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Economic and Social Council commission

Economic and Social Council commission

6.7
A group set up by the UN Economic and Social Council to study and advise on economic or social issues
  • noun
  • Formal
translation icon : comisión del Consejo Económico y Social
  • The Economic and Social Council commission on human rights meets annually to review global progress.

Examples

  • She was appointed as a member of an Economic and Social Council commission focused on gender equality.

  • The Economic and Social Council commission met to discuss poverty alleviation.

  • A new Economic and Social Council commission was formed to study environmental challenges.

  • Many Economic and Social Council commissions focus on health issues.

  • A new Economic and Social Council commission was formed to study environmental challenges.

  • She was appointed as a member of an Economic and Social Council commission focused on gender equality.

  • The Economic and Social Council commission on human rights meets annually to review global progress.

Synonyms

ECOSOC commission
vsEconomic and Social Council commission
  • Formal
7.2

A group set up by the United Nations Economic and Social Council to work on a global issue

focuses on specific economic and social issues rather than broader global ones

Surface Forms

Economic and Social Council commission singular
Economic and Social Council commissions plural

Morphology

economic + and + social + council + commission

The phrase is fully compositional: 'Economic and Social Council' can be understood as a council dealing with economic and social matters and 'commission' denotes a formal committee appointed by that council, so a learner who knows the constituent words can infer the intended meaning. This structure mirrors common noun-modifier + noun patterns cross-linguistically and does not require idiomatic knowledge beyond recognizing it as an institutional name.

Etymology

Economic and Social Council commission comes from the United Nations idea of a large council called the Economic and Social Council creating a small expert group, a commission, to study one problem. So, it means 'a commission established by the Economic and Social Council' to look at a specific economic or social issue.