project work of political science

Economic and social council of UNO 1

Project Work of Political Science

On

“SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC COUNCIL OF UNO”

Submitted To:-

Dr. S.P.SINGH

Faculty of Political Science

Submitted By: -

ANKIT ANAND

Roll No. 916

1st Year B.A. LL.B. (Hons)

CHANAKYA NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY


ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I take this opportunity to express my profound gratitude and deep regards to my guide

Dr. S.P.SINGH for his exemplary guidance, monitoring and constant encouragement

throughout the course of this research. The blessing, help and guidance given by him time to

time shall carry me a long way in the journey of life on which I am about to embark.

I also take this opportunity to express a deep sense of gratitude to Dr.S.P.Singh for providing

me this research topic and for her cordial support, valuable information and guidance, which

helped me in completing this task through various stages.

Lastly, I thank almighty, my parents, brother and friends for their constant encouragement

without which this assignment would not be possible.



TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction.........................................................................................................................4

Aims and Objectives............................................................................................................4

Hypothesis............................................................................................................................4

Research methodology.........................................................................................................5

Composition of ECOSOC and Chamber Design.................................................................6

President and Member of ECOSOC and voting..............................................................7-11

Function and power of ECOSOC...................................................................................11-13

How ECOSOC is structured and How ECOSOC works...............................................13-16

.

Meeting of ECOSOC and New Functions of ECOSOC................................................16-18

ECOSOC and Peace Building and Non- Governmental organisation associated with

ECOSOC.........................................................................................................................19-21

Conclusion.............................................................................................................................22

Bibliography...........................................................................................................................23



IntroductionThe United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) constitutes one of the principal

organs of the United Nations. It is responsible for coordinating the economic, social and

related work of 14 UN specialized agencies, their functional commissions and five regional

commissions. ECOSOC has 54 members; it holds one four-week session each year in July.

Since 1998, it has also held a meeting each April with finance ministers heading key

committees of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The ECOSOC

serves as the central forum for discussing international economic and social issues, and for

formulating policy recommendations addressed to member states and the United Nations

system.[2] A number of non-governmental organizations are granted Consultative Status to the

Council in order to participate in the work of the United Nations.

Aims and Objective

(1) Try to know the Function of ECOSOC.

(2) Try to know the power of ECOSOC.

(3) Try to know how ECOSOC is structured and works.

(4) Try to know ECOSOC and its peace building programme.

(5) Try to know the Non government agencies associated with ECOSOC and the criteria.

(6) Try to know the Functional and regional commission and specialized agencies of

ECOSOC.

Hypothesis

The researcher feels that the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)

constitutes one of the principal organs of the United Nations, responsible for the direction and

coordination of the economic, social, humanitarian, and cultural activities carried out by the

UN. It is the UN’s largest and most complex subsidiary body.


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Research Methodology

This project is based mainly and heavily on written text material. It is based on the doctrinal

method of research. The segments are structured and written actively. The writing style is

descriptive as well as analytical. This project has been done after a thorough research based

upon intrinsic and extrinsic aspect of the assigned topic. The doctrinal method in this research

paper refers to various books, articles, news paper, magazine, Dictionary and political review.

In this research paper, the researcher will only use Doctrinal method.



Composition of ECOSOC1

Article 61

1. The Economic and Social Council shall consist of fifty-four Members of the United

Nations elected by the General Assembly.

2. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 3, eighteen members of the Economic and Social

Council shall be elected each year for a term of three years. A retiring member shall be

eligible for immediate re-election.

3. At the first election after the increase in the membership of the Economic and Social

Council from twenty-seven to fifty-four members, in addition to the members elected in place

of the nine members whose term of office expires at the end of that year, twenty-seven

additional members shall be elected. Of these twenty-seven additional members, the term of

office of nine members so elected shall expire at the end of one year, and of nine other

members at the end of two years, in accordance with arrangements made by the General

Assembly.

