established-28 March 1947
aim-to promote economic development
as a regional commission of the UN's Economic and Social Council
members-(44) Albania, Austria, Belarus,
Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia,
Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France,
Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy,
Latvia, Lichtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova,
Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San
Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, UK,
US, Yugoslavia
Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLA)
see Economic Commission for
Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
Economic Commission for Latin America and the
Caribbean (ECLAC)
established-25 February 1948 as
Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLA)
aim-to promote economic development
as a regional commission of the UN's Economic and
Social Council
members-(41) Antigua and Barbuda,
Argentina, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia,
Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba,
Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador,
France, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras,
Italy, Jamaica, Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua,
Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Saint Kitts and
Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,
Spain, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, UK, US, Uruguay,
Venezuela
associate members-(6)
Aruba, British Virgin Islands, Montserrat, Netherlands
Antilles, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands
Economic Commission for Western Asia (ECWA)
see Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)
Economic Community of Central African States (CEEAC)-acronym from Communaute
Economique des Etats de l'Afrique Centrale
established-18 October 1983
aim-to promote regional economic
cooperation and establish a Central African Common
Market
members-(10) Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo,
Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Zaire
observer-(1) Angola
Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries
(CEPGL)
note-acronym from Communaute Economique
des Pays des Grands Lacs
established-26 September 1976
aim-to promote regional economic
cooperation and integration
members-(3) Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire
Economic Community of