Model United Nations The institutions and organs of the UN Overview and positioning of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) 1

General Overview 2

General Overview: The institutions and organs of the UN 3

General Overview: The institutions and organs of the UN  Main Bodies the Charter of the UN constitutes six active principal organs these are supported by several sub organs and special organizations except for the International Court of Justice all headquarters are situated in New York  Security Council the most powerful body consists of five permanent members with veto right China, France, Great Britain, Russia and the USA and ten non-permanent members the only body that can make global binding decisions 4

 General Assembly each Member State has voting rights scrutiny of the UN budget the regular plenary meeting holds annual meetings in autumn  Secretary most important administrative organ organizational support of the other UN Bodies consists of Secretary-General and international public servants the Secretary-General has the highest executive functions in the UN system additionally exist several sub offices General Overview: The institutions and organs of the UN 5

 International Court of Justice (ICJ) organ of juris based in Den Haag the legal foundation is the law of nations  UN Trusteeship Council suspended operations in 1994 was supposed to restore countries which stood under colonial rule to autonomy General Overview: The institutions and organs of the UN 6

 coordinates the work of the 14 UN specialized agencies, 10 functional commissions and five regional commissions  receives reports from 11 UN funds and programmes  issues policy recommendations to UN Bodies and Member States  is controlled by the General Assembly  serves as coordinating mechanism  does not hold executive authority  The ECOSOC is the central forum for discussing economic and social issues within the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) 7

a.Tasks and functions promotion of higher standards of living, full employment, economic and social progress solutions to international economic, social and health problems international cultural and educational cooperation encouraging universal respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms consults with academics, business sector representatives and more than 2100 registered non-governmental organizations Examples: Millennium Development Goals, ICT Task Force [Information and communication Technologies], African Development, Poverty eradication and sustainable development Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) 8

b.Structure and members 9

AlbaniaIndia BrazilLithuania ChadMexico ChinaNew Zealand Costa RicaPakistan Democratic Republic of CongoPortugal DenmarkRussia GuineaSouth Africa IcelandThailand United Kingdom Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) 10

Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) 11 b.Structure and members

c.Subsidiary Bodies of the ECOSOC  Functional Commissions Statistical Commission Commission on Population and Development Commission for Social Development Commission on the Status of Women Commission on Narcotic Drugs Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Commission on Science and Technology for Development Commission on Sustainable Development United Nations Forum on Forests Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) 12

 Ad hoc open-ended intergovernmental group of experts on energy and sustainable development  Regional Commissions Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) Economic Commission for Europe(ECE) Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) 13

 Standing Committees Committee for Programme and Coordination Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations Committee on Negotiations with Intergovernmental Agencies  Governmental Experts Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods and on the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) 14

 Independent Experts Committee for Development Policy United Nations Committee of Experts on Public Administration Ad Hoc Group of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues  Special Bodies International Narcotics Control Board Board of Trustees of the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) 15

d.Problems huge number of institutions and organs within the ECOSOC  overlapping responsibilities, hard to manage/ coordinate the structure of the ECOSOC does not support coordinating function very bureaucratic  inefficacious Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) 16

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