4. Each member of the Economic and Social Council shall have one representative.

Chamber Design2

The Economic and Social Council Chamber in the United Nations Conference Building was a

gift from Sweden. It was conceived by Swedish architect Sven Markelius, one of the 11

architects in the international team that designed the UN headquarters. Wood from Swedish

pine trees was used in the delegates' area for the railings and doors. The pipes and ducts in the

ceiling above the public gallery were deliberately left exposed; the architect believed that

anything useful could be left uncovered. The "unfinished" ceiling is a symbolic reminder that

1 Chapter X:-The Economic and Social Council.

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the economic and social work of the United Nations is never finished; there will always be

something more which can be done to improve living conditions for the world's people.[3]

President3

The current president of ECOSOC is Ambassador Martin Sajdik of the Republic of Austria.

The president is elected for a one-year term and chosen from the small or mid-sized powers

represented on ECOSOC.[1]

The Council has 65 member states, which are elected by the United Nations General

Assembly for overlapping three-year terms. Seats on the Council are based on geographical

representation with 18 allocated to African states, 13 to Asian states, 8 to East European

states, 13 to Latin American and Caribbean states and 13 to West European and other states.

Member of ECOSOC4

The Council's 54 member Governments are elected by the General Assembly for overlapping

three-year terms. Seats on the Council are allotted based on geographical representation with

fourteen allocated to African States, eleven to Asian States, six to Eastern European States,

ten to Latin American and Caribbean States, and thirteen to Western European and other

States. Four of the five permanent members of the Security Council have been continuously

re elected because they provide funding for most of ECOSOC’s budget, which is the largest

of any UN subsidiary body. Decisions are taken by simple majority vote. The presidency of

ECOSOC changes annually.

Full list of members of the Economic and Social Council for 2014 and the expiration

date of membership

Countries Term expires on 31 December

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Albania 2015

Antigua and Barbuda 2016

Austria 2014

Bangladesh 2016

Belarus 2014

Benin 2015

Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2015

Botswana 2016

Brazil 2014

Burkina Faso 2014

Canada 2015

China 2016

Colombia 2015

Congo 2016

Croatia 2015

Cuba 2014

Democratic Republic of the Congo 2016

Denmark 2016

Dominican Republic 2014

El Salvador 2014

Ethiopia 2014

France 2014

Georgia 2016

Germany 2014

Greece 2014

Guatemala 2016

Haiti 2015

India 2014

Indonesia 2014

Italy 2015



Japan 2014

Kazakhstan 2016

Kuwait 2015

Kyrgyzstan 2015

Lesotho 2014

Libya 2014

Mauritius 2015

Nepal 2015

New Zealand 2016

Nigeria 2014

Panama 2016

Portugal 2014

Republic of Korea 2016

Russian Federation 2016

San Marino 2015

Serbia 2016

South Africa 2015

Sudan 2015

Sweden 2016

Togo 2016

Tunisia 2015

Turkmenistan 2015

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 2016

United States of America 2015

Voting5

Article 67

1. Each member of the Economic and Social Council shall have one vote.




2. Decisions of the Economic and Social Council shall be made by a majority of the members

present and voting.

Procedure6

Article 68

The Economic and Social Council shall set up commissions in economic and social fields and

for the promotion of human rights, and such other commissions as may be required for the

performance of its functions.

Article 69

The Economic and Social Council shall invite any Member of the United Nations to

participate, without vote, in its deliberations on any matter of particular concern to that

Member.

Article 70

The Economic and Social Council may make arrangements for representatives of the

specialized agencies to participate, without vote, in its deliberations and in those of the

commissions established by it, and for its representatives to participate in the deliberations of

the specialized agencies.

Article 71

The Economic and Social Council may make suitable arrangements for consultation with

nongovernmental organizations which are concerned with matters within its competence.

Such arrangements may be made with international organizations and, where appropriate,

with national organizations after consultation with the Member of the United Nations

concerned.




Article 72

1. The Economic and Social Council shall adopt its own rules of procedure, including the

method of selecting its President.

2. The Economic and Social Council shall meet as required in accordance with its rules,

which shall include provision for the convening of meetings on the request of a majority of its

members.

Functions and Powers of ECOSOC7

Article 62

1. The Economic and Social Council may make or initiate studies and reports with respect to

international economic, social, cultural, educational, health, and related matters and may

make recommendations with respect to any such matters to the General Assembly to the

Members of the United Nations, and to the specialized agencies concerned.

