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
UN Economic and Social Council	1
UN specialized agencies	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.

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe → parentOrganization → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ

United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean → parentOrganization → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific → parentOrganization → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ

Universal Postal Union → parentOrganization → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia → partOf → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ

Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations → participatesIn → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ

United Nations delegates → participatesIn → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ

subject surface form: United Nations delegate

Constitution of the World Health Organization → relatedOrganization → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ

Second Committee (Technical Organizations) → relatedTo → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ

International Trade Organization → relationshipPlannedWith → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ

EPTA → reportedTo → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ

United Nations Commission on Human Rights → reportedTo → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights → reportsTo → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ

ExCom → reportsTo → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ

this entity surface form: UN Economic and Social Council

Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme → reportsTo → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ

this entity surface form: Economic and Social Council of the United Nations

Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa → reportsTo → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ

Human Rights Committee → reportsTo → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ

this entity surface form: Economic and Social Council of the United Nations

UN regional commissions → reportsTo → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ

UNDP Executive Board → reportsTo → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ

UNHCR → reportsTo → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ

UNICEF → reportsTo → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ

UNOPS Executive Board → reportsTo → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ

UNCHR → reportsTo → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ

subject surface form: United Nations Commission on Human Rights

United Nations Human Settlements Programme → reportsTo → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime → reportsTo → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ

Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom to the United Nations → representsInBody → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ

United States Representative to the United Nations Economic and Social Council → representsInOrganization → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ

United States Representative to the United Nations Economic and Social Council → seatOnBody → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ

DHL → servesBody → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ

subject surface form: Dag Hammarskjöld Library

United Nations Economic and Social Council → shortName → United Nations Economic and Social Council self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: ECOSOC

United Nations Commission on Human Rights → subordinateTo → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ

Division for Sustainable Development Goals → supportsBody → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ

Financing for Development Office → supportsBody → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ

this entity surface form: Economic and Social Council

Flag of the United Nations → usedBy → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ

this entity surface form: UN specialized agencies

United States Mission to the United Nations → worksWith → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ

United States Representative to the United Nations Economic and Social Council → worksWithBody → United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