--- title: Structure of the Economic and Social Council url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/structure-of-the-economic-and-social-council-1946/ description: 'United Nations organisation chart in grey and black: the General Assembly at top, the Economic and Social Council below it, then standing committees.' section: Collection --- 1. [Home](https://propagandaarchive.org/) 2. [Collection](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/) 3. Structure of the Economic and Social Council [![Structure of the Economic and Social Council, 1946 Transnational poster: United Nations organisation chart in grey and black](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/structure-of-the-economic-and-social-council-1946.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/structure-of-the-economic-and-social-council-1946.jpg) # Structure of the Economic and Social Council United Nations organisation chart in grey and black: the General Assembly at top, the Economic and Social Council below it, then standing committees, eight commissions, subcommissions and nine specialized agencies in circles, with a dotted line to non-governmental organizations. It is an explanatory diagram, and the technique is faint here, the closest being transfer through the look of institutional order. ## Propaganda techniques used in this poster [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/) ## Text on the object Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked ``` STRUCTURE OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL AS CONSTITUTED AT THE CONCLUSION OF ITS SECOND SESSION GENERAL ASSEMBLY ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL 18 members elected for 3 years by General Assembly, each with one vote. DECIDES BY SIMPLE MAJORITY OF THOSE PRESENT AND VOTING. STANDING COMMITTEES COMMITTEE ON NEGOTIATIONS WITH SPECIALIZED AGENCIES COMMITTEE ON ARRANGEMENTS FOR CONSULTATION WITH NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS *Members of Commissions are representatives of Member States elected by the Council: "corresponding members" are appointed by the Council in their individual capacity. Members are elected for 3-year terms. COMMISSIONS* ECONOMIC AND EMPLOYMENT (15 members plus 10-15 corresponding members) ESTABLISHED ECONOMIC RECONSTRUCTION OF DEVASTATED AREAS (Temporary) (20 members) TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS (15 members) STATISTICAL (12 members plus up to 12 corresponding members) HUMAN RIGHTS (18 members) STATUS OF WOMEN (15 members) SOCIAL (18 members) NARCOTIC DRUGS (15 members) SUBCOMMISSIONS TO BE ESTABLISHED EMPLOYMENT BALANCE OF PAYMENTS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STATISTICAL SAMPLING (up to 9 members) FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND THE PRESS PROTECTION OF MINORITIES PREVENTION OF DISCRIMINATION SPECIALIZED AGENCIES FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND PROVISIONAL INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (Interim Commission functioning) INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ORGANIZATION (To be established) WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION (To be established) DRAFT AGREEMENTS RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL BY GENERAL ASSEMBLY NEGOTIATIONS FOR AGREEMENTS TO BE UNDERTAKEN NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS ISSUED BY UNITED NATIONS, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INFORMATION ``` [← Start the day right with a real breakfast](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/start-the-day-right-with-a-real-breakfast-va-1946/) [Structure of the General Assembly →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/structure-of-the-general-assembly-1946/) ## More propaganda examples that use the same techniques - [Fragments of the Abydos king list from Ramesses II's temple, in the British Museum: rows of royal cartouches](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/abydos-king-list-ramesses-ii-temple-british-museum/) (New Kingdom Egypt · 0000 · Card stacking, Transfer) - [Clay cylinder with the Ehulhul inscription of Nabonidus, king of Babylon, describing work on three temples](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/cylinder-nabonidus-ehulhul-inscription-555bce/) (Neo Babylonian Empire · 0000 · Transfer) - [Seated limestone statue of Hatshepsut as king, with feminine royal titles on the throne, reassembled from fragments broken up at Deir el-Bahri](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/hatshepsut-seated-statue-limestone-met-1458bce/) (New Kingdom Egypt · 0000 · Transfer, Testimonial) - [Glazed-brick panel with a striding lion, from Babylon (reign of Nebuchadnezzar II)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/ishtar-gate-panel-striding-lion-nebuchadnezzar-ii-604bce/) (Neo Babylonian Empire · 0000 · Transfer) - [Limestone relief block of Ramesses II wearing the White Crown, a jubilee relief from his temple at Herakleopolis](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/jubilee-relief-ramesses-ii-herakleopolis-met-05-4-256/) (New Kingdom Egypt · 0000 · Transfer) - [Line drawing of the Great Kadesh battle relief on the walls of the Ramesseum, from Breasted's History of Egypt](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/kadesh-relief-ramesseum-breasted-drawing-1275bce/) (New Kingdom Egypt · 0000 · Card stacking, Transfer). Content note: A drawing of an Egyptian royal battle relief showing Hittite soldiers and horses killed and drowned, as the king's monument presented the battle; it is a one-sided image made by the winning side's own account. - [Gypsum alabaster slab inscribed in cuneiform, from Nimrud (Kalhu), reign of Ashurnasirpal II](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/nimrud-slab-ashurnasirpal-ii-inscription-883bce/) (Neo Assyrian Empire · 0000 · Transfer, Glittering generalities) - [Egyptian alabaster jar inscribed with the name of Xerxes the Great in four languages (Old Persian, Elamite, Babylonian, Egyptian), 486 to 466 BCE](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/xerxes-jar-four-languages-486bce/) (Achaemenid Empire · 0000 · Transfer)