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ECA/

Economic Commission for Africa (ECA or UNECA)

  • Established by E/RES/671 A (XXV) of 29 Apr. 1958
  • Commission meets annually
    • Since 2008 the annual session is part of the joint meetings of the African Union Conference of African Ministers of Economy and Finance and the ECA Conference of African Ministers of Finance Planning and Economic Development
  • Annual report
  • Flagship publications
    • African Statistical Yearbook
    • Economic Report on Africa
  • Institutional Knowledge Repository
  • Knowledge Services Section
  • Executive Secretaries
    • 2017- : Vera Songwe (Cameroon)
      • Press release SG/A/1721-BIO/4951-REC/264
    • 2012-2016: Carlos Lopes (Guinea-Bissau)
      • Press release SG/A/1338-AFR/2360-REC/248
    • 2005-2012: Abdoulie Janneh (Gambia)
      • Press release SG/A/941-BIO/3698 [2005]
    • 1995-2005: Kingsley Y. Amoako (Ghana)
      • Press release SG/A/600 [1995], press release BIO/2929-ECA/666 [1995]
    • 1992-1995: Layashi Yaker (Algeria)
      • Press release SG/A/502-ECA/657 [1992], ST/SGB/258
    • 1991-1992: Issa Ben Yacine Diallo (Guinea) (Acting)
      • Press release SG/A/461-BIO/2570-ECA/651 [1991]
    • 1975-1991: Adebayo Adedeji (Nigeria)
      • Press release SG/A/165-BIO/1194-ECA/525 [1975]
    • 1961-1975: Robert K. A. Gardiner (Ghana) 
      • Press release SG/1126-ECA/55 [1962]
    • 1959-1961: Mekki Abbas (Sudan)
      • Press release SG/1126-ECA/55 [1962]

ECAFE/

Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)

  • Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East (ECAFE) established by E/RES/37 (IV) of 28 Mar. 1947
  • Renamed Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) by E/RES/1895 (LVII) of 1 Aug. 1974
  • Annual report
  • Flagship publications
    • Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment Report
    • Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific
    • Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific
  • ESCAP Statistical Database
  • ESCAP Library
  • Executive Secretaries
    • 2018- :  Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana (Indonesia)
      • Press release SG/A/1834 - BIO/5140 - REC/274 [2018]
    • 2014-2018 : Shamshad Akhtar (Pakistan) 
      • Press release SG/A/1445-BIO/4552-REC/254 [2013]
    • 2007-2014: Noeleen Heyzer (Singapore)
      • Press release SG/A/1080-BIO/3900-REC/215 [2007]
    • 2000-2007: Kim Hak-Su (Republic of Korea)
      • Press release SG/A/730-REC/86 [2000]
    • 1995-2000: Adrianus Mooy (Indonesia)
      • Press release SG/A/600 [1995], BIO/2931-ESCAP/238 [1995]
    • 1992-1994: Rafeeuddin Ahmed (Pakistan)
      • ST/SGB/249, press release SG/A/478/Rev.1-BIO/2632-ESCAP/176/Rev.1 [1992]
    • 1981-1992: Shah A. M. S. Kibria (Bangladesh)
      • Press release SG/A/255-ESCAP/72 [1981]
    • 1973-1981: Johan Boudewyn Paul Maramis (Indonesia)
      • Press release BIO/993-ECAFE/908 [1973]
    • 1959-1973: U Nyun (Myanmar)
    • 1956-1959: Chakravarthi V. Narasimhan (India)
    • 1947-1956: Palamadai S. Lokanathan (India)

ECE/

Economic Commission for Europe (ECE or UNECE)

  • Established by E/RES/36 (IV) of 28 Mar. 1947 
  • Biennial report
  • Statistical Database
  • Compendium of Legal Instruments, Norms and Standards
  • Flagship Publication 
  • Executive Secretaries
    • 2017- : Olga Algayerová (Slovakia)
      • Press release SG/A/1722-BIO/4952-REC/265
    • 2014-2017: Christian Friis Bach (Denmark)
      • Press release SG/A/1479-BIO/4602-REC/256 [2014]
    • 2012-2014: Sven Alkalaj (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
      • Press release SG/A/1333-REC/247 [2012]
    • 2009-2011: Ján Kubiš (Slovakia)
      • Press release SG/A/1168-BIO/4049-REC/225 [2008]
    • 2005-2008: Marek Belka (Poland)
      • Press release SG/A/963-BIO/3723-REC/199 [2005]
    • 2002-2005: Brigita Schmögnerová  (Slovakia)
      • Press release SG/A/789-BIO/3408-REC/101 [2002]
    • 2000-2001: Danuta Hubner (Poland)
      • Press release SG/A/731/Rev.1-BIO/3288/Rev.1-REC/88/Rev.1 [2000]
    • 1993-2000: Yves Berthelot (France)
      • ST/SGB/265, press release SG/A/554-BIO/2822-ECE/455 [1993]
    • 1987-1993: Gerald Hinteregger (Austria)
      • Press release SG/A/375-BIO/2227-ECE/443 [1986]
    • 1983-1986: Klaus Aksel Sahlgren (Finland)
      • Press release SG/A/290-BIO/1904 [1982]
    • 1968-1982: Janez Stanovnik (Yugoslavia)
    • 1960-1967: Vladimir Velebit (Yugoslavia)
    • 1957-1960: Sakari Severi Tuomioja (Finland)
    • 1947-1957: Gunnar Myrdal (Sweden)

ECLAC/ or CEPAL/ or LC/

Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC or CEPAL) 

  • Established by E/RES/106 (VI) of 5 Mar. 1948
    • 1948-1984: Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLA)
      • Spanish: Comisión Económica para América Latina (CEPAL)
  • Renamed by E/RES/1984/67 of 27 July 1984
    • 1984- : Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC or CEPAL)
  • Biennial report
  • Flagship publications
    • Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean
    • Social Panorama of Latin America
    • Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Data and Statistics
  • Digital Repository
  • ECLAC Libraries
  • Executive Secretaries
    • 2022- : José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs (Costa Rica)
      • Press release SG/A/2145 [2022]
    • 2008-2022 : Alicia Bárcena Ibarra (Mexico)
      • Press release SG/A/1135 [2008]
    • 2003-2008: José Luis Machinea (Argentina)
      • Press release SG/A/856-BIO/3540-REC/127 [2003]
    • 1998-2003: José Antonio Ocampo (Colombia)
      • Press release SG/A/651-REC/11 [1997], SG/A/654-REC/12 [1997], SG/A/666-BIO/3135-REC/17 [1998]
    • 1988-1996: Gert Rosenthal (Guatemala)
      • Press release SG/A/390 [1987]
    • 1985-1987: Norberto González (Argentina)
      • Press release SG/A/333-ECLAC/293 [1985]
    • 1972-1985: Enrique V. Iglesias (Uruguay)
      • Press release SG/A/117-BIO/917-ECLAC/190 [1972]
    • 1967-1972: Carlos Quintana (Mexico)
    • 1963-1966: José Antonio Mayobre (Venezuela)
    • 1950-1963: Raúl Prebisch (Argentina)
    • 1948-1950: Gustavo Martinez-Cabanas (Mexico)