The United Nations Economic and Social Council is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations, responsible for coordinating the economic, social, and related work of 15 UN specialized agencies, their functional commissions and five regional commissions. It serves as the central forum for discussing international economic and social issues and formulating policy recommendations addressed to member states and the United Nations system.
Issues
The Issues for 2018 are:
The Question of:
- Addressing sexual misconduct in LEDCs by the personnel of UNOs and NGOs
- Guaranteeing the rights of sweatshop workers by actors along the value chain
- Brain drain in conflict areas
- Local accountability and taxation of the globally operating web-based service industry
Rules of Procedure
The Economic and Social Council follows the standard Rules of Procedure, which means it is not an ad-hoc committee
Current Members
The members of the ECOSOC are: Afghanistan, Algeria, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Canada, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, El Salvador, France, Ghana, India, Iraq, Ireland, Japan, Lebanon, Mexico, Nigeria, Peru, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Turkey, United Kingdom, the United States of America, Venezuela, Vietnam
Student Officers
Sanne van den Brande (President) and Sumneet Kaur (Deputy-President) will be the Student Officers for the Economic and Social Council at LEMUN 2018