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'{{Use British English Oxford spelling|date=November 2010}} {{Short description|Principal organ of the United Nations}} {{Infobox United Nations | name = United Nations Economic and Social Council | image = United Nations Economic and Social Council chamber New York City 2.JPG | caption = United Nations Economic and Social Council chamber at [[United Nations headquarters]] | type = Principal organ of the United Nations | acronyms = ECOSOC | head = [[President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council|President]] <br /> {{flagdeco|Norway}} [[Mona Juul]] | status = Active | established = {{start date and age|1945|df=yes}} | headquarters = [[New York City|New York]], United States | website = [https://www.un.org/ecosoc/en/ www.un.org/ecosoc] | parent = [[United Nations]] | subsidiaries = | footnotes = [[File:United Nations Economic and Social Council Membership.svg|250px]] <div style="float:left;">{{legend|#0000ff|African States (14)}}</div><br /> <div style="float:left;">{{legend|#339900|Asia-Pacific States (11)}}</div><br /> <div style="float:left;">{{legend|#cc0000|Eastern European States (6)}}</div><br /> <div style="float:left;">{{legend|#cc3399|Latin American and Caribbean States (10)}}</div><br /> <div style="float:left;">{{legend|#cc9900|Western European and Other States (13)}}</div><br /> {{portal-inline|Politics|size=tiny}} }} {{Sidebar | title = [[United Nations|United Nations System]] |image= [[File:Emblem of the United Nations.svg|100px]] | above = Principal Organs | heading1=[[United Nations Secretariat]] | heading2=United Nations General Assembly | heading3=[[International Court of Justice]] | heading4=[[United Nations Security Council]] | heading5=United Nations Economic and Social Council | heading6=United Nations Trusteeship Council }} The '''United Nations Economic and Social Council''' ('''ECOSOC'''; {{lang-fr|Conseil économique et social des Nations unies}}, {{lang|fr|'''CESNU'''}}) is one of the six principal organs of the [[United Nations]], responsible for coordinating the economic and social fields of the organization, specifically in regards to the 15 specialized agencies, the eight functional commissions and the five regional commissions under its jurisdiction. Suck My dick nigga. The Council serves as the central forum for discussing international economic and social issues and formulating policy recommendations addressed to member states and the United Nations system.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.un.org/en/ecosoc/about/index.shtml |title=Background Information |publisher=UN Economic and Social Council}}</ref> [[List of organizations with consultative status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council|A number of non-governmental organisations]] have been granted [[consultative status]] to the Council to participate in the work of the United Nations. It holds one four-week session each year in July, and since 1998, it has also held an annual meeting in April with finance ministers heading key committees of the [[World Bank Group|World Bank]] and the [[International Monetary Fund]] (IMF). == President == {{main|President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council}} The president of the Council is elected for a one-year term and chosen from the small- or mid-sized powers represented on the Council at the beginning of each new session.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-07/27/c_137350465.htm |title=UN ECOSOC Elects New President |author=Mu Xuequan |date=27 July 2018 |website=Xinhuanet |publisher=[[Xinhua News Agency]] |access-date=25 February 2019}}</ref> The presidency rotates among the [[United Nations Regional Groups]] to ensure equal representation. Ambassador [[Inga Rhonda King]] of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines was elected as the seventy-fourth President of the Economic and Social Council on 26 July 2018.<ref name="president">{{Cite web |url=https://www.un.org/ecosoc/en/president-ecosoc |title=President of ECOSOC |date=n.d. |website=United Nations Economic and Social Council |publisher=United Nations |accessdate=26 July 2018}}</ref> == Members == {{See also|List of members of the United Nations Economic and Social Council}} The Council consists of 54 Members States, which are elected yearly by the [[United Nations General Assembly|General Assembly]] for overlapping three-year terms. Seats on the Council are allocated ensuring equitable geographic rotation among the United Nations regional groups, with 14 being allocated to the [[African Group]], 11 to the [[United Nations Regional Groups#Asia-Pacific Group|Asia-Pacific Group]], 6 to the [[Eastern European Group]], 10 to the [[Latin American and Caribbean Group]] and 13 to the [[Western European and Others Group]]. === Current Members<ref>{{cite web |title=Members |url=https://www.un.org/ecosoc/en/content/members |website=UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC and SOCIAL COUNCIL |accessdate=18 September 2019}}</ref> === {| class="wikitable" |- ! Term ! '''[[African Group|African States]] (14)''' ! '''[[Asia-Pacific Group|Asian States]] (11)''' ! '''[[Eastern European Group|Eastern European <br />States]] (6)''' ! '''[[Latin American and