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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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Study on indigenous peoples and corporations to examine existing mechanisms and policies related to corporations and indigenous peoples and to identify good practices / submitted by the special rapporteurs

10 March 2011 | Publisher: UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Situation of indigenous peoples in danger of extinction in Colombia : summary of the report and recommendations of the mission / by the Permanent Forum to Columbia

11 February 2011 | Publisher: UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) | Document type: Country Reports

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