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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)

Economic Commission for Europe (ECE or UNECE)

• Established by E/RES/36 (IV) of 28 Mar. 1947 
• Biennial report
  • Supplement 17 of the Economic and Social Council Official Records (ESCOR)
  • Document symbol pattern: E/year/37 - E/ECE/--
    • example: E/2017/37 - E/ECE/1480
  • Search results for Report of the Economic Commission for Europe
• Statistical Database
• Compendium of Legal Instruments, Norms and Standards
• Flagship Publication 
  • Economic Survey of Europe (ceased 2005)
• Executive Secretaries
  • 2023-: Tatiana Molcean (Moldova)
    • Press release SG/A/2222
  • 2017-2023 : 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)

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
  • Supplement 20 to the Economic and Social Council Official Records (ESCOR)
  • Document symbol pattern: E/year/40 - LC/G.--
    • example: E/2012/40 - LC/G.2566-P
  • Search results in ECLAC Repository for "Informes al ECOSOC"
  • As of 2017, E/2014/40 is the latest
• 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
  • ECLAC Research Guides
• 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)