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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World Economic and Social Survey 2016: Climate change resilience - an opportunity for reducing inequalities 25 April 2016 \| Publisher: UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) \| Document type: Annual Reports
Country programme document : South Sudan 15 April 2016 \| Publisher: UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) \| Document type: Country Reports
List of issues in relation to the fifth periodic report of Costa Rica 22 March 2016 \| Publisher: UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) \| Document type: Country Reports
Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under articles 16 and 17 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Fifth periodic reports of States parties due in 2014 : Australia 16 February 2016 \| Publisher: UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) \| Document type: States Parties Reports
Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under articles 16 and 17 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Fifth periodic reports of States parties due in 2015 : Uruguay 15 February 2016 \| Publisher: UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) \| Document type: States Parties Reports
Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under articles 16 and 17 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Fifth periodic reports of States parties due in 2013 : Sri Lanka 4 February 2016 \| Publisher: UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) \| Document type: States Parties Reports
Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under articles 16 and 17 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Initial reports of States parties due in 2010 : Pakistan 4 February 2016 \| Publisher: UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) \| Document type: States Parties Reports
Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under articles 16 and 17 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Second and third periodic reports of States parties due in 2011 : Liechtenstein 28 January 2016 \| Publisher: UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) \| Document type: States Parties 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
Country programme document : Uruguay 5 January 2016 \| Publisher: UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) \| Document type: Country Reports

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