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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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Report of the Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Haiti

14 July 2010 | Publisher: UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) | Document type: Country 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

UN Economic and Social Council Resolution 2009/20: Social dimensions of the New Partnership for Africa's Development

30 July 2009 | Publisher: UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

UN Economic and Social Council Resolution 2008/34 : Mainstreaming a gender perspective into all policies and programmes in the United Nations system

28 July 2008 | Publisher: UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

UN Economic and Social Council Resolution 2007/32: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)

27 July 2007 | Publisher: UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

UN Economic and Social Council Resolution 2007/33 : Mainstreaming a gender perspective into all policies and programmes in the United Nations system

27 July 2007 | Publisher: UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

UN Economic and Social Council Resolution 2007/13: Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Haiti

25 July 2007 | Publisher: UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

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