Welcome to the United Nations 
-
Trusteeship Chamber, UNHQ
The joint meeting of the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council, in cooperation with the Office for Disarmament Affairs, aims to raise awareness of the importance of addressing small arms and light weapons in a holistic manner. It…
-
The Development Cooperation Forum (DCF) will be held on Wednesday, 12 March, and Thursday, 13 March 2025. The Development Cooperation Forum (DCF) is a multi-stakeholder platform within the United Nations established to address trends and…
-
UNHQ
The sixty-ninth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) will take place at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 10 to 21 March 2025.In 2025, the global community will mark the thirtieth anniversary of the Fourth World…
-
UNHQ
The Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) will hold its sixty-seventh session from Monday, 10 March, to Friday, 14 March, 2025 in Vienna.The Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) was established to assist ECOSOC in supervising the application of the…
-
UNHQ
The Statistical Commission will hold its fifty-sixth session from Tuesday, 4 March, to Friday, 7 March, 2025.The Statistical Commission is a functional commission of ECOSOC with a membership of 24 countries. It is the highest decision-making body…
-
Bangkok, Thailand
The Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) took place from 25 to 28 February 2025 under the theme: “Advancing sustainable, inclusive, science- and evidence-based solutions for the 2030 Agenda and its SDGs for leaving no one behind in…
-
UNHQ
The Committee for Development Policy (CDP) held its twenty-seventh session from Monday, 24 February, to Friday, 28 February 2025.The Committee for Development Policy (CDP), a subsidiary body of ECOSOC, advises the Council on a wide range of issues…
-
UNHQ
The 77th Session of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) took place on 10-28 February 2025. The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights is the body of 18 independent experts that monitors implementation of the…
-
UNHQ
The 63rd session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD) took place from 10 to 14 February 2025 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.The CSocD is one of the functional commissions of ECOSOC and provides advice to the UN on social…
-
UNHQ
The Coordination Segment of ECOSOC was held on Thursday, 6 February, and Friday, 7 February 2025. Through the Coordination Segment, the Council can more effectively fulfill its Charter role of coordinating its subsidiary bodies and the broader…
UNHQ
The ECOSOC Partnership Forum was held on Wednesday, 5 February 2025. The annual ECOSOC Partnership Forum, held early in the year, serves as a key platform for engaging a wide range of actors in the work of ECOSOC and the High-Level Political…
-
UNHQ
The 2025 regular session of the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations was held on 20-24, 30-31 January, 3 and 11 February 2025. The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations, a standing committee of the Economic and Social Council (…
-
UNHQ Conference Room 5
This course is an annual collaboration of UNITAR and DESA for the benefit of Member States to familiarize themselves with the role and functions of the Economic and Social Council and its methods of work; Identify and assess the main…