United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

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United Nations regional commission intergovernmental organization

The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa is a UN regional body that promotes economic and social development, regional integration, and policy coordination among African countries.

Aliases (3)

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Nations regional commission → intergovernmental organization →
acronym	ECA → UNECA →
alsoKnownAs	Economic Commission for Africa →
continentServed	Africa →
cooperatesWith	African Development Bank → African Union → regional economic communities in Africa →
dateFounded	1958 →
fieldOfWork	climate change and development → data and statistics for development → economic development → gender equality → governance → industrialization → macroeconomic policy → public policy analysis → regional integration → social development → statistics → sustainable development → trade and regional integration →
foundedBy	United Nations Economic and Social Council →
governingBody	Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development →
hasOrganizationalType	regional development organization →
hasSubOrganization	African Centre for Statistics → African Institute for Economic Development and Planning → ECA Subregional Office for Central Africa → ECA Subregional Office for Eastern Africa → ECA Subregional Office for North Africa → ECA Subregional Office for Southern Africa → ECA Subregional Office for West Africa →
headquartersCountry	Ethiopia →
headquartersLocation	Addis Ababa →
legalStatus	subsidiary body of ECOSOC →
memberOf	United Nations development system →
mission	to foster regional integration in Africa → to promote international cooperation for Africa’s development → to promote the economic and social development of African countries → to support policy coordination among African countries →
officialLanguage	Arabic → English → French → Kiswahili → Portuguese → Spanish →
parentOrganization	United Nations Economic and Social Council →
partOf	United Nations →
regionServed	Africa →
shortName	ECA → UNECA →
website	https://www.uneca.org/ →

Referenced by (34)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
African Centre for Statistics → African Institute for Economic Development and Planning → Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development → ECA Subregional Office for Central Africa → ECA Subregional Office for Eastern Africa → ECA Subregional Office for North Africa → ECA Subregional Office for Southern Africa → ECA Subregional Office for West Africa → SRO-CA → SRO-EA →	parentOrganization
ECA Subregional Office for Central Africa → ECA Subregional Office for Eastern Africa → ECA Subregional Office for North Africa → ECA Subregional Office for Southern Africa → Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa → SRO-CA → subregional offices network of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa →	partOf
African Centre for Statistics ("Economic Commission for Africa Statistics Division") →	affiliation
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa ("Economic Commission for Africa") →	alsoKnownAs
Ethiopia →	capitalOf
African Institute for Economic Development and Planning →	foundedBy
UNECA →	fullName
subregional offices network of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa ("United Nations Economic Commission for Africa secretariat") →	governedBy
United Nations development system ("Economic Commission for Africa") →	hasComponent
UN regional commissions →	hasMember
United Nations →	hasRegionalCommission
Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa →	headOfGovernmentBody
Addis Ababa →	hosts
Addis Ababa →	isHeadquartersOf
Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa →	isHighestRankingOfficialOf
Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa →	isPositionForOrganization
Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa →	officeHeldInOrganization
Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development →	organizer
Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development →	underAuspicesOf