U.N. Economic and Social Council

Turkey's membership to the U.N. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) was formally approved during a meeting in New York on July 25, the Foreign Ministry said on July 26.        

The Geneva-based human rights group UN Watch condemned the U.N.’s election of Saudi Arabia, “the world’s most misogynistic regime,” to a 2018-2022 term on its Commission on the Status of Women, the U.N. agency “exclusively dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women.”

Turkey's business world expressed sorrow over the Feb. 17 bomb attack targeting shuttles carrying military personnel in Ankara killed at least 28 people and wounded 61.