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United Nations (UN). Economic and Social Council



Syllabus of the Subject

IMF, World Bank, ECOSOC (United Nations System) Structure and Organization

  1. Introduction to the United Nations (UN)
  2. Structure and Organization
  3. Main bodies of the UN
  4. Agencies, programs, and subsidiary bodies of the UN
  5. Secretariat of the UN
  6. Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
  7. Human Development
  8. Millennium Development Goals
  9. United Nations System
  10. Relations between the UN and the WTO



United Nations Conventions
  1. Global Compact of the UN
  2. United Nations Convention Against Corruption
  3. Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
  4. Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others (1949)
  5. Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery (1956)

Sample:
International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods. Economic Commission for Europe

United Nations conventions related to international transport:

  1. United Nations Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea (Hamburg Rules). Hague Rules
  2. United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea (Rotterdam Rules) New York, 2008
  3. CMR Convention (UN)
  4. International Party Identification and Location Codes (LOCODES)
  5. Customs Convention on Containers (CCC, UN) 1972
  6. Convention Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods
  7. UN Trade Facilitation Implementation Guide

United Nations conventions related to international payments:

  1. United Nations Convention on Independent Guarantees and Stand-by Letters of Credit
  2. UNCITRAL Model Law on International Credit Transfers
  3. United Nations Convention on International Bills of Exchange and International Promissory Notes
  4. United Nations Convention on the Transfer of Credits in International Trade

Vienna Convention


The objectives of the subject “United Nations (UN)” are the following:

  1. To understand the purposes and structure of the UN
  2. To know the role of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
  3. To explore the UN System
  4. To understand the role of the UN on the human development in the world
  5. To know the specialized agencies, programs, conventions, agreements and subsidiary organs of the UN
  6. To know how to analyze the socio-economic information offered by the different portals of the UN

Online Students, Master in International Business and Foreign Trade

The Subject “United Nations” belongs to the following Online Programs taught by EENI Global Business School:

Masters: International Business, Foreign Trade.

Masters in International Business and Foreign Trade (MIB)

Doctorate: World Trade.

Doctorate in International Business (DIB) Online

Languages: Masters, Doctorate, International Business, English or Study Doctorate in International Business in French Nations Unies Study Master Doctorate in International Business in Spanish Naciones Unidas.

Area of Knowledge: Globalization.

No to Corruption in International Business (Course, Master, Doctorate)

INTCODE EENIEENI Global Business School is a member of the International Commission on Distance Learning (ECOSOC United Nations) (INTCODE).

The United Nations was created in 1945 by fifty-one countries with the objective of maintaining the peace through the international cooperation and global security. Every nation belongs to the UN.

The UN consists of the:

  1. General Assembly
  2. Security Council
  3. Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
  4. Trusteeship Council
  5. Secretariat

International Maritime Organization (IMO) FAL Convention, SOLAS, Transport of goods by Sea

All these institutions are based at in New York. The International Court of Justice is in the Hague (the Netherlands).

The mission of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) is to coordinate the economic and social work of the UN. As the central forum for the debate about international economics, foreign trade, and social topics and formulating policy suggestions, the Economic and Social Council plays a key function in the international cooperation encouragement.

The Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam.

United Nations System

The International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and other twelve institutions (“specialized agencies”) are linked to the UN through agreements. All these institutions have their regulations, budgets, and secretariats. Together with the UN; they are known as the UN System.

Global Compact United Nations


The member states of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) are Algeria, Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Botswana, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Comoros, Chad, DR Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Egypt, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gambia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, São Tomé, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Togo, Tunisia, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

The member states of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) are Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, the Emirates, and Yemen.

The member states of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) are Afghanistan, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, Fiji, France, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Kyrgyz Republic, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, North Korea, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Russia, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, South Korea, Tajikistan, Thailand, East Timor, Tonga, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, UK, U.S., Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, and Vietnam.

  1. The Associate members (ESCAP) are American Samoa, Cook Islands, French Polynesia, Hong Kong, Macau, New Caledonia, Niue, and the Northern Mariana Islands

The member states of the Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) are Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, UK, U.S., Uzbekistan.

The member states of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) are Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Germany, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, South Korea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Spain, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, UK, U.S., Uruguay, and Venezuela.

  1. The associate members (Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean) are Anguilla, Aruba, British Virgin Islands, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States Virgin Islands

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Madrid System: International Trademark Registration




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