Caribbean Group|Latin American & <br />Caribbean States]] (10)''' ! '''[[Western European and Others Group|Western European & <br />Other States]] (13)''' |- style="border-top: 2px solid;" |'''2019 - 2021''' | {{flagcountry|Angola}} <br />{{flagcountry|Egypt}} <br />{{flagcountry|Ethiopia}} <br />{{flagcountry|Kenya}} <br />{{flagcountry|Mali}} | {{flagcountry|Iran|name=Iran (Islamic Republic of)}} <br />{{flagcountry|Pakistan}} <br />{{flagcountry|Saudi Arabia}} <br />{{flagcountry|Turkmenistan}} | {{flagcountry|Armenia}}<br />{{flagcountry|Ukraine}} | {{flagcountry|Brazil}} <br />{{flagcountry|Jamaica}} <br />{{flagcountry|Paraguay}} | {{flagcountry|Canada}} <br />{{flagcountry|Luxembourg}} <br />{{flagcountry|Netherlands}} <br />{{flagcountry|United States|name=United States of America}} |- style="border-top: 2px solid;" |-style="border-top: 2px solid;" |'''2018 - 2020''' | {{flagcountry|Ghana}} <br />{{flagcountry|Malawi}} <br />{{flag|Morocco}}<br />{{flagcountry|Sudan}}<br />{{flagcountry|Togo}} | {{flagcountry|India}} <br />{{flagcountry|Japan}} <br />{{flagcountry|Philippines}} | {{flagcountry|Belarus}} | {{flagcountry|Ecuador}} <br /> {{flagcountry|El Salvador}} <br />{{flagcountry|Mexico}} <br />{{flagcountry|Uruguay}} | {{flagcountry|France}} <br />{{flagcountry|Germany}} <br />{{flagcountry|Ireland}} <br />{{flag|Malta}} <br />{{flag|Turkey}} |-style="border-top: 2px solid;" | '''2017 - 2019''' | {{flagcountry|Benin}} <br />{{flagcountry|Cameroon}} <br />{{flagcountry|Chad}} <br />{{flagcountry|Eswatini}} | {{flagcountry|Cambodia}} <br />{{flagcountry|China}} <br />{{flagdeco|South Korea}} [[South Korea|Republic of Korea]] <br />{{flagcountry|Yemen}} | {{flagcountry|Azerbaijan}} <br />{{flagcountry|Romania}} <br />{{flagcountry|Russia|name=Russian Federation}} | {{flagcountry|Colombia}} <br />{{flagcountry|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}} <br />{{flagcountry|Venezuela|name=Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)}} | {{flagcountry|Andorra}} <br />{{flag|Denmark}} <br />{{flagcountry|Norway}} <br />{{flagcountry|United Kingdom|name=United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland}} |} === Observer Inter-Governmental Autonomous Organisations === Participation on a continuing basis:<ref name="ECOSOC">[https://www.un.org/esa/dsd/dsd/dsd_pdfs/ECOSOC_IGOs.pdf ECOSOC observers, Part V] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922014130/http://www.un.org/esa/dsd/dsd/dsd_pdfs/ECOSOC_IGOs.pdf |date=22 September 2013 }}</ref> {{columns-list|colwidth=20em|style=width: 700px| * African Regional Centre of Technology * Asian and Pacific Development Centre * Asian Productivity Organisation * [[Council of Arab Economic Unity]] * [[Global Water Partnership]] * [[Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe|Helsinki Commission]] * Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture * Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development * Intergovernmental Institution For the Use of Micro-Algae Spirulina Against Malnutrition * International Association of Economic and Social Councils and Similar Institutions * International Center for Public Enterprises in Developing Countries * [[International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology]] * [[Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization]] * Latin American Energy OrganiZation * [[Organization of Ibero-American States|Organisation of Ibero-American States]] * [[Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries]] * Regional Organisation for the Protection of the Marine Environment * Union des Conseils Économiques et Sociaux Africains * [[Economic Community of West African States#West African Economic and Monetary Union|West African Economic and Monetary Union]] * [[World Deserts Foundation]] * [[World Tourism Organization]] }} Participation on an ''ad hoc'' basis:<ref name="ECOSOC"/> {{columns-list|colwidth=20em|style=width: 700px| * African Accounting Council * African Cultural Institute * Arab Security Studies and Training Center * Council of Arab Ministers of the Interior * International Bauxite Association * International Civil Defence Organisation * [[Latin American Social Sciences Institute]] }} == Functional commissions == === Active === The following are the active functional commission of the Council:<ref name="Subsidiary Bodies">{{cite web |url=https://www.un.org/ecosoc/en/content/subsidiary-bodies-ecosoc |title=Subsidiary Bodies of ECOSOC |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=n.d. |website=United Nations Economic and Social Council |publisher=United Nations |access-date=25 February 2019}}</ref> * [[Commission for Social Development|UN Commission for Social Development]] * [[Commission on Narcotic Drugs]] * Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice * [[Commission on Science and Technology for Development]] (CSTD) * [[United Nations Commission on the Status of Women|UN Commission on the Status of Women]] (UN CSW) * [[Commission on Population and Development]] * [[United Nations Statistical Commission|UN Statistical Commission]] * [[United Nations Forum on Forests]] === Disbanded === The following commissions were disbanded by the Council and replaced by other bodies:<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=UN