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
- Date
- 1946
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- United Nations, Department of Public Information
- Region
- North America
- Country
- Transnational
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Mixed
- Regime
- No single regime or leader
- Leader
- No single regime or leader
- Audience
- Mixed
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Theme
- Economy and finance
- Event
- World War II
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
United Nations, Department of Public Information. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1825 (NAID 515504).
Text on the object
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
