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United Nations Economic and Social Council

United Nations Economic and Social Council
The room of the United Nations Economic and Social Council. UN headquarters, New York
NameUnited Nations Economic and Social Council
CaptionThe room of the United Nations Economic and Social Council. UN headquarters, New York
TypePrimary Organ
AcronymsECOSOC
HeadPresident of ECOSOC (six month term)
 : Datuk Hamidon Ali Malaysia Malaysia
StatusActive
Established1945

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The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations constitutes one of six principal organs of the United Nations responsible for the coordination of economic, social, and related work of 14 UN specialized agencies, its functional commissions and five regional commissions. ECOSOC has 54 members and holds one substantive session each July for a duration of four weeks. Since 1998, it also held a meeting each 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.


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