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	UN Economic and Social Council - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations assists the General Assembly in promoting international economic and social cooperation and development.
		United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
		The Specialized Agencies are autonomous organizations working with the United Nations and each other through the coordinating machinery of the Economic and Social Council.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/UN_Economic_and_Social_Council (627 words)

	National Economic and Social Council
		The function of the Council is to analyse and report to the Taoiseach (Prime Minister) on strategic issues relating to the efficient development of the economy and the achievement of social justice and the development of a strategic framework for the conduct of relations and negotiation of agreements between the government and the social partners.
		It was a proposal from the Council, in 1990, that led to the area-based approach to long-tem unemployment and social exclusion.
		This was the first of six social partnership programmes that has seen Ireland become a leading, and much studied, example of negotiated economic and social governance.
	www.nesc.ie (519 words)

	Mapping the United Nations
		Five of these parts (the General Assembly, the Security Council, the Secretariat, the Economic and Social Council and the Trusteeship Council) are located in New York at the United Nations headquarters.
		The Economic and Social Council is comprised of 54 Member States and deliberates on the root causes of war and addresses general economic and social issues.
		In addition, the Council is authorized by the Charter to call on United Nations members to apply economic sanctions and other measures not involving the use of force to prevent to stop aggression and, in certain cases, to authorize member states to take military action against an aggressor.
	www.peacewomen.org /un/basics/unbeg.html (2517 words)

	United Nations Economic And Social Council - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Index to Proceedings of the Economic and Social Council: Organizational Session 1995 Substantive Session 1995 (Index to Proceedings of the Economic and Social Council)
		Index to Proceedings of the Economic and Social Council 2003: Organizational and Substantive Sessions (Index to Proceedings of the Economic and Social Council)
		Economic and Social Council acts from death penalty to indigenous populations.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /united_nations_economic_and_social_council.htm (198 words)

	University of Minnesota Human Rights Library
		At the first election after the increase in the membership of the Economic and Social Council from twenty-seven to fifty-four members, in addition to the members elected in place of the nine members whose term of office expires at the end of that year, twenty-seven additional members shall be elected.
		The Economic and Social Council shall set up commissions in economic and social fields and for the promotion of human rights, and such other commissions as may be required for the performance of its functions.
		The Economic and Social Council may make arrangements for representatives of the specialized agencies to participate, without vote, in its deliberations and in those of the commissions established by it, and for its representatives to participate in the deliberations of the specialized agencies.
	www1.umn.edu /humanrts/instree/chapter10.html (757 words)

	United Nations Economic and Social Council
		Economic and Social Council - Economic and Social Council, constituent organ of the United Nations.
		Economic and Social Council - This council is composed of 54 members elected by the General Assembly to three-year terms.
		Economic and Social Council holds dialogue with four United Nations Funds and Programmes; UNDP, UNICEF, UNFPA, WFP discuss progress on simplification and harmonization efforts.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/history/A0919905.html (280 words)

	UN Chronicle: Strengthening the Economic and Social Council
		I have argued that the Council needs to heighten the bar as a forum for policy debates in the future, and this begins with the selection of the themes to be examined at the yearly high-level segment.
		General Assembly resolution 57/270 B and Economic and Social Council resolution E/2003/6 have enhanced the capacity of the Council to use conference follow-up as a framework for planning, monitoring and assessing United Nations activities, which basically is another manner of introducing coherence coordination and cooperation into its work.
		Fourthly, the Economic and Social Council appears to be the main forum to bring humanitarian assistance into the mainstream of the UN agenda.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1309/is_1_41/ai_n6151106 (1399 words)

	UN - ECOSOC: 2004 Documents and Resolutions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Resolutions and Decisions adopted by the Economic and Social Council
		Resolutions and decisions adopted by the Economic and Social Council at its substantive session of 2004 (28 June to 23 July 2004)
		Economic and social repercussions of the Israeli occupation on the living conditions of the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan -Note by the Secretary-General
	www.un.org /esa/coordination/ecosoc/document.htm (1770 words)

	Ivory Coast the Economic and Social Council (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		With the exception of its president, who was named by the president of the republic, the council elected officers and distributed its members among various standing committees with discrete areas of responsibility.
		Although the president was obligated to consult with the council on all matters within its competence, the council could also offer unsolicited opinions pertaining to economic development on all laws, ordinances, and decrees.
		Moreover, on its own initiative, the council could direct the president's attention to any economic or social issue.
	www.country-studies.com /ivory-coast/the-economic-and-social-council.html (108 words)

