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Charter:

CHAPTER IX
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CO-OPERATION
Article 55
With a view to the creation of conditions of stability and well-being which are necessary for
peaceful and friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights
and self-determination of peoples, the United Nations shall promote:
a. higher standards of living, full employment, and conditions of economic and social progress
and development;
b. solutions of international economic, social, health, and related problems; and international
cultural and educational cooperation; and
c. universal respect for, and observance of, human rights and fundamental freedoms for all
without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion.
Article 56
All Members pledge themselves to take joint and separate action in co-operation with the
Organization for the achievement of the purposes set forth in Article 55.
Article 57
1. The various specialized agencies, established by intergovernmental agreement and
having wide international responsibilities, as defined in their basic instruments, in
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economic, social, cultural, educational, health, and related fields, shall be brought into
relationship with the United Nations in accordance with the provisions of Article 63.
2. Such agencies thus brought into relationship with the United Nations are hereinafter
referred to as specialized agencies.</ol.
Article 58
The Organization shall make recommendations for the co-ordination of the policies and
activities of the specialized agencies.
Article 59
The Organization shall, where appropriate, initiate negotiations among the states
concerned for the creation of any new specialized agencies required for the
accomplishment of the purposes set forth in Article 55.
Article 60
Responsibility for the discharge of the functions of the Organization set forth in this
Chapter shall be vested in the General Assembly and, under the authority of the
General Assembly, in the Economic and Social Council, which shall have for this
purpose the powers set forth in Chapter X.
CHAPTER X
THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL
COMPOSITION
Article 61
1. The Economic and Social Council shall consist of fifty-four Members of the United
Nations elected by the General Assembly.
2. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 3, eighteen members of the Economic and
Social Council shall be elected each year for a term of three years. A retiring member
shall be eligible for immediate re-election.
3. At the first election after the increase in the membership of the Economic and Social
Council from twenty-seven to fifty-four members, in addition to the members elected in
place of the nine members whose term of office expires at the end of that year, twentyseven
additional members shall be elected. Of these twenty-seven additional members,
the term of office of nine members so elected shall expire at the end of one year, and of
nine other members at the end of two years, in accordance with arrangements made by
the General Assembly.
4. Each member of the Economic and Social Council shall have one representative.
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FUNCTIONS and POWERS
Article 62
1. The Economic and Social Council may make or initiate studies and reports with respect
to international economic, social, cultural, educational, health, and related matters and
may make recommendations with respect to any such matters to the General Assembly
to the Members of the United Nations, and to the specialized agencies concerned.
2. It may make recommendations for the purpose of promoting respect for, and
observance of, human rights and fundamental freedoms for all.
3. It may prepare draft conventions for submission to the General Assembly, with respect
to matters falling within its competence.
4. It may call, in accordance with the rules prescribed by the United Nations, international
conferences on matters falling within its competence.
Article 63
1. The Economic and Social Council may enter into agreements with any of the agencies
referred to in Article 57, defining the terms on which the agency concerned shall be
brought into relationship with the United Nations. Such agreements shall be subject to
approval by the General Assembly.
2. It may co-ordinate the activities of the specialized agencies through consultation with
and recommendations to such agencies and through recommendations to the General
Assembly and to the Members of the United Nations.
Article 64
1. The Economic and Social Council may take appropriate steps to obtain regular reports
from the specialized agencies. It may make arrangements with the Members of the
United Nations and with the specialized agencies to obtain reports on the steps taken
to give effect to its own recommendations and to recommendations on matters falling
within its competence made by the General Assembly.
2. It may communicate its observations on these reports to the General Assembly.
Article 65
The Economic and Social Council may furnish information to the Security Council and shall
assist the Security Council upon its request.
Article 66
1. The Economic and Social Council shall perform such functions as fall within its
competence in connexion with the carrying out of the recommendations of the General
Assembly.
2. It may, with the approval of the General Assembly, perform services at the request of
Members of the United Nations and at the request of specialized agencies.
3. It shall perform such other functions as are specified elsewhere in the present Charter
or as may be assigned to it by the General Assembly.
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VOTING
Article 67
1. Each member of the Economic and Social Council shall have one vote.
2. Decisions of the Economic and Social Council shall be made by a majority of the
members present and voting.

PROCEDURE
Article 68
The Economic and Social Council shall set up commissions in economic and social fields and
for the promotion of human rights, and such other commissions as may be required for the
performance of its functions.
Article 69
The Economic and Social Council shall invite any Member of the United Nations to participate,
without vote, in its deliberations on any matter of particular concern to that Member.
Article 70
The Economic and Social Council may make arrangements for representatives of the
specialized agencies to participate, without vote, in its deliberations and in those of the
commissions established by it, and for its representatives to participate in the deliberations of
the specialized agencies.
Article 71
The Economic and Social Council may make suitable arrangements for consultation with nongovernmental
organizations which are concerned with matters within its competence. Such
arrangements may be made with International Organizations and, where appropriate, with
national organizations after consultation with the Member of the United Nations concerned.
Article 72
1. The Economic and Social Council shall adopt its own rules of procedure, including the
method of selecting its President.
2. The Economic and Social Council shall meet as required in accordance with its rules,
which shall include provision for the convening of meetings on the request of a
majority of its members.
CHAPTER XI
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DECLARATION REGARDING NON-SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORIES
Article 73
Members of the United Nations which have or assume responsibilities for the administration of
territories whose peoples have not yet attained a full measure of self-government recognize the
principle that the interests of the inhabitants of these territories are paramount, and accept as
a sacred trust the obligation to promote to the utmost, within the system of international peace
and security established by the present Charter, the well-being of the inhabitants of these
territories, and, to this end:
a. to ensure, with due respect for the culture of the peoples concerned, their political,
economic, social, and educational advancement, their just treatment, and their protection
against abuses;
b. to develop self-government, to take due account of the political aspirations of the peoples,
and to assist them in the progressive development of their free political institutions, according
to the particular circumstances of each territory and its peoples and their varying stages of
advancement;
c. to further international peace and security;
d. to promote constructive measures of development, to encourage research, and to cooperate
with one another and, when and where appropriate, with specialized international
bodies with a view to the practical achievement of the social, economic, and scientific
purposes set forth in this Article; and
e. to transmit regularly to the Secretary-General for information purposes, subject to such
limitation as security and constitutional considerations may require, statistical and other
information of a technical nature relating to economic, social, and educational conditions in
the territories for which they are respectively responsible other than those territories to which
Chapters XII and XIII apply.
Article 74
Members of the United Nations also agree that their policy in respect of the territories to which
this Chapter applies, no less than in respect of their metropolitan areas, must be based on the
general principle of good-neighbourliness, due account being taken of the interests and wellbeing
of the rest of the world, in social, economic, and commercial matters.

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