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Word: ecosoc (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) required bizarre behind-the-scenes maneuvering. Last week the Assembly's 114 delegates found themselves stealthily marking unofficial secret ballots in a tiny alcove off the vast Assembly Hall to decide whether Gabon or Guinea would fill the final seat of ECOSOC (the six-member Economic and Social Council...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: United Nations: Embarrassed & Embittered | 2/19/1965 | See Source »

...world's population will be more than 3 billion, reported the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Population: On to 4 Billion | 4/14/1961 | See Source »

...rate of population growth is still rising. ECOSOC estimates that it will soon reach 2% a year, or double the rate of the years just before World War II. This means a population increase of roughly 50 million a year. At this rate, the world will have 4 billion people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Population: On to 4 Billion | 4/14/1961 | See Source »

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