Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)

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

EcoSoc is one of the six main UN organs which were established by the UN Charter in 1954.

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

It supervises ‘the subsidiary and expert bodies in the economic, social and environmental fields.’

The ECOSOC has a total of 54 members.

Headquarters: New York, United States.

India has won its re-election to ECOSOC for another three-year term.

India was one among the 18 nations to win election to the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).

A country requires two-thirds of the total votes to become a member of ECOSOC.