DUSHANBE, June 15 2016, Asia-Plus – On June 14, 2016, Tajikistan was elected to become a member of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for the term 2017-2019,
According to the Permanent Mission of Tajikistan to the United Nations, 18 countries were elected yesterday to become members of the Economic and Social Council.
In the course of elections of 18 new ECOSOC members at the UN General Assembly on June 14, Tajikistan was supported by 183 out of 185 UN member states participating in the voting, considerably exceeding the required minimum of two-thirds of the votes.
The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations, responsible for coordinating the economic, social and related work of 14 UN specialized agencies, their functional commissions and five regional commissions.
The ECOSOC serves as the central forum for discussing international economic and social issues, and for formulating policy recommendations addressed to member states and the United Nations system.
The Council”s 54 member Governments are elected by the General Assembly for overlapping three-year terms. Seats on the Council are allotted based on geographical representation with fourteen allocated to African States, eleven to Asian States, six to Eastern European States, ten to Latin American and Caribbean States, and thirteen to Western European and other States.
