United Nations Economic Council for Asia and the Far East
| Conseil économique et social des Nations unies | |
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The room of the United Nations Economic and Social Council. UN headquarters, New York City, New York, U.S.
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| Abbreviation | ECOSOC CESNU |
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| Formation | 1945 |
| Type | Primary organ |
| Legal status | Active |
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President of the ECOSOC Marie Chatardová |
| Website | www.un.org/en/ecosoc |
President of the ECOSOC
The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC; French: Conseil économique et social des Nations unies, CESNU) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations, responsible for coordinating the economic, social, and related work of 15 UN specialised agencies, their functional commissions and five regional commissions. The ECOSOC has 54 members. It holds one four-week session each year in July, and since 1998, it has also held an annual meeting in April with finance ministers heading key committees of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
The ECOSOC serves as the central forum for discussing international economic and social issues and formulating policy recommendations addressed to member states and the United Nations system.A number of non-governmental organisations have been granted consultative status to the Council to participate in the work of the United Nations.
The president is elected for a one-year term and chosen from the small or mid-sized powers represented on the ECOSOC. Her Excellency Marie Chatardová was elected seventy-third President of the Economic and Social Council on 27 July 2017. Ambassador Chatardová is currently the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to the United Nations in New York.
The Council has 54 member states out of the 193 UN member states, which are elected by the United Nations General Assembly for overlapping three-year terms. Seats on the Council are based on geographical representation with 18 allocated to African states, 13 to Asian states, 8 to East European states, 13 to Latin American and Caribbean states and 13 to West European and other states.
Participation on a continuing basis:
Participation on an ad hoc basis:
The UN Commission on the Status of Women formally became a functional commission of the Economic and Social Council on the 21st of June 1946 . The UN Commission on the status of women is a global intergovernmental body dedicated to promoting gender equality, and empowering women . Originally, the proposal for the council was turned down with the thought that the Commission on Human Rights would be sufficient to deal with women’s issues . Eventually at the urging of the then Danish delegate, Bodil Begtrup, the Commission on the Status of Women was formed as a freestanding functional commission, dedicated specifically to women’s issues, in 1946 . Bodil Begtrup went on to become the first chair of the Commission on the Status of Women. The Commission on the Status of Women engages with the Commission on Human Rights and serves as a lobby specifically for women, often working closely with women’s NGOs . The commission was initially focused on women’s rights to equality, gradually shifting to a focus on issues of women’s education, social status, political equality etc .
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