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Economic and Social Development
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The promotion of social progress and an improved standard of living as a precondition for the maintenance of international peace and security constitutes one of the central purposes of the UN Charter.
Consequently, a vast majority of the United Nations' resources are devoted to raising the standards of living, promoting full employment and economic and social progress.
The Economic and Social Council - ECOSOC - oversees and coordinates
the economic and social work of the United Nations, its funds and programs and specialized agencies.
Documentation
Yearbook of the United Nations, Part Three: Economic and Social Development provides an excellent overview of the work of the United Nations with a detailed subject index. A complete collection of yearbooks is held by the Dag Hammarskjöld Library, Uppsala, and the Libraries at UN Headquarters in New York and Geneva. Since October 2008 the complete full text collection of The United Nations Yearbooks is available online at http://unyearbook.un.org/.
The official web site of the ECOSOC at the UN official web site, section Main Bodies, provides background information and full text documentation.
For more information on economic and social questions, see DagDok: Economic and Social Council, UN Offices, Programs and Funds, Specialized Agencies.
Databases and Indexes
The UN Library online catalogue UNBISnet contains reports, documents and articles related to UN activities with links to the complete text for recent years. A subject search can be performed using relevant terms from the UNBIS THESAURUS.
Section Development at the UN official web site serves as a web portal to relevant UN activities and progams.
A Gateway to the UN System's Work with the MDGs with background information on the Millennium Development Goals, reports and documents, news, statistics and links to UN bodies and programs is posted at the UN official web site.