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Session Reports
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ECOSOC conducts two regular sessions each year. The organizational session is held in the spring in New York and the substantive sessions in July, altering between New York and Geneva.
The annual substantive session includes a high-level segment attended by Ministers and other high officials to discuss major economic, social and humanitarian issues. ECOSOC adopts a declaration from this meeting with policy guidance and recommendations for action.
ECOSOC also deals with issues such as coordination between the UN bodies, UN development cooperation activities and other matters dealt with by its subsidiary bodies.
The year-around work of ECOSOC is carried out by its subsidiary organs - functional and regional commissions and standing committees and expert bodies. They meet regularly and report to the Council.
Documentation
Sessional documents from ECOSOC carry the following symbols:
E/ Economic and Social Council |
-/year |
-/sequential number |
Ex. E/2004/18 Economic and Social Council, 2004, document no 18 |
NB! ECOSOC documents do not include session numbers. For documents prior to 1978, the year was excluded.
Full text documents for recent years are posted at the official web site of the United Nations, section Documents, Economic and Social Council.
An important part of the documents are the annual reports of the commissions and committees.
ECOSOC sessional documents in print for the period 1946-1992 are included in the UN collection of the Dag Hammarskjöld Library, Uppsala, and the Libraries at UN Headquarters in New York and Geneva. From 1993 onwards they can be accessed electronically through the United Nations Official Document System - ODS.
Databases and Indexes
References to ECOSOC sessional documents from 1979 onwards with links to full texts for recent years can be retrieved from the UN online catalogue - UNBISnet.
Printed Indexes