Creates New Human Rights Body |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4810538.stm |work=[[BBC]] |location=London |date=15 March 2006 |access-date=25 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://uia.org/s/or/en/1100043826 |title=United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=n.d. |website=UIA Open Yearbook |publisher= Union of International Associations |access-date=25 February 2019}}</ref> * [[United Nations Commission on Human Rights|Commission on Human Rights]] (UNCHR) ** Disbanded in 2006 and replaced by the [[United Nations Human Rights Council]] (UNHRC), a subsidiary organ of the General Assembly. * [[Commission on Sustainable Development]] (CSD) ** Disbanded in 2013 and replaced by the [[High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development]] (HLPF), a joint subsidiary body of the General Assembly and ECOSOC. == Regional commissions == * [[United Nations Economic Commission for Europe]] * [[United Nations Economic Commission for Africa]] * [[United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean]] * [[United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific]] * [[United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia]] == Specialised agencies == {{See also|List of specialized agencies of the United Nations}} The specialised agencies of the United Nations are autonomous organisations working within the United Nations System, meaning that while they report their activities to the Economic and Social Council, they are mostly free to their own devices. Each individual agency must negotiate with the Council as to what their relationship will look and work like. This leads to a system where different organisations maintain different types of relationships with the Council.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DNweDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA24&lpg=PA24&dq=These+specialised+agencies+are+autonomous+organisations+working+with+the+United+Nations+and+each+other+inter+alia+through+the+coordinating+machinery+of+the+Economic+and+Social+Council.&source=bl&ots=sEclIHID64&sig=S36Ui9cl4OYaD_6rOHRVa3qUiio&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjW8cDP6dbZAhULNI8KHVdSAPwQ6AEISzAD#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Global Political Economy: Theory and Practice|last=Cohn|first=Theodore H.|date=2016-05-05|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781317334828|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.globalization101.org/un-specialized-agencies/ |title=UN Specialized Agencies |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website=Globalization 101 |publisher=The Levin Institute |access-date=25 February 2019}}</ref> Some were created before the United Nations existed and were integrated into the system, others were created by the League of Nations and were integrated by its successor, while others were created by the United Nations itself to meet emerging needs. The following is a list of the specialized agencies reporting to the Council:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.un.org/en/sections/about-un/funds-programmes-specialized-agencies-and-others/ |title=Funds, Programmes, Specialized Agencies and Others |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=n.d. |website=United Nations |publisher=United Nations |access-date=25 February 2019}}</ref> * [[Food and Agriculture Organization]] (FAO) * [[International Civil Aviation Organization]] (ICAO) * [[International Fund for Agricultural Development]] (IFAD) * [[International Labour Organization]] (ILO) * [[International Monetary Fund]] (IMF) * [[International Maritime Organization]] (IMO) * [[International Telecommunication Union]] (ITU) * [[United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization]] (UNESCO) * [[United Nations Industrial Development Organization]] (UNIDO) * [[United Nations World Tourism Organization]] (UNWTO) * [[Universal Postal Union]] (UPU) * [[World Bank Group]] (WBG) ** [[International Bank for Reconstruction and Development]] (IBRD) ** [[International Development Association]] (IDA) ** [[International Finance Corporation]] (IFC) ** [[Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency]] (MIGA) ** [[International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes]] (ICSID) * [[World Health Organization]] (WHO) * [[World Intellectual Property Organization]] (WIPO) * [[World Meteorological Organization]] (WMO) == Other related entities, mechanisms and processes == * [[Financing for Development]], the [[Monterrey Consensus]] and Doha Declaration * Development Cooperation Forum * [[United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues]] (UNPFII) * Sessional and Standing Committees Expert, ad hoc and related bodies * [[United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund]] (UNICEF) * [[United Nations Interagency Task Force on the Prevention and Control of NCDs]] (UNIATF) * [[International Federation for Family Development]] has general consultative status == {{anchor|'The World Economic and Social Survey 2011: The Great Green Technological Transformation'}}"World Economic and Social Survey 2011: The Great Green Technological Transformation" == In a report issued in early July 2011, the UN called for spending nearly US$2&nbsp;trillion on [[green technologies]] to prevent what it termed "a major planetary catastrophe", warning that "It is rapidly expanding energy use, mainly driven by [[fossil fuels]], that explains why humanity is on the verge of breaching planetary [[sustainability]] boundaries through [[global warming]], [[biodiversity loss]], and disturbance of the [[nitrogen-cycle]] balance and other measures of the sustainability of the [[earth]]'s [[ecosystem]]". [[UN Secretary-General]] [[Ban Ki-moon]] added: "Rather than viewing growth and sustainability as competing goals on a collision course, we must see them as complementary and mutually supportive imperatives". The report concluded that "Business as usual is not an option".