2. It may make recommendations for the purpose of promoting respect for, and observance

of, human rights and fundamental freedoms for all.

3. It may prepare draft conventions for submission to the General Assembly, with respect to

matters falling within its competence.

4. It may call, in accordance with the rules prescribed by the United Nations, international

conferences on matters falling within its competence.

Article 63

1. The Economic and Social Council may enter into agreements with any of the agencies

referred to in Article 57, defining the terms on which the agency concerned shall be brought

into relationship with the United Nations. Such agreements shall be subject to approval by the

General Assembly.




2. It may co-ordinate the activities of the specialized agencies through consultation with and

recommendations to such agencies and through recommendations to the General Assembly

and to the Members of the United Nations.

Article 64

1. The Economic and Social Council may take appropriate steps to obtain regular reports

from the specialized agencies. It may make arrangements with the Members of the United

Nations and with the specialized agencies to obtain reports on the steps taken to give effect to

its own recommendations and to recommendations on matters falling within its competence

made by the General Assembly.

2. It may communicate its observations on these reports to the General Assembly.

Article 65

The Economic and Social Council may furnish information to the Security Council and shall

assist the Security Council upon its request.

Article 66

1. The Economic and Social Council shall perform such functions as fall within its

competence in connexion with the carrying out of the recommendations of the General

Assembly.

2. It may, with the approval of the General Assembly, perform services at the request of

Members of the United Nations and at the request of specialized agencies.

3. It shall perform such other functions as are specified elsewhere in the present Charter or as

may be assigned to it by the General Assembly.

In the economic and social fields, the United Nations promotes:

• Higher standards of living, full employment, and conditions of economic and social

progress and development;

• Solutions of international economic, social, health, and related problems;



• International cultural and educational cooperation

• Universal respect for, and observance of, human rights and fundamental freedoms for all

without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion. Responsibility for discharging these

functions is vested in the General Assembly and, under its authority, in the Economic and

Social Council (ECOSOC).

ECOSOC serves as the central forum for the discussion of international economic, social,

humanitarian and environmental issues, and for formulating policy recommendations

addressed to Member States and the United Nations system. Through these discussions, the

Council plays a key role in fostering international cooperation for development and in setting

priorities for action.

The Council also coordinates the economic, social and related work of the United Nations

Funds, Programmes and Specialized Agencies — known as the United Nations family of

organizations. The functions and powers of the Economic and Social Council as defined in

the United Nations Charter (Chapter X) are, primarily, to:

• Make or initiate studies and reports with respect to international economic, social, cultural,

educational, health, and related matters and make recommendations with respect to any such

matters to the General Assembly, to the Members of the United Nations, and to the

Specialized Agencies concerned.

• Make recommendations for the purpose of promoting respect for, and observance of, human

rights and fundamental freedoms for all

• Prepare draft conventions for submission to the General Assembly, with respect to matters

falling within its competence.

• Call, in accordance with the rules prescribed by the United Nations, international

conferences on matters falling within its competence.

• Co-ordinate the activities of the Specialized Agencies through consultation with and

recommendations to such agencies and through recommendations to the General Assembly

and to the Members of the United Nations.

• Furnish information to the Security Council and assist the Security Council upon its request.

How ECOSOC is structured8

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The Economic and Social Council has 54 members, elected for three-year terms by the General

Assembly, with their terms expiring on 31 December. Eighteen members of ECOSOC are elected

each year. The pattern for the geographical distribution of seats is as follows: 14 members from

African states; 11 from Asian states; six from Eastern European states; 10 from Latin American and

Caribbean states; and 13 from Western European and Other states. Each year, at the commencement

of its first meeting, ECOSOC elects its Bureau, composed of a President and four Vice-Presidents.

The role of the President of ECOSOC is to chair the meetings, facilitate the organization of

discussions, take initiatives in that respect and propose them for the approval of the Council, and

facilitate consensus on issues on the ECOSOC agenda. The Bureau’s main functions are to propose

the agenda, draw up a programme of work and organize the session with the support of the United

Nations Secretariat. The Bureau of ECOSOC includes one Government from each of five regional

groups within the United Nations. Each year, a representative from a region is chosen, on the principle

of rotation, to head the Council as its President.

