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UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)

The Economic and Social Council (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. It is responsible for promoting higher standards of living, full employment, and economic and social progress; identifying solutions to international economic, social and health problems; facilitating international cultural and educational cooperation; and encouraging universal respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. 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.  Website: www.un.org/en/ecosoc/
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Situation of and assistance to Palestinian women

19 December 2016 | Publisher: UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Situation of and assistance to Palestinian women : resolution / adopted by the Economic and Social Council

22 July 2016 | Publisher: UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Country programme document : Bangladesh

12 May 2016 | Publisher: UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) | Document type: Country Reports

Country programme document : South Sudan

15 April 2016 | Publisher: UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) | Document type: Country Reports

Results of the sixtieth, sixty-first and sixty-second sessions of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women

19 January 2016 | Publisher: UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) | Document type: Sessional Reports

Commission on the Status of Women : report on the 60th session (20 March 2015 and 14-24 March 2016)

2016 | Publisher: UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Women, the girl child and HIV and AIDS : report of the Secretary-General

23 December 2015 | Publisher: UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Situation of and assistance to Palestinian women : report of the Secretary-General

22 December 2015 | Publisher: UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts

11 December 2015 | Publisher: UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Situation of and assistance to Palestinian women : resolution / adopted by the Economic and Social Council

19 August 2015 | Publisher: UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

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