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/tech-news/un-calls-for-technological-revolution-or-major-planetary-catastrophe_100547662.html |title=The World Economic and Social Survey 2011: The Great Green Technological Transformation' |accessdate=23 February 2011 |publisher=Thaindian News}}</ref> == Reform of the Economic and Social Council == {{Unreferenced section|date=November 2010}} Governance of the multilateral system has historically been complex and fragmented. This has limited the capacity of ECOSOC to influence international policies in trade, finance and investment. Reform proposals aim to enhance the relevance and contribution of the council. A major reform was approved by the [[2005 World Summit]] on the basis of proposals submitted by secretary-general [[Kofi Annan]].<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/news/2005/sep/20/mainsection.commentanddebate2 Ian Williams, "Annan has paid his dues". ''The Guardian'', 19 September 2005]</ref> The Summit aimed to establish ECOSOC as a quality platform for high-level engagement among member states and with international financial institutions, the private sector and civil society on global trends, policies and action. It was decided to hold biennial high-level Development Cooperation Forums at the national-leadership level by transforming the high-level segment of the Council to review trends in international development cooperation and promote greater coherence in development activities. At the Summit it was also decided to hold annual ministerial-level substantive reviews to assess progress in achieving internationally agreed development goals (particularly the [[Millennium Development Goals]]). These "Annual Ministerial Reviews" will be replaced by the [[High Level Political Forum]] from 2016 onwards after the new post-MDG/post-2015 [[Sustainable Development Goals]] are agreed. Subsequent proposals by the High-Level Panel Report on System-Wide Coherence in November 2006 aimed to establish a forum within the ECOSOC as a counter-model to the exclusive clubs of the [[G8]] and [[G20]]. The Forum was to comprise 27 heads of states (L27, corresponding to half of ECOSOC's membership) to meet annually and provide international leadership in the development area. This proposal, however, was not approved by the General Assembly. == {{anchor|Chamber}}Chamber design == The Economic and Social Council Chamber in the [[Headquarters of the United Nations|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 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.<ref>UN website.</ref> == See also == * [[List of organizations with consultative status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council|List of organisations with consultative status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council]] * [[Copenhagen Consensus]] * [[French Economic and Social Council]] * [[European Economic and Social Committee]] (EU) * ''[[Hard Choices: Moral Dilemmas in Humanitarian Intervention]]'' * [[International Court of Justice]] * [[International Hydrological Programme]] * [[UN Secretariat]] * [[UN Security Council]] * [[UN Trusteeship Council]] * [[UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs]] * [[Union of International Associations]] * [[Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics]] * [[Chapter X of the United Nations Charter]] == References == {{reflist}} == External links == {{Commons category}} * [https://www.un.org/en/ecosoc United Nations Economic and Social Council] ** [https://www.un.org/en/ecosoc/about/index.shtml UN Economic and Social Council – Background] * [https://www.un.org/en/development United Nations Economic and Social Development page] * [https://www.un.org/en/development/desa United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs] * [http://www.ngocongo.org Congo – Conference of UN NGO's] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060905211037/http://www.globalpolicy.org/socecon/un/reformindex.htm Global Policy Forum – Social and Economic Policy at the UN] * [https://www.un.org/ United Nations] * [http://www.un.org/french/pubs/chronique/2006/numero1/0106p54.htm The Group of Eight, ECOSOC and the Constitutional Paradox] {{link language|fr}} {{ECOSOC}} {{United Nations}} {{UN Charter}} {{Portal bar|Politics}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:United Nations Economic And Social Council}} [[Category:United Nations Economic and Social Council| ]] [[Category:Economic development organizations]] [[Category:United Nations organs]]'