How ECOSOC works9

The Council holds several short sessions, ad hoc meetings, round tables and panel discussions

with the participation of non-governmental stakeholders throughout the year, to prepare for

its four-week substantive session in July. The work of the Council is also carried out by its

subsidiary and related bodies, including, among others:

The Functional Commissions:10

(1) UN Statistical Commission;

(2) UN Commission on Population and Development;

(3) UN Commission for Social Development;

(4) UN Commission on the Status of Women;

(5) Commission on Narcotic Drugs;

(6) Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice;

(7) Commission on Science and Technology for Development;

(8) Commission on Sustainable Development; and United Nations Forum on Forests





(9) UN Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR): Disbanded 2006, replaced by the United

Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), a subsidiary organ of the General Assembly

The Regional Commissions:11

(1) UN Economic Commission for Africa;

(2) UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific;

(3) UN Economic Commission for Europe;

(4) UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean; and

(5) UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia

Standing Committees12

(1)Committee for programme and coordination

(2)Committee on non-governmental organisation

(3)Committee on Negotiations with intergovernmental Agencies

ECOSOC Ad hoc bodies13

(1)Ad hoc Open-ended Working Group on Informatics

Expert bodies composed of governmental experts14

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(1) Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods and on the Globally

Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals

(2) Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on International Standards of Accounting

and Reporting

(3) United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names

(4) UN Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (GGIM)

Expert bodies composed of members serving in their personal capacity15

(1) Committee for Development Policy

(2) Committee of Experts on Public Administration

(3) Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters

(4) Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

(5) Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Other related bodies16

(1) Committee for the United Nations Population Award

(2) Executive Board of the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement

of Women

(3) International Narcotics Control Board

(4) Programme Coordinating Board of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS

(5) United Nations System Standing Committee on Nutrition (UNSCN)

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Meetings of ECOSOC17

The Council holds regular meetings throughout the year with prominent academics, business

sector representatives and 3,200+ registered non- governmental organizations. ECOSOC’s

biggest gathering, however, is reserved for the summer, when it holds its annual, month-long

substantive session in July.

Held in alternate years in New York and Geneva, the session is divided into 5 segments ―

High-level; Coordination; Operational Activities; Humanitarian Affairs; and General ―

which cover both global issues and technical, administrative questions.

With its focus on pressing development challenges (employment, education, health, etc.), the

High-level segment regularly attracts policy-makers from the top ranks of government. The

segment’s Annual Ministerial Review (AMR) and biennial Development Cooperation Forum

(DCF) has been a notable success, too, focusing on select themes drawn from the UN’s

Millennium Development Goals.

July session

1. The General Assembly decided that ECOSOC, with effect from February 1992, would

hold one substantive session annually between May and July, to take place in alternate years

in New York and Geneva. The substantive session is organized in five segments The four-day

High-level Segment, with ministerial participation, is devoted to a thematic debate on major

economic, social and environmental policy issues. The Highlevel Segment also features a

high-level policy dialogue with the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the World

Trade Organization and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development on

current developments in the world economy. From 2007 onwards, the High-level Segment

features the Annual Ministerial Review and from 2008, the biennial Development

Cooperation Forum. A Ministerial Declaration is generally adopted which provides policy

guidance and recommendations for action.

2. The Coordination Segment aims at ensuring that policies, programme, operational work

and country frameworks of all United Nations system organizations, including the Bretton

Woods institutions, are consistent with key development goals, through collaborative reviews




of progress and monitoring of results. The Coordination Segment is also the main venue

where the Council addresses the follow-up by the United Nations system to major United

Nations conferences and summits, including the 2005 World Summit, in support of the

implementation of the UN development agenda.

3. The Operational Activities Segment provides the United Nations system with overall

guidance on priorities and strategies for implementing the policies formulated by the General

Assembly in the field of operational activities. The Segment also monitors the division of

labour between and cooperation within bodies of the United Nations system, including the

Funds and Programmes, and reviews and evaluates the reports of these bodies with a view to

enhancing the operational activities of the United Nations on a system-wide basis.

