Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)

It is the principal body for coordination, policy review, policy dialogue and recommendations on economic, social and environmental issues, as well as implementation of internationally agreed development goals.

It has 54 Members, elected by the General Assembly for overlapping three-year terms.

It is the United Nations’ central platform for reflection, debate, and innovative thinking on sustainable development.

Each year, ECOSOC structures its work around an annual theme of global importance to sustainable development. 

This ensures focused attention, among ECOSOC’s array of partners, and throughout the UN development system.

It coordinates the work of the 14 UN specialized agencies, ten functional commissions and five regional commissions, receives reports from nine UN funds and programmes and issues policy recommendations to the UN system and to Member States