Economic and Social Council

The United Nations will support countries' path to sustainable development by brokering partnerships, pursuing innovative finance, leveraging ... The forum, organized by the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), will discuss the main findings of the 2018 report of the Inter-Agency Task Force on ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations granted accreditation to American groups focusing on human rights in North Korea and Iran on Tuesday, ... The 54-member Economic and Social Council approved the application from the U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea by a vote of 29-6 with ...

United Nations, Apr 18.- Cuba is among the most active countries in the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and its presence is confirmed today in five commissions of this body. The Cuban representation at UN was elected as a member of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal ...

Irondale High School student Amanda Joswiak represented Greece on the model Economic and Social Council. The council discussed urbanization and climate change, she said. She also learned that Greece is in a lot of debt and not able to contribute more to United Nations funding than it receives.

United Nations: India has won six elections to United Nations Economic and Social Council (Ecosoc) bodies, five of them unanimously. In the polls ... Separately, India was also elected to a three-year term starting Jnauary 2019 on the Executive Board of UN-Women, which works for Gender Equality and the ...

Three years into the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the United Nations continues brokering new partnerships between governments, the ... “Business as usual approaches won't work,” said Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed at the 2018 ECOSOC [Economic and Social Council] ...

Early this week in New York, Rwanda was elected to the executive board of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), for a term of three years beginning 1st January 2019. In a statement by Rwanda's permanent mission to the UN in New York, Valentine Rugwabiza says the elections were held ...

Food Security, Nutrition among Reports Taken Up, as Economic and Social Council Concludes 2018 Coordination, Management Meetings .... such as the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women).