	Economic and Social Council
		The council undertakes investigations of international economic and social questions and reports its conclusions and suggestions to the General Assembly and other organs of the United Nations for action.
		The full council meets annually; decisions are taken by a majority of members present and voting, which insures a majority of developing nations.
		The council has established functional commissions, including the Statistical Commission, the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, the Commission for Sustainable Development, the Commission on the Status of Women, the Population and Development Commission, and the Commission on Human Rights and regional commissions.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/history/A0816718.html (297 words)

	Fact Sheet No.16 (Rev.1), The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Economic, social and cultural rights are fully recognized by the international community and throughout international human rights law.
		Economic, social and cultural rights are designed to ensure the protection of people as full persons, based on a perspective in which people can enjoy rights, freedoms and social justice simultaneously.
		Although the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights can assist in the implementation of the Covenant from an international perspective, the ultimate effectiveness of this instrument is contingent on the measures taken by Governments to give actual effect to their international legal obligations.
	www.unhchr.ch /html/menu6/2/fs16.htm (9816 words)

	Economic and Social Council
		Economic and development policy is focus of Economic and Social Council at second 1986 session.
		Economic and Social Council considers economic, social repercussions of Israeli occupation of Palestinian Territory, Syrian Golan -- Part 1 of 2.
		Economic and Social Council holds third high-level meeting with Bretton Woods Institutions.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/history/A0816718.html (503 words)

	Economic and Social Council on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The council supervises the activities of the United Nations Children's Fund, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Development Program, and the International Narcotics Control Board, and it has consultative relationships with numerous nongovernmental organizations.
		Economic and Social Council requests human rights commission chair to hold consultations on 'in larger freedom' recommendations.
		The developed-world populations are aging and shrinking, producing huge fiscal, economic, political, and social stresses given the unfunded liabilities of...
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/E/EconN1S1C1.asp (695 words)

	Irish Refugee Council
		The Irish Refugee Council (IRC) welcomes the provision in the Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2004 that children born to parents living in Ireland without restriction - which includes persons already recognised as refugees - will continue to be entitled to Irish citizenship. However, the IRC is concerned that children born before their parents' refugee status has been recognised may not enjoy the same entitlement.
		The Irish Refugee Council is disturbed by the raft of amendments to the Immigration Bill 2002, proposed at Dáil Committee stage, at short notice and with minimal scope for input from relevant players.
		The IRC welcomes the cultural, economic and social contribution to Irish society made by refugees, from the Huguenots fleeing persecution in France in the 18th century to the more recent arrival of latter-day asylum seekers.
	www.irishrefugeecouncil.ie (6763 words)

	Conference Of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The Economic and Social Council has 54 government members, elected for three-year terms by the General Assembly.
		The year-round work of the Council is carried out in its subsidiary bodies - commissions and committees - which meet at regular intervals and report back to the Council.
		The Council recognized that these organizations should have the opportunity to express their views, and that they possess special experience or technical knowledge of value to the Council's work.
	www.ngocongo.org /ngopart/ecosoc.htm (181 words)

	Economic and Social Council (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The Economic and Social Council, in the context of its role under the Charter of the United Nations and in accordance with General Assembly resolutions 45/264, 46/235 and 48/162, would oversee system-wide coordination in the implementation of the Platform for Action and make recommendations in this regard.
		The Council should be invited to review the implementation of the Platform for Action, giving due consideration to the reports of the Commission on the Status of Women.
		The Council should consider dedicating at least one coordination segment before the year 2000 to coordination of the advancement of women, based on the revised system-wide medium-term plan for the advancement of women.
	www.iisd.ca /4wcw/dpa-083.html (251 words)

	National Economic and Social Council (NESC) - Ireland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The Council is under the aegis of the Department of the Taoiseach.
		Over one hundred reports on a wide variety of economic and social topics have been published by the Council on areas such as general economic and social policy, industrial policy, housing, social service priorities, agriculture, rural development and emigration.
		The Council is representative of the major economic and social interests in society.
	www.logos-net.net /ilo/150_base/en/init/irl_25.htm (490 words)

	Economic and Social Council
		The UN Economic and Social Council deals with a wide spectrum of topics, ranging from the African development to the effects of globalization.
		The economic spread from an agricultural society to an industrialized society was used to help bring the rural labor into higher employment; this did not develop as well as planned in many developing countries.
		This year the Economic and Social Council will try to provide new and innovative ways to help alleviate the poverty in all countries of the world: from the wealthy industrialized countries to the underdeveloped countries, and in both urban and rural areas.
	www.ghg.net /bog/handbook/ecosoc.html (563 words)

