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5 unusual facts about United Nations Economic and Social Council


International Bill of Human Rights

The declaration was therefore submitted through the United Nations Economic and Social Council to the General Assembly, meeting in Paris.

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

A "Declaration on the Essential Rights of Man" had been proposed at the 1945 San Francisco Conference which led to the founding of the United Nations, and the Economic and Social Council was given the task of drafting it.

United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names

The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names (UNGEGN) is one of the seven expert groups of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and deals with the national and international standardization of geographical names.

Universal Periodic Review

and NGOs in consultative status with the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) have the opportunity to make ‘general comments’ before the adoption of the outcome report.

Vienna Convention on Road Traffic

The convention was agreed upon at the United Nations Economic and Social Council's Conference on Road Traffic (7 October 1968 - 8 November 1968) and done in Vienna on 8 November 1968.



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