<P> President of the ECOSOC </P> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> www.un.org/en/ecosoc </Td> </Tr> <P> The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC; French: Conseil économique et social des Nations unies, CESNU) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations, responsible for coordinating the economic, social, and related work of 15 UN specialised agencies, their functional commissions and five regional commissions . The ECOSOC has 54 members . It holds one four - week session each year in July, and since 1998, it has also held an annual meeting in April with finance ministers heading key committees of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). </P> <P> The ECOSOC serves as the central forum for discussing international economic and social issues and formulating policy recommendations addressed to member states and the United Nations system . A number of non-governmental organisations have been granted consultative status to the Council to participate in the work of the United Nations . </P>

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