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ESCAP/ or 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
- Supplement 19 of the Economic and Social Council Official Records (ESCOR)
- Document symbol pattern: E/year/39 - E/ESCAP/session/--
  - example: E/2017/39 - E/ESCAP/73/40
- Search results for the Annual Report of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
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)

ESCWA/

Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)

Established as Economic Commission for Western Asia (ECWA) by E/RES/1818 (LV) of 9 Aug. 1973
Renamed Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) by E/RES/1985/69 of 26 July 1985
Annual report
- Supplement 21 to the Economic and Social Council Official Records (ESCOR)
- Document symbol pattern: E/year/41 - E/ESCWA/session/--/Report
  - example: E/2016/41- E/ESCWA/29/12/Report
- Search results for the Report of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
Flagship publication
- Survey of Economic and Social Developments in the Arab Region
Library
Executive Secretaries
- 2019- : Rola Dashti (Kuwait)
  - Press release SG/A/1850-BIO/5172-REC/275 [2019]
- 2017-2019: Mohamed Ali Alhakim (Iraq)
  - Press release SG/A/1723-BIO/4953-REC/266 [2017]
- 2010-2017: Rima Khalaf (Jordan)
  - Press release SG/A/1263-BIO/4246-REC/236 [2010]
- 2007-2010: Bader al-Dafa (Qatar)
  - Press release SG/A/1079-BIO/3899-REC/214 [2007]
- 2000-2007: Mervat Tallawy (Egypt)
  - Press release SG/A/751-REC/97 [2000]
- 1995-2000: Hazem El-Beblawi (Egypt)
  - Press release SG/A/600 [1995], BIO/2930-ESCWA/116 [1995]
- 1993-1995: Sabah Eddin Shukri Bakjaji (Syrian Arab Republic)
  - Press release BIO/2768-ESCWA/113 [1993], ST/SGB/258
- 1989-1993: Tayseer Abdel Jaber (Jordan)
  - Press release SG/A/412-BIO/2385-ESCWA/97 [1989]
- 1985-1989: Mohammad Said Al-Nabulsi (Jordan)
  - Press release SG/A/343-ECWA/82 [1985]
- 1973-1985: Mohamed Said Al-Attar (Yemen)
  - Press release SG/A/145-BIO/1077 [1973]