	Dáil Éireann - Volume 499 - 03 February, 1999 - Written Answers. - National Economic and Social Council.
		The National Economic and Social Council, appointed in November 1998, has been meeting on a monthly basis since then.
		At the request of the Government, the main work of the council during 1999 will relate to the preparation of a new strategy report to provide a basis for a national agreement in succession to Partnership 2000.
		The report is due to be considered by the council in the spring.
	www.oireachtas-debates.gov.ie /D/0499/D.0499.199902030027.html (318 words)

	Chapter X - The Economic and Social Council (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Subject to the provisions of paragraph 3, six (6) members of the Economic and Social Council shall be elected each session period for a term of three (3) session periods.
		The Economic and Social Council may enter into agreements with any of its agencies referred to in article 57, defining the terms on which the agency concerned shall be brought into relationship with the United Federation.
		The Economic and Social Council may make suitable arrangements for consultation with non-governmental intra-planet organizations which are concerned with matters within its competence.
	members.aol.com /overlordm/tfc/files/ch10.htm (680 words)

	Un Economic And Social Council (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		the scope of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
		Angola was elected on 17 October, in New York, as member of the United Nations Economic and Social Council, by the UN General Assembly.
		Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, which shows the international community's support, Cuban Ambassador Orlando Requeijo said.
	www.wikiverse.org /un-economic-and-social-council (608 words)

	Dáil Éireann - Volume 551 - 27 March, 2002 - Written Answers. - National Economic and Social Council.
		The Taoiseach: The National Economic and Social Council provides advice to the Government on the development of the economy and the achievement of social justice.
		The council continues to be at the forefront in identifying and analysing strategic policy issues and, in that context, undertakes high quality analytical research.
		Although the council has a challenging work programme, the strategy process is being treated as a key priority.
	www.oireachtas-debates.gov.ie /D/0551/D.0551.200203270031.html (130 words)

	EuropaWorld 27/7/2001 ECOSOC - the United Nations Economic and Social Council
		The UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) was established by the United Nations Charter with the goal of facilitating universal economic and social progress.
		Through consultations and recommendations the Council helps co-ordinate the work of the UN and its specialised agencies, to meet its goals of higher standards of living in both economic and social terms.
		The priorities of the Council are established by its Bureau, an internal body composed of members who are elected by the Council at large at the beginning of each annual session.
	www.europaworld.org /issue44/ecosoc27701.htm (485 words)

	The Economic and Social Council
		The Economic and Social Council is the highest expression of the institutionalised social dialogue of the Romanian society.
		The Economic and Social Council has been set-up by the Law No. 109/1997 as a tripartite, autonomous body of public interest focused on the social dialogue between the Government, trade unions and employers, and a climate of social peace.
		The decision of the EU - Romania Association Council of the 1st of November 1999 has established the Joint Consultative Committee between the Economic and Social Committee of the European Communities and the Economic and Social Council of Romania.
	www.ces.ro /english/ece_este_ces.html (602 words)

	Welcome to the Edmonton Social Planning Council Website
		The Edmonton Social Planning Council provides leadership to the community and its organizations in addressing social issues and effecting changes to social policy.
		ESPC provides community based research and analysis on social issues that impact the Edmonton area for the human services sector and the citizens of Edmonton.
		Economic and social barriers continue to prevent many Edmonton residents from being able to participate meaningfully in day-to-day life.
	www.edmspc.com (476 words)

	Immigrant Council of Ireland: Irish immigration support, information, and legal advice
		The Immigrant Council of Ireland has produced this briefing and commentary on the Employment Permits Bill 2005 which is being proposed by the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment and being discussed in the Dail for the first time today, the 12th of October.
		The Economic and Social Research Council are hosting a public debate on the topic 'How welcoming does Ireland want to be?' in the National College of Ireland, Mayor Street, Dublin 1 from 6pm - 8pm, Wednesday 7 September 2005.
		The Immigrant Council of Ireland has produced a briefing pack on the Government’s proposals for an Immigration and Residency Bill which is due to be published in Autumn 2005.
	www.immigrantcouncil.ie (773 words)

	Amendment of the terms of reference of the Commission: Admission of Georgia as a member of the Commission (E/ESCAP/1156) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The Commission may recall that Georgia had been admitted to the Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) in accordance with terms of reference of ECE, as they were amended by Economic and Social Council resolution 1993/317 of 30 July 1993.
		The Government of Georgia, in its letter of 11 June 1999 from the Minister of Foreign Affairs, has conveyed its request for admission to membership of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific.
		Draft resolution to be submitted to the Economic and Social Council for action on amendment of the terms of reference of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific for inclusion of Georgia in the geographical scope of the Commission and its admission as a member of the Commission
	www.unescap.org /56/e1156e.htm (305 words)

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