The United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress and human rights issues. The UN was founded in 1945 to replace the League of Nations, in the hope that it would intervene in conflicts between states and thereby avoid war. […]

About The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), established by the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Resolution 11(II) of 21 June 1946. With gender-equality and advancement of women as its focus, CSW’s mandates include drafting recommendations and reports to the Council on promoting women’s rights, the monitoring of implementation of measure for the advancement […]

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations global development network, is the largest multilateral source of development assistance in the world. It was founded in 1965 to combine the Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance and the United Nations Special Fund. In 1971, the two organizations were fully combined into the UNDP. The UNDP is […]

The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), located in Bangkok, , is the regional arm of the United Nations Secretariat for the Asian and Pacific region. It was established in 1947 (then as the UN Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East) to encourage economic cooperation among its […]

The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UNESCWA or ESCWA), headquartered in Beirut, , is one of the five regional commissions under the administrative direction of the (ECOSOC). UNESCWA promotes economic and social development of Western Asia through regional and subregional cooperation and integration. It devises, promotes, and executes development assistance activities […]

The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) was established under the Charter to coordinate economic, social, and related work of the 14 UN specialized agencies, functional commissions and five regional commissions. It has 54 members, all of whom are elected by the General Assembly for a three-year term. Seats on the Council are based […]

  The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) was founded in 1958 to encourage economic cooperation among its member states (the nations of the African continent). It is one of five regional commissions under the administrative direction of headquarters. With its main offices in Addis Ababa, , the ECA has 53 member states and […]

The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNECLAC or ECLAC, CEPAL in Spanish) was established in 1948 (then as the UN Economic Commission for Latin America, or UNECLA) to encourage economic cooperation among its member states. In 1984, a resolution was passed to include the countries of the Caribbean in the […]