Bureau

The Bureau of the Economic and Social Council is elected by the Council at large in July. The Bureau's main functions are to propose the agenda, draw up a programme of work and organize the session with the support of the United Nations Secretariat.

Bureau members for 2026 cycle:

President of ECOSOC: His Excellency Lok Bahadur Thapa, Permanent Representative of Nepal

Vice-Presidents of ECOSOC:

His Excellency Amar Bendjama, Permanent Representative of Algeria

His Excellency Paruyr Hovhannisyan, Permanent Representative of Armenia

His Excellency Wellington Darío Bencosme Castaños, Permanent Representative of the Dominican Republic

His Excellency Héctor José Gómez Hernández, Permanent Representative of Spain