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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: Nepal

10 August 2017 | Publisher: UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) | Document type: Country Reports

Country programme document: Sri Lanka

10 August 2017 | Publisher: UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) | Document type: Country Reports

Country programme document: Bulgaria

9 August 2017 | Publisher: UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) | Document type: Country Reports

Resolution adopted by the Economic and Social Council on Economic and social repercussions of the Israeli occupation on the living conditions of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan

25 July 2017 | Publisher: UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under articles 16 and 17 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Sixth periodic reports of States parties due in 2015 : Colombia

21 July 2017 | Publisher: UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) | Document type: States Parties Reports

Country programme document: Ukraine

17 July 2017 | 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, Initial reports of States parties due in 2017 : South Africa

7 June 2017 | Publisher: UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) | Document type: States Parties Reports

Economic, social and cultural rights - Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

16 May 2017 | Publisher: UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) | Document type: Thematic Reports

List of issues in relation to the combined fifth and sixth periodic reports of Mexico

20 March 2017 | Publisher: UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) | Document type: Country Reports

List of issues in relation to the combined fifth and sixth periodic reports of Mexico

20 March 2017 | Publisher: UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) | Document type: Country Reports

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