DUSHANBE, July 4, 2016, Asia-Plus -- According to the Tajik MFA information department, Mr. Mahmadamin Mahmadaminov, Tajikistan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, has been elected Deputy Chairman of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for 2017.

The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations, responsible for coordinating the economic, social and related work of 14 UN specialized 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 a meeting of April with finance ministers heading key committees of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

The ECOSOC serves as the central forum for discussing international economic and social issues, and for formulating policy recommendations addressed to member states and the United Nations system.  A number of non-governmental organizations have been granted consultative status to the Council to participate in the work of the United Nations.