United Nations Economic and Social Council
| 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 Frederick Musiiwa Makamure Shava |
| 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 a meeting of 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 for 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. His Excellency Frederick Musiiwa Makamure Shava was elected seventy-second President of the Economic and Social Council on 28 July 2016. Ambassador Shava is currently the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Republic of Zimbabwe 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:
These specialised agencies are autonomous organisations working with the United Nations and each other inter alia through the coordinating machinery of the Economic and Social Council.
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