ECOSOC

FUNCTIONS

-Highers standards of living, full employement and conditions of social and economic progress and development.

-Coordinates the economic , social and related work of the United Nations Fund

-Make or initiate studies and reports with respect to international economic, social, cultural, educational, health and related matters and make recommendations with respect to any such matters to the General Assembly, to the Members of the United Nations.

-Make recommendations for the purpose of promoting respect for, and observance of, human rights and fundamental freedoms for all.

MEMBERS

Austria Germany
Belarus Greece
Brazil India
Burkina Faso Indonesia
Cuba Japan
Dominican Republic Lesotho
El Salvador Libya
France Nigeria
Portugal

United States of America Kyrgystan
Turkmenistan Kuwait
Tunisia Italy
Sudan Haiti
South Africa Croatia
San Marino Colombia
Nepal Canada
Mauritius Bolivia, Benin & Albania

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Togo Kazakhstan
Sweden Guatemala
Serbia Georgia
Russian Federation Denmark
Republic of Korea Democratic Republic of the Congo
Panama China, Batswana & Bangladesh
New Zeland Antigua & Barbuda

HEADQUARTERS

PRESIDENTS

LIST OF PRESIDENTS

• 2013: H.E. Mr. Néstor Osorio (Colombia)
• 2012: H.E. Mr. Miloš Koterec (Slovak Republic)
• 2011: H.E. Mr. Lazarous Kapambwe (Zambia)
• 2010: H.E. Mr. Hamidon Ali (Malaysia)
• 2009: H.E. Ms. Sylvie Lucas (Luxembourg)

SESSIONS

The council holds several short sessions, ad hoc meetings, round tables and panel discussions throughout the year, to prepare for its four week substantive session in July. The July session is held annually in alternative years in New York and Geneva. The substantive session is organized in five segments: The High-level Segment; Coordination Segment; Operational Activities Segment; Humanitarian Affairs Segment; and the General Segment.

2008
3 June- 3 July: High-level Segment
*Annual Ministerial Review (AMR)
*Launch of the Development Cooperation Forum (DCF)
7-9 July: Coordination Segment
11-14 July: Operational Activities Segment
15-17 July: Humanitarian Affairs Segment
18-24 July: General Segment

2007
2-5 July: High-level Segment
*Annual Ministerial Review (AMR)
*Launch of the Development Cooperation Forum (DCF)
6-10 July: Coordination Segment
10-13 July: Operational Activities Segment
16-18 July: Humanitarian Affairs Segment
19-26 July: General Segment

2009
6-9 July: High-level Segment
*Annual Ministerial Review (AMR)
10-14 July: Coordination Segment
15-17 July: Operational Activities Segment
20-22 July: Humanitarian Affairs Segment
23-30 July: General Segment

2010
28 June- 2 July: High-level Segment
*Annual Ministerial Review (AMR)
*Launch of the Development Cooperation Forum (DCF)
6-8 July: Coordination Segment
9-13 July: Operational Activities Segment
13-15 July: Humanitarian Affairs Segment
16-22 July: General Segment

2011
4-8 July: High-level Segment
*Annual Ministerial Review (AMR)
11-14 July: Coordination Segment
14-18 July: Operational Activities Segment
19-21 July: Humanitarian Affairs Segment
22-29 July: General Segment

2012
2-9 July: High-level Segment
*Annual Ministerial Review (AMR)
Preparatory process AMR
*Launch of the Development Cooperation Forum (DCF)
Preparatory process DCF
10-12 July: Coordination Segment
13-17 July: Operational Activities Segment
18-20 July: Humanitarian Affairs Segment
23-27 July: General Segment

2013
1-4 July: High-level Segment
5-9 July: Coordination Segment
10-12 July: Operational Activities Segment
15-17 July: Humanitarian Affairs Segment
18-25 July: General Segment

2014
30 June-11 July: High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development: ECOSOC Annual Ministerial Review and ECOSOC Development Cooperation Forum.

EXTRA INFORMATION

*ECOSOC also includes the children in its activities. The participants are youth delegates that conform the Children and Youth Major Group, youth representatives from Member States, including from National Youth Councils, representatives of regional youth organizations as well as youth-led and youth focused organizations and networks, including those in consultative status with ECOSOC. What they do is featuring various dialogs sessions where they can talk about the problems and facts that we face today.