive-date=16 April 2013 }}</ref> and the Union of Arab Stock Exchanges<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.arabstockexchanges.org/uaseportal/portal/contactus.html?pageParam=contactus&menu=8 |title=Union of Arab Stock Exchanges |publisher=arabstockexchanges.org |access-date=12 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101105041250/http://www.arabstockexchanges.org/uaseportal/portal/contactus.html?pageParam=contactus&menu=8 |archive-date=5 November 2010}}</ref> and  the World youth alliance are also headquartered in the city. The [[International Labour Organization]] (ILO)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ilo.org.lb/ |title=International Labour Organization (Lebanon) |publisher=Ilo.org.lb |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010725145446/http://www.ilo.org.lb/ |archive-date=25 July 2001 |access-date=17 January 2010}}</ref> and [[UNESCO]] (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization)<ref>{{cite web |title=UNESCO Beirut |url=https://www.unesco.org/en/fieldoffice/beirut |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529113759/https://www.unesco.org/en/fieldoffice/beirut |archive-date=29 May 2023 |access-date=1 June 2023 |website=UNESCO }}</ref> both have regional offices in Beirut covering the [[Arab world]].