Project Work of Political Science

Economic and social council of UNO
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
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Economic and social council of UNO 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.
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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
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Economic and social council of UNO Introduction
The 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 UNs largest and most complex subsidiary body.
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Economic and social council of UNO 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.
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Economic and social council of UNO 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
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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 ECOSOCs 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
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Albania Antigua and Barbuda Austria Bangladesh Belarus Benin Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Botswana Brazil Burkina Faso Canada China Colombia Congo Croatia Cuba Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Dominican Republic El Salvador Ethiopia France Georgia Germany Greece Guatemala Haiti
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India Indonesia Italy Japan Kazakhstan Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lesotho Libya Mauritius Nepal New Zealand Nigeria Panama Portugal Republic of Korea Russian Federation San Marino Serbia South Africa Sudan Sweden Togo Tunisia Turkmenistan United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United States of America
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Economic and social council of UNO Voting5

Article 67 1. Each member of the Economic and Social Council shall have one vote.
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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
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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
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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.
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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 Assembl y, 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.
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Furnish information to the Security Council and assist the Security Council upon its request.
How ECOSOC is structured8

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 Bureaus 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;
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(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
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(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
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(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
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Economic and social council of UNO 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
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(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. ECOSOCs 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 segments Annual Ministerial Review (AMR) and biennial Development Cooperation Forum (DCF) has been a notable success, too, focusing on select themes drawn from the UNs 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.
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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
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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 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
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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.
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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,
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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
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 UNs largest and most complex subsidiary body. The council was designed to be the UNs 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 ECOSOCs 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 nongovernmental 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.
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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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