CHANAKYA NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY,

NYAYA NAGAR, MITHAPUR, PATNA – 800001.

TOPIC – ECONOMIC & SOCIAL COUNCIL OF UN

ROUGH DRAFT SUBMITTED IN THE PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF
THE COURSE TITLED – POLITICAL SCIENCE- II

SUBMITTED TO:

Dr. S. P. Singh
(Professor of Political Science & Dean Social Sciences and Humanities)

SUBMITTED BY : AYUSH KUMAR

ROLL NO : 2115
SEMESTER : FIRST
SESSION : 2019-2024
COURSE : B.A. LL.B. (Hons.)
INTRODUCTION
ECOSOC was built up by the UN Charter (1945), which was altered in 1965 and 1974 to build
the quantity of individuals from 18 to 54. It is one of the six principle organs of United Nations.
ECOSOC participation depends on geographic portrayal: 14 seats are designated to Africa, 11 to
Asia, 6 to Eastern Europe, 10 to Latin America and the Caribbean, and 13 to Western Europe and
different zones. Members are chosen for three-year terms by the General Assembly. Four of the
five perpetual members from the Security Council have been ceaselessly reappointed in light of
the fact that they give financing to the greater part of ECOSOC's spending limit, which is the
biggest of any UN auxiliary body. Choices are taken by straightforward dominant part vote. The
administration of ECOSOC changes every year.

The gathering was intended to be the UN's primary scene for the conversation of worldwide
financial and social issues. ECOSOC conducts examines; plans goals, suggestions, and shows for
thought by the General Assembly; and directions the exercises of different UN associations. The
majority of ECOSOC's work is acted in practical commissions on themes, for example, human
rights, opiates, populace, social improvement, insights, the status of ladies, and science and
innovation; the gathering additionally administers provincial commissions for Europe, Asia and
the Pacific, Western Asia, Latin America, and Africa. The UN sanction permits ECOSOC to
concede consultative status to nongovernmental associations (NGOs). Starting in the mid-1990s,
measures were taken to expand the investment of such NGOs, and by the mid-21st century in
excess of 2,500 NGOs had been conceded consultative status.
At the ECOSOC World Summit in 2005, it was commanded that the gathering assemble yearly
pastoral surveys, intended to screen progress on globally concurred advancement objectives, and
a biennial Development Cooperation Forum. For conversation with regards to the United
Nations, see the area on the Economic and Social Council in the United Nations article.
There are nine various functional commissions of ECOSOC.
These are:-
1. Commission on the Status of Women
2. Commission on Sustainable Development
3. Commission for Social Development
4. United Nations Forum on Forests
5. Commission on Population and Development
6. Statistical Commission
7. Commission on Narcotic Drugs
8. Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
9. Commission on Science and Technology for Development