4. The Humanitarian Affairs Segment provides an important forum for review of the

humanitarian affairs activities of the system and for their coordination. It also focuses on the

continuum between relief, reconstruction and longer-term development.

5. The General Segment is the venue for the management and oversight function of the

Council. The Segment undertakes the follow-up and review of conferences; reviews the

reports of the Specialized Agencies requested by the Council; and reviews and evaluates the

annual reports of the Funds and Programmes, the subsidiary bodies, including the functional

and regional commissions, expert bodies and ad hoc bodies, such as the Advisory Groups for

countries emerging from conflict, and takes relevant action.

New functions of ECOSOC18

At the 2005 World Summit, Heads of State and Government recognized the need for a more

effective ECOSOC and mandated the Council to hold Annual Ministerial Reviews (AMR)

and a biennial Development Cooperation Forum (DCF), to be organized under the framework

of the High level Segment of ECOSOC. The overall objective of the AMR is to advance and

assess progress made in the implementation of the UN development agenda, including the

MDGs, defined through a series of landmark UN conferences and summits held since the

1990s. By serving as a high-level forum for political engagement and knowledge exchange,

the Review aims to advance implementation by promoting synergies and linkages and by

identifying lessons learned and successful practices and approaches which merit scaling up.

The objective of the DCF is to enhance the coherence and effectiveness of activities of 18 United Nation Economic and Social Council Brochure, February 2009



different development partners. By reviewing trends and progress in international

development cooperation, the Forum is to provide policy guidance and recommendations to

improve the quality and impact of development cooperation.

Special High-level Meeting of ECOSOC with the Bretton Woods

institutions, the World Trade Organization and the United Nations

Conference on Trade and Development19

Beginning in 1998, the Council established a tradition of meeting each April with finance

ministers participating in committees of the Bretton Woods institutions. These consultations

initiated inter-institutional cooperation that paved the way for the success of the International

Conference on Financing for Development, held in March 2002 in Monterrey, Mexico. At

that event, ECOSOC was assigned a primary role in monitoring and assessing follow-up to

the Monterrey Consensus adopted by the conference. These meetings have been considered

important for deepening the dialogue between the United Nations and the Bretton Woods

institutions, and for strengthening their partnership for achieving the development goals

agreed at the global conferences of the nineties. Participation in the meetings has broadened

since the initial meeting in 1998.

ECOSOC and Peace building

The Economic and Social Council has played an “avantgarde” role in developing

mechanisms to respond to the problems facing by countries emerging from conflict and thus

helping to prevent the deterioration of human security. In 2002, the Council established the

ECOSOC Ad Hoc Advisory Groups to help define long-term programmes of support for

countries emerging from conflict and created two groups on Guinea-Bissau (created in

October 2002) and on Burundi (created in July 2003). While the mandates of the two Groups

have been terminated as the peace building challenges of these countries are now being

addressed by the Peace building commission (PBC), the Council retains its role in providing

advice to Haiti on a long- term development strategy to promote socio-economic recovery

and stability through the Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Haiti. The first Advisory Group on Haiti

was created in response to a request by the Security Council, using Article 65 of the United




Nations Charter to request advice from ECOSOC. The General Assembly in its resolutions

60/180 and 61/16 affirmed the importance of interaction between the Economic and Social

Council and the Peace building Commission and underlined the value of the experience of

ECOSOC in the area of post-conflict peace building.

Non-governmental organizations (NGOs)20

The Council consults with civil society groups, including non-governmental organizations

and the private sector, and is the main body that recommends consultative status to NGOs.

Over 3,000 NGOs from around the world now enjoy consultative status with ECOSOC. The

organizations are allowed to participate, present written contribution and make statements to

the Council and its subsidiary bodies.

The first venue by which non-governmental organizations took a role in formal UN

deliberations was through the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). 41 NGOs were

granted consultative status by the council in 1946; by 1992 more that 700 NGOs had attained

consultative status and the number has been steadily increasing ever since to 3,400

organizations today.

