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United Nations ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

United Nations ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL. By: Alexia Bedoya , Alejandro Saavedra , Mika Karpovics. ABOUT ECOSOC . The world’s economic, social and environmental challenges are ECOSOC’s concern.

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United Nations ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

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  1. United NationsECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL By: Alexia Bedoya, Alejandro Saavedra, Mika Karpovics

  2. ABOUT ECOSOC • The world’s economic, social and environmental challenges are ECOSOC’s concern. • A founding UN Charter body established in 1946, the Council is the place where such issues are discussed and debated, and policy recommendations issued. • As such, ECOSOC has broad responsibility for some 70% of the human and financial resources of the entire UN system, including 14 specialized agencies, 9 “functional” commissions, and five regional commissions.

  3. IT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR: • identifying solutions to international economic, social and health problems • facilitating international cultural and educational cooperation • encouraging universal respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. • promoting higher standards of living, full employment, and economic and social progress

  4. CHAMBER DESIGN • The Chamber in the UN Conference Building was a gift from Sweden. • Swedish pine tree wood was used in the delegates' area for the railings and doors. • 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.

  5. ECOSOC • It has the power to make or initiate studies and reports on these issues. • It also has the power to assist the preparations and organization of major international conferences in the economic and social and related fields and to facilitate a coordinated follow-up to these conferences. • With its broad mandate, the Council's purview extends to over 70 per cent of the human and financial resources of the entire UN system. • The Council meets in alternating years at UN Headquarters or at the UN Office in Geneva.

  6. PRESIDENT • Ambassador MilošKoterec  of the Slovak Republic. • The president is elected for a one-year term • Chosen from the small or mid-sized powers represented on ECOSOC

  7. LAST ECOSOCS PRESIDENTS (11) • 2011: MrLazarousKapambwe (Zambia) • 2010: MrHamidon Ali (Malaysia) • 2009: Ms Sylvie Lucas (Luxembourg) • 2008: Mr. Leo Merores (Haiti) • 2007: Mr. DaliusCekuolis (Lithuania) • 2006: Mr. Ali Hachani (Tunisia) • 2005: Mr. MunirAkram (Pakistan) • 2004: Ms. Marjatta Rasi (Finland) • 2003: Mr. GertRosenthal (Guatemala • 2002: Mr. Ivan Simonovic (Croatia) • 2001: Mr. Martin Belinga-Eboutou (Cameroon) • 2000: Mr. MakarimWibisono (Indonesia)

  8. MEMBERS • The Council has 54 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: • 14 allocated to African states • 11 to Asian states • 6 to East European states • 10 to Latin American and Caribbean states • 13 to West European and other states.

  9. MEETINGS

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