This is a list of territories which are directly administered, or once were, by the United Nations (UN). These are not to be confused with UN trust territories, which were run by a single country under a UN mandate.
| Name | Location | Years | Today part of |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) | United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus (UNBZC) | 1974–present |  Cyprus |
| United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) | UNDOF Zone on the Golan Heights | 1974–present | |
| United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) | United Nations Administered Kosovo | 1999–present (only de jure since 2008) | (claimed by  Serbia) |
| Name | Location | Years | Today part of | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Nations Temporary Executive Authority (UNTEA) | Western New Guinea | 1962–1963 |  Indonesia (claimed by the ) | |
| United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) | Cambodia | 1992–1993 |  Cambodia | |
| United Nations Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium (UNTAES) | Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia | 1996–1998 |  Croatia | |
| United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) | United Nations Administered East Timor | 1999–2002 |  Timor-Leste |