United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

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United Nations regional commission intergovernmental organization

The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific is a UN regional body that promotes inclusive and sustainable economic and social development across the Asia-Pacific region through research, policy advice, and intergovernmental cooperation.

Aliases (6)

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Nations regional commission → intergovernmental organization →
abbreviation	ECAFE →
activity	conducts research and analysis on economic and social issues → facilitates intergovernmental cooperation → organizes regional intergovernmental meetings and forums → provides policy advice to member States →
cooperatesWith	Asian Development Bank → United Nations Development Programme → World Bank →
dateFounded	1947 →
focusArea	disaster risk reduction → environment and climate change → information and communications technology → regional economic cooperation and integration → social development → statistics → sustainable development → trade and investment → transport and connectivity →
formerName	Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East →
foundedBy	United Nations Economic and Social Council →
governingBody	Commission session of ESCAP →
headquartersCountry	Thailand →
headquartersLocation	Bangkok →
legalStatus	subsidiary body of the United Nations →
mandate	promote inclusive and sustainable economic and social development in the Asia-Pacific region →
meetsAt	United Nations Conference Centre in Bangkok →
numberOfAssociateMembers	9 →
numberOfMemberStates	53 →
officialLanguage	Arabic → Chinese → English → French → Russian → Spanish →
parentOrganization	United Nations Economic and Social Council →
partOf	United Nations regional commissions →
regionServed	Asia → Asia-Pacific → Pacific →
shortName	ESCAP → UNESCAP →
UNCode	ESCAP →
website	https://www.unescap.org/ →
worksOn	implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development → implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals in Asia and the Pacific →

Referenced by (16)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific ("UNESCAP") → United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific ("ESCAP") →	shortName
United Nations Conference Centre in Bangkok ("United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific headquarters") →	adjacentTo
ECAFE ("UN Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East") →	alsoKnownAs
United Nations Conference Centre in Bangkok →	associatedWith
Mekong River Commission →	coordinatesWith
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific ("Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East") →	formerName
ECAFE →	formerNameOf
ECAFE ("Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East") →	fullName
United Nations development system ("Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific") →	hasComponent
UN regional commissions →	hasMember
United Nations →	hasRegionalCommission
ECAFE →	reorganizedAs
ECAFE ("ESCAP") →	shortNameOfSuccessor
ECAFE →	successor
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific ("ESCAP") →	UNCode