Nepal was elected on 8 November 2012 as a board member of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for a three year term starting from January 2013. Nepal along with seventeen other countries was elected as board members. Nepal was elected with 131 votes out of the total 194 in the UN General Assembly.
The fifty-four member ESOSOC is one of the principal organs of the UN which coordinates the economic, social and related work of the UN and its specialized agencies and institutions.
About ECOSOC:
The world’s economic, social and environmental challenges are ECOSOC’s concern. A founding UN Charter body established in 1946, the Council is the place where such issues are discussed and debated, and policy recommendations issued.
As such, ECOSOC has broad responsibility for some 70% of the human and financial resources of the entire UN system, including 14 specialized agencies, 9 “functional” commissions, and five regional commissions.ECOSOC MEMBERS
The Council's 54 member Governments are elected by the General Assembly for overlapping three-year terms. Seats on the Council are allotted based on geographical representation with fourteen allocated to African States, eleven to Asian States, six to Eastern European States, ten to Latin American and Caribbean States, and thirteen to Western European and other States.
Country
| Term expires on 31 December | |
|---|---|
| Argentina | 2012 |
| Australia | 2013 |
| Bahamas | 2012 |
| Bangladesh | 2012 |
| Belarus | 2014 |
| Brazil | 2014 |
| Bulgaria | 2013 |
| Burkina Faso | 2014 |
| Cameroon | 2013 |
| Canada | 2012 |
| Chile | 2012 |
| China | 2013 |
| Comoros | 2012 |
| Cuba | 2014 |
| Dominican Republic | 2014 |
| Ecuador | 2013 |
| Egypt | 2012 |
| El Salvador | 2014 |
| Ethiopia | 2014 |
| Finland | 2013 |
| France | 2014 |
| Gabon | 2013 |
| Germany | 2014 |
| Ghana | 2012 |
| India | 2014 |
| Indonesia | 2014 |
| Iraq | 2012 |
| Ireland | 2014 |
| Italy | 2012 |
| Japan | 2014 |
| Latvia | 2013 |
| Lesotho | 2014 |
| Libya | 2014 |
| Malawi | 2013 |
| Mexico | 2013 |
| Mongolia | 2012 |
| Netherlands | 2012 |
| Nicaragua | 2013 |
| Nigeria | 2014 |
| Pakistan | 2013 |
| Philippines | 2012 |
| Qatar | 2013 |
| Republic of Korea | 2013 |
| Russian Federation | 2013 |
| Rwanda | 2012 |
| Senegal | 2013 |
| Slovakia | 2012 |
| Spain | 2014 |
| Switzerland | 2013 |
| Turkey | 2014 |
| Ukraine | 2012 |
| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 2013 |
| United States of America | 2012 |
| Zambia | 2012 |
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