United Nations Global Service Centre
E933398
United Nations facility
information and communications technology service centre
logistics support centre
operational support centre
The United Nations Global Service Centre is a UN facility that provides logistics, information and communications technology, and operational support services to peacekeeping and other UN field missions worldwide.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| United Nations Global Service Centre canonical | 2 |
| UN common back office initiatives | 1 |
| United Nations information technology centre | 1 |
| United Nations logistics centre | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11558532 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United Nations Global Service Centre Context triple: [UNGSC, fullName, United Nations Global Service Centre]
-
A.
United Nations Office for Project Services
The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) is a UN agency that provides project management, procurement, and infrastructure services to support humanitarian, development, and peacebuilding efforts worldwide.
-
B.
Centre for Collaboration with UN
The Centre for Collaboration with UN is a specialized unit within the Norwegian Institute of Public Health that coordinates and strengthens the institute’s international cooperation and engagement with United Nations agencies.
-
C.
United Nations Secretariat
The United Nations Secretariat is the UN’s administrative arm, responsible for carrying out the organization’s day-to-day work under the leadership of the Secretary-General.
-
D.
United Nations Foundation
The United Nations Foundation is a charitable organization that supports and advances the work of the United Nations on global issues such as health, climate, peace, and human rights through advocacy, partnerships, and funding.
-
E.
United Nations Office at Vienna
The United Nations Office at Vienna is one of the UN’s main headquarters, hosting key offices and agencies focused on issues such as drugs and crime, outer space affairs, and industrial development.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United Nations Global Service Centre Target entity description: The United Nations Global Service Centre is a UN facility that provides logistics, information and communications technology, and operational support services to peacekeeping and other UN field missions worldwide.
-
A.
United Nations Office for Project Services
The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) is a UN agency that provides project management, procurement, and infrastructure services to support humanitarian, development, and peacebuilding efforts worldwide.
-
B.
Centre for Collaboration with UN
The Centre for Collaboration with UN is a specialized unit within the Norwegian Institute of Public Health that coordinates and strengthens the institute’s international cooperation and engagement with United Nations agencies.
-
C.
United Nations Secretariat
The United Nations Secretariat is the UN’s administrative arm, responsible for carrying out the organization’s day-to-day work under the leadership of the Secretary-General.
-
D.
United Nations Foundation
The United Nations Foundation is a charitable organization that supports and advances the work of the United Nations on global issues such as health, climate, peace, and human rights through advocacy, partnerships, and funding.
-
E.
United Nations Office at Vienna
The United Nations Office at Vienna is one of the UN’s main headquarters, hosting key offices and agencies focused on issues such as drugs and crime, outer space affairs, and industrial development.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United Nations facility
ⓘ
information and communications technology service centre ⓘ logistics support centre ⓘ operational support centre ⓘ |
| affiliation |
United Nations field support system
ⓘ
linked to:
United Nations field mission
United Nations peacekeeping architecture ⓘ
linked to:
United Nations peace operations
|
| employs |
contractors
ⓘ
international civil servants ⓘ national staff ⓘ |
| formerlyPartOf |
Department of Field Support
ⓘ
linked to:
Department of Operational Support
|
| goal |
improve efficiency of UN field operations
ⓘ
reduce costs of UN field support ⓘ standardize support services for UN missions ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
UNICTF Valencia
ⓘ
United Nations Information and Communications Technology Facility in Valencia ⓘ
linked to:
UN Global Service Centre Valencia
United Nations Logistics Base in Brindisi ⓘ |
| hasMainRole |
provide information and communications technology services to UN field missions
ⓘ
provide logistics support to UN field missions ⓘ provide operational support services to UN field missions ⓘ support UN peacekeeping operations ⓘ support other UN field presences ⓘ support special political missions ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Brindisi
ⓘ
Italy ⓘ |
| operatesInLanguage |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ other official UN languages ⓘ |
| partOf |
Department of Operational Support
ⓘ
United Nations ⓘ United Nations Secretariat ⓘ |
| providesService |
communications services
ⓘ
engineering support ⓘ environmental management support ⓘ field mission operational support ⓘ geospatial information services ⓘ information technology services ⓘ logistics services ⓘ supply chain management services ⓘ training and capacity-building for field support ⓘ |
| serves |
United Nations peacekeeping missions
ⓘ
linked to:
United Nations peace operations
United Nations special political missions ⓘ other United Nations field missions ⓘ |
| supports |
deployment of peacekeeping missions
ⓘ
drawdown and liquidation of peacekeeping missions ⓘ sustainment of peacekeeping missions ⓘ |
| uses |
data centres
ⓘ
enterprise resource planning systems ⓘ global communications networks ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: United Nations Global Service Centre Description of subject: The United Nations Global Service Centre is a UN facility that provides logistics, information and communications technology, and operational support services to peacekeeping and other UN field missions worldwide.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: United Nations Global Service Centre
linked to: United Nations Global Service Centre
linked to: United Nations Global Service Centre