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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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Country programme document : Bangladesh

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

Taking action against gender-related killing of women and girls : resolution / adopted by the Economic and Social Council

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

Results of the fifty-eighth and fifty-ninth sessions of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women : Note by the Secretariat

11 December 2014 | Publisher: UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) | Document type: Sessional Reports

Statement / submitted by the Women's Federation for World Peace International

30 June 2010 | Publisher: UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) | Document type: Speeches/Statements

Statement / submitted by World Federation of Ukrainian Women's Organizations

17 May 2010 | Publisher: UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) | Document type: Speeches/Statements

Statement / submitted by Korea Institute of Brain Science

10 May 2010 | Publisher: UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) | Document type: Speeches/Statements

Statement / submitted by Northern Ireland Women's European Platform

10 May 2010 | Publisher: UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) | Document type: Speeches/Statements

Resolution 2005/31 Adopted by the UN Economic and Social Council: Mainstreaming a Gender Perspective Into All Policies and Programmes in the United Nations System

26 July 2005 | Publisher: UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

UN Economic and Social Council Resolution 2004/9 : Genetic privacy and non-discrimination

21 July 2004 | Publisher: UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

UN Economic and Social Council Resolution 2001/3: Discrimination against Women and Girls in Afghanistan

24 July 2001 | Publisher: UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

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