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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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List of issues in relation to the sixth periodic report of the Russian Federation

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

Compilation of information received from indigenous peoples' organizations

13 February 2017 | Publisher: UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) | Document type: Compilations

Compilation of information from national human rights institutions

27 January 2017 | Publisher: UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) | Document type: Compilations

Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under articles 16 and 17 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Second periodic report of States parties due in 2016 : Turkmenistan

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

Evaluation of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

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

Commission on the Status of Women: Report on the sixty-first session (24 March 2016 and 13-24 March 2017)

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

Situation of and assistance to Palestinian women

19 December 2016 | Publisher: UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Social dimensions of the New Partnership for Africa's Development

22 November 2016 | Publisher: UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) | Document type: Regional Reports

Concluding observations on the sixth periodic report of Poland

26 October 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, Sixth periodic reports of States parties due in 2016 : Russian Federation

16 September 2016 | Publisher: UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) | Document type: States Parties Reports

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