Staff display empty ballot boxes during the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) election at the UN headquarters in New York, June 14, 2019. China on Friday was elected to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the coordinating body for the economic and social work of UN agencies and funds. China won 177 votes from the UN member states, who cast their votes at the General Assembly hall at the UN Headquarters in New York. A total of 18 new members were elected on Friday. Other elected members are Benin, Botswana, The Congo, Gabon, Bangladesh, Republic of Korea, Thailand, Latvia, Montenegro, the Russian Federation, Colombia, Nicaragua, Panama, Australia, Finland, Norway and Switzerland. (Xinhua/Li Muzi)
UNITED NATIONS, June 14 (Xinhua) -- China on Friday was elected to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the coordinating body for the economic and social work of UN agencies and funds.
China won 177 votes from the UN member states, who cast their votes at the General Assembly hall at the UN Headquarters in New York.
A total of 18 new members were elected on Friday. Other elected members are Benin, Botswana, The Congo, Gabon, Bangladesh, Republic of Korea, Thailand, Latvia, Montenegro, the Russian Federation, Colombia, Nicaragua, Panama, Australia, Finland, Norway and Switzerland.
ECOSOC serves as the central forum for discussing international economic and social issues and formulating policy recommendations addressed to member states and the UN system.
The council has 54 member states out of the 193 UN member states, which are elected each year by the General Assembly for overlapping three-year terms. Seats on the Council are allotted based on geographical representation with 14 allocated to African states, 11 to Asian states, six to Eastern European states, 10 to Latin American and Caribbean states, and 13 to Western European and other states.
