United Nations Economic and Social Council

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UN charter body intergovernmental organization body principal organ of the United Nations

The United Nations Economic and Social Council is a principal UN body responsible for coordinating international economic, social, and related work of the organization and its specialized agencies.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Economic and Social Council of the United Nations 5
Economic and Social Council 4
ECOSOC 1

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UN charter body ⓘ
intergovernmental organization body ⓘ
principal organ of the United Nations ⓘ
canEnterIntoAgreementsWith specialized agencies ⓘ
canMake recommendations to Member States ⓘ
recommendations to the General Assembly ⓘ
convenes high-level political forum on sustainable development ⓘ
coordinatesWith Food and Agriculture Organization ⓘ
International Labour Organization ⓘ
International Monetary Fund ⓘ
United Nations Development Programme ⓘ
UNESCO ⓘ
surface form: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

United Nations Secretariat ⓘ
United Nations Security Council ⓘ
World Bank Group ⓘ
World Health Organization ⓘ
dateFounded 1945 ⓘ
elects members of functional commissions ⓘ
members of regional commissions ⓘ
establishedBy Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
hasFunction policy dialogue ⓘ
policy review ⓘ
promoting economic and social progress ⓘ
promoting full employment ⓘ
promoting higher standards of living ⓘ
promoting respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms ⓘ
promoting solutions of international economic problems ⓘ
promoting solutions of international social problems ⓘ
recommendation-making on economic and social issues ⓘ
hasHeadquartersLocation New York City ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
hasMainResponsibility coordination of related work of UN specialized agencies ⓘ
coordination of the economic work of the United Nations ⓘ
coordination of the social work of the United Nations ⓘ
hasNumberOfMembers 54 ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage Arabic ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
legalStatus UN principal organ under the UN Charter ⓘ
locatedInFacility United Nations Headquarters ⓘ
memberOf United Nations system ⓘ
membershipType UN Member States elected by the General Assembly ⓘ
oversees UN specialized agencies in the economic and social fields ⓘ
functional commissions ⓘ
regional commissions ⓘ
parentOrganization United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
partOf United Nations ⓘ
relatedTo Sustainable Development Goals ⓘ
reportsTo United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
shortName United Nations Economic and Social Council self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: ECOSOC
termLengthOfMembers 3 years ⓘ
website https://www.un.org/ecosoc ⓘ

Referenced by (86)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

UNDP Executive Board → affiliatedWith → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ
CFS → affiliation → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ
Socialist International → affiliation → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ
United Nations Institute for Training and Research → affiliation → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ
Office of the Secretary-General → associatedWith → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ
UNDG → collaboratedWith → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: Economic and Social Council of the United Nations
United Nations working groups → convenesUnder → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ
Committee on World Food Security → cooperatesWith → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: Economic and Social Council of the United Nations
Peacebuilding Commission → cooperatesWith → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ
United Nations agencies → coordinatedBy → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ
United Nations development system → coordinatedBy → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ
United Nations Chief Executives Board for Coordination → coordinatesWith → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ
Charter of the United Nations → createdOrgan → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ
United Nations documentation → documentsActivitiesOf → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: Economic and Social Council
San Francisco Conference → establishedBody → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights → establishedBy → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ
UNECA → establishedBy → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ
UNCHR → establishedBy → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ
subject surface form: United Nations Commission on Human Rights
ECA → formedBy → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ
subject surface form: United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa → foundedBy → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ
United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean → foundedBy → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific → foundedBy → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia → foundedBy → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ
Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government → governingBody → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ
UN regional commissions → governingBody → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ
International Council on Monuments and Sites → hasConsultativeStatus → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ
Universal Esperanto Association → hasConsultativeStatus → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom → hasConsultativeStatus → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ
World Wildlife Fund → hasConsultativeStatusWith → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ
United Nations → hasMainOrgan → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ
ITC → hasParentBody → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: Economic and Social Council of the United Nations
United Nations Technical Assistance Board → hasParentOrganization → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ
United Nations system → hasPart → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: Economic and Social Council
UN → hasPrincipalOrgan → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ
United Nations system (observer relationship, not specialized agency) → hasScope → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ
United Nations Headquarters → hasUNOrgan → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ
United Nations system of international law → implementedByOrgan → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: Economic and Social Council
Official Document System of the United Nations → includesDocumentsFrom → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights → membersElectedBy → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ
UNICEF Executive Board → membersElectedBy → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ
UNCHR → parentBody → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ
subject surface form: United Nations Commission on Human Rights
ECAFE → parentOrganization → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ
UNECA → parentOrganization → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ
UNICEF Executive Board → parentOrganization → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ
United Nations Commission on Human Rights → parentOrganization → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ
UNCHR → parentOrganization → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ
subject surface form: United Nations Commission on Human Rights
United Nations Development Group → parentOrganization → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa → parentOrganization → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ
ECA → parentOrganization → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ
subject surface form: United Nations Economic Commission for Africa