Economic and Social Council

The Commission for Social Development continued its annual session today with a ministerial forum examining how national policies can translate commitments made in both Copenhagen and Doha into reality.

As global inequalities deepen, speakers opening the Commission for Social Development’s annual session said social development and social justice are central — far from secondary — concerns and called for coordinated action to translate commitments into tangible change.

“Raw power” is testing the resilience of multilateralism, the UN’s Deputy Chief warned the Economic and Social Council today, urging Member States to “double down and deliver” concrete action to unlock financing for development, ease debt burdens and accelerate progress on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

The UN, its aid partners and the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo today launched the $1.4 billion Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan to help the country, which is suffering from one of the world’s most protracted and most neglected crises driven by conflict, displacement, climate shocks and epidemics.

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ opening remarks, as delivered by Deputy Secretary-General Amina J Mohammed, at the 2026 Economic and Social Council coordination segment, in New York today:

Amid mounting global tumult, meeting sustainable development targets will only be possible if Governments, civil society and the private sector share both tools and resources in defence of the world’s most vulnerable, officials told the Economic and Social Council’s annual Partnership Forum today.

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the 2026 Economic and Social Council Partnership Forum, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the commemoration of the eightieth anniversary of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) “ECOSOC80:  A Turning Point for Multilateralism”, in New York today:

The Economic and Social Council today adopted without a vote a resolution concerning the Commission on the Status of Women, even as many delegates regretted that the text missed opportunities for a genuine revitalization of that body.

The Economic and Social Council commenced its 2026 session today, and as Canada handed its presidency to Nepal, speakers pointed to the important role that the organ must play in responding to the myriad challenges of the moment.