The United Nations Economic and Social Council is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations,responsible for coordinating the economic and social fields of the organization,specifically in regards to the fifteen specialised agencies,the eight functional commissions,and the five regional commissions under its jurisdiction.
Dalius Čekuolis is a Lithuanian career diplomat who was Lithuania's Permanent Representative to the UN from 2006 to 2012,and since 2019 is Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania. Previously,he served as the President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC),a primary organ of the United Nations (2007),Chair of the Third Biennial Meeting of States to Consider the Implementation of the United Nations Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms to Prevent,Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All its Aspects (2008),Co-Chairman of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Revitalization of the General Assembly (2010-2011),as well as the Vice-minister of Foreign Affairs and an ambassador of Lithuania to several European countries.
The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs is part of the United Nations Secretariat and is responsible for the follow-up to major United Nations Summits and Conferences,as well as services to the United Nations Economic and Social Council and the Second and Third Committees of the United Nations General Assembly. UN DESA assists countries around the world in agenda-setting and decision-making with the goal of meeting their economic,social and environmental challenges. It supports international cooperation to promote sustainable development for all,having as a foundation the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as adopted by the UN General Assembly on 25 September 2015. In providing a broad range of analytical products,policy advice,and technical assistance,UN DESA effectively translates global commitments in the economic,social and environmental spheres into national policies and actions and continues to play a key role in monitoring progress towards internationally agreed-upon development goals. It is also a member of the United Nations Development Group.
Francesco Paolo Fulci was an Italian diplomat who served as Ambassador to the United Nations.
Munir Akram is a Pakistani diplomat currently serving for the second time as Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations. He had previously held the post from 2002 to 2008,during which time he also served two terms as President of the United Nations Security Council. On 23 July 2020 Akram was elected President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council,serving from July 2020 to July 2021.
Linah Kelebogile Mohohlo was a Botswana banker and university chancellor. She was the first female Governor of the Bank of Botswana from 1999 to 2016. She was also the first female Chancellor of the University of Botswana,serving from 2017 to 2021.
Sylvie Lucas was Luxembourg's ambassador to the United States of America from 2016 to 2019,having previously served as Permanent Representative to the United Nations from August 2008 to August 2016 and president of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) (2009–2010) and the Security Council (2014).
Indonesia officially became the 60th member of the United Nations on 29 September 1950,in accordance with the United Nations Security Council Resolution 86 two days before,and the United Nations General Assembly resolution number A/RES/491 (V) on the "admission of the Republic of Indonesia to membership in the United Nations",less than one year after the independence of Indonesia's by the Netherlands at the Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference in the Hague.
The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) is an independent think tank founded in 1990 working to shape and inform international policy on sustainable development governance. The institute has three offices in Canada - Winnipeg,Ottawa,and Toronto,and one office in Geneva,Switzerland. It has over 150 staff and associates working in over 30 countries.
The Sixty-Ninth session of the United Nations General Assembly opened on 16 September 2014. The President of the United Nations General Assembly was chosen from the African Group with Uganda's Sam Kutesa being the unanimous African Union's Executive Council's candidate,thus bypassing the need for an election.
Durga Prasad Bhattarai is a Nepali career diplomat who is currently the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Nepal to the United Nations in New York City. He serves concurrently as the Ambassador of Nepal to Bolivia,Ecuador,Peru and Venezuela.
The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is a charter member of the United Nations and served as one of the ten non-permanent members of the UN Security Council (2013–2014).
The International Association of Economic and Social Councils and Similar Institutions,an association under Dutch law,is established in Brussels,Belgium and has been founded on 1 July 1999,in Port Louis,Mauritius.
Mahmoud Saikal is a senior Afghan diplomat and an international development specialist. He was the Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to the United Nations from October 2015 until February 2019.
Marjatta Rasi was a Finnish diplomat. She represented Finland as Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN),and as Ambassador to many countries posted at New Delhi,Dhaka,Colombo,Kathmandu,Thimphu,and Vienna. She worked as Head of Finland's Development Agency. In 2004,she was President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). After serving in New York City in the United Nations from 1998 to 2004,she was also the Under Secretary of State for Development Policy in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Finland).
The Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ) is a functional commission of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) based in Vienna. The commission serves as the primary organ that guides the activities of the United Nations in the fields of crime prevention and criminal justice.
The president of the United Nations Economic and Social Council is the presiding officer of that body.
The United Nations Committee of Experts on Public Administration (CEPA) is an expert body that meets under the auspices of the United Nations Economic and Social Council in order to discuss and find ways to support the work of the Council by providing expert advice on matters concerning governance and public administration structures.
The Seventy-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly was the session of the United Nations General Assembly which ran from 16 September 2020 to 15 September 2021. The President for the session was Volkan Bozkır,who stated that the session's theme was "The future we want,the United Nations we need;reaffirming our collective commitment to multilateralism".
The Permanent Mission of Armenia to the United Nations is the diplomatic mission of Armenia to the United Nations.
