<aside> 💡 The Economic and Social Council was established by the United Nations in 1945. The Council consists of 54 member states that serve for a 3 year term. The aim of ECOSOC is to help the United Nations establish stronger economic development in countries and situations and stronger social cooperation between states and situations.
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Overview of ECOSOC: general agenda
The issues that are debated in ECOSOC have an impact on both society and the economy if left unresolved. By resolving one of these two aspects in a situation, the other can be solved easier as funding and economics has been taken care of, or social cooperation has been established allowing people to work together to solve the remainder of the problem.
ECOSOC tries to provide solutions to economically related social problems, which prevent societies and countries from developing and having higher development.
Other aspects that are debated in ECOSOC are in relation to health problems found across the world, and overcoming the economic challenge of providing health benefits, nutrition, education and other such aspects to less developed societies. In ECOSOC, issues concerning granting all members of society rights and freedoms regardless of their race, gender, age, status, religion and culture.
Debate structure
ECOSOC follows the debate procedure as that in the GA committees and in DC, EC, and HRC, however, also has the power to create sub committees in the UN and organisations in assisting a situation. In general, most conferences organise ECOSOC as one branch, rather than forming sub committees that deal with more specific topics.
Sample topics
Similar to GA topics, those in ECOSOC are approachable to those who are new to MUN, which is why both committees are recommended/introduced as beginner committees. Here are a list of topics from past SUZMUN conferences: