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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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Promoting the rights of persons with disabilities and strengthening the mainstreaming of disability in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development : resolution / adopted by the Economic and Social Council

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

Country programme document : Bangladesh

12 May 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

Country programme document : Belarus

10 August 2015 | Publisher: UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) | Document type: Country Reports

Monitoring of the implementation of the Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities : Note by the Secretary-General

26 November 2014 | Publisher: UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) | Document type: Thematic Reports

UN Economic and Social Council Resolution 2010/13: Mainstreaming disability in the development agenda

22 July 2010 | Publisher: UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Statement / submitted by Brothers of Charity

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

UN Economic and Social Council Resolution 2008/21: Mainstreaming disability in the development agenda

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

UN Economic and Social Council Resolution 2006/16: Comprehensive and Integral International Convention to Protect and Promote the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities

26 July 2006 | Publisher: UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

UN Economic and Social Council Resolution 2005/10: Comprehensive and Integral International Convention to Protect and Promote the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities

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

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