Article 71 of the UN Charter opened the door providing for suitable arrangements for

consultation with non-governmental organizations. The consultative relationship with

ECOSOC is governed today by ECOSOC resolution 1996/31, which outlines the eligibility

requirements for consultative status, rights and obligations of NGOs in consultative status,

procedures for the withdrawal or suspension of consultative status, the role and functions of

the ECOSOC Committee on NGOs, and the responsibilities of the UN Secretariat in

supporting the consultative relationship.

Consultative status is granted by ECOSOC upon recommendation of the ECOSOC

Committee on NGOs, which is comprised of 19 Member States.

Who is Eligible?21

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Consultative relationships may be established with international, regional, sub regional and

national non-governmental, non-profit public or voluntary organizations. NGOs affiliated to

an international organization already in status may be admitted provided that they can

demonstrate that their programme of work is of direct relevance to the aims and purposes of

the United Nations. In the case of national organizations consultation with the Member State

concerned is required.

To be eligible for consultative status, an NGO must have been in existence (officially

registered with the appropriate government authorities as an NGO/non-profit) for at least two

years, must have an established headquarters, a democratically adopted constitution, authority

to speak for its members, a representative structure, appropriate mechanisms of

accountability and democratic and transparent decision-making processes. The basic

resources of the organization must be derived in the main part from contributions of the

national affiliates or other components or from individual members.

Organizations established by governments or intergovernmental agreements are not

considered NGOs.

General, Special and Roster status22

There are three categories of status: General consultative status, Special consultative status

and Roster status.

General consultative status is reserved for large international NGOs whose area of work

covers most of the issues on the agenda of ECOSOC and its subsidiary bodies. These tend to

be fairly large,established international NGOs with a broad geographical reach.

Special consultative status is granted to NGOs which have a special competence in, and are

concerned specifically with, only a few of the fields of activity covered by the ECOSOC.

These NGOs tend to be smaller and more recently established.

Organizations that apply for consultative status but do not fit in any of the other categories

are usually included in the Roster. These NGOs tend to have a rather narrow and/or technical

focus. NGOs that have formal status with other UN bodies or specialized agencies (FAO,

ILO, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, WHO and others), can be included on the ECOSOC

Roster. The roster lists NGOs that ECOSOC or the UN Secretary-General considers can

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make "occasional and useful contributions to the work of the Council or its subsidiary

bodies."

Participation in International Conferences23

Non-governmental organizations in general consultative status, special consultative status and

on the Roster, that express their wish to attend the relevant international conferences

convened by the United Nations and the meetings of the preparatory bodies of the said

conferences shall as a rule be accredited for participation. Other non-governmental

organizations wishing to be accredited may apply to the secretariat of the conference for this

purpose.

Conclusion This research paper concern with Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), one of the six

principal organs of the United Nations (UN), responsible for the direction and coordination of

the economic, social, humanitarian, and cultural activities carried out by the UN. It is the

UN’s largest and most complex subsidiary body.

The council was designed to be the UN’s main venue for the discussion of international

economic and social issues. ECOSOC conducts studies; formulates resolutions,

recommendations, and conventions for consideration by the General Assembly; and

coordinates the activities of various UN organizations. Most of ECOSOC’s work is

performed in functional commissions on topics such as human rights, narcotics, population,

social development, statistics, the status of women, and science and technology; the council

also oversees regional commissions for Europe, Asia and the Pacific, Western Asia, Latin

America, and Africa. The UN charter allows ECOSOC to grant consultative status to non-

governmental organizations (NGOs). Beginning in the mid-1990s, measures were taken to

increase the participation of such NGOs, and by the early 21st century more than 2,500

NGOs had been granted consultative status.

At the ECOSOC World Summit in 2005, it was mandated that the council convene annual

ministerial reviews, designed to monitor progress on internationally agreed development

goals, and a biennial Development Cooperation Forum. For discussion in the context of the

United Nations, the section on the Economic and Social Council in the United Nations article.

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Researcher hypothesis is right that the United Nations Economic and Social

Council (ECOSOC) constitutes one of the principal organs of the United Nations, responsible

for the direction and coordination of the economic, social, humanitarian, and cultural

activities carried out by the UN. It is the UN’s largest and most complex subsidiary body.

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