established—28 March 1947;
aim—to promote economic development as a regional commission of the UN's ECOSOC;
members—(33) Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Canada, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, US, USSR, 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 ECOSOC;
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, Jamaica, Mexico,
Netherlands, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Puerto Rico,
Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,
Spain, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, UK, US, Uruguay, Venezuela;
associate members—(5) Aruba, British Virgin Islands, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, 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;