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PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW COMPENDIUM VOLUME I

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,

twenty-seven

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.

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

connection

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.

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 non-governmental

organizations which are concerned with matters within

its competence. Such arrangements may be made with

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