United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia

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United Nations regional commission intergovernmental organization

The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia is a UN regional body that promotes economic and social development, regional integration, and cooperation among countries in the Western Asia region.

Aliases (5)

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Nations regional commission → intergovernmental organization →
abbreviation	ESCWA →
dateFounded	1973 →
fieldOfWork	economic policy → gender equality → governance and conflict prevention → regional integration → social policy → statistics → sustainable development → technology and innovation → trade and transport →
foundedBy	United Nations Economic and Social Council →
hasMemberState	Algeria → Bahrain → Comoros → Djibouti → Egypt → Iraq → Jordan → Kuwait → Lebanon → Libya → Mauritania → Morocco → Oman → Qatar → Saudi Arabia → Somalia → State of Palestine → Sudan → Syrian Arab Republic → Tunisia → United Arab Emirates → Yemen →
headquartersCountry	Lebanon →
headquartersLocation	Beirut →
mandate	promote economic development in Western Asia → promote regional cooperation among member States → promote regional integration among member States → promote social development in Western Asia →
memberOf	United Nations development system →
nameChange	Renamed to United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia →
nameChangeDate	1985 →
officialLanguage	Arabic → English → French →
originalName	United Nations Economic Commission for Western Asia →
parentOrganization	United Nations →
partOf	United Nations Economic and Social Council →
regionServed	Arab region → Western Asia →
shortName	ESCWA → UN ESCWA →
UNRegionalCommissionFor	Western Asia →
website	https://www.unescwa.org →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Council of Arab Ministers of Social Affairs ("UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia") → Economic and Social Council of the Arab League →	cooperatesWith
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia ("UN ESCWA") → United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia ("ESCWA") →	shortName
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia ("ESCWA") →	abbreviation
United Nations development system ("Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia") →	hasComponent
UN regional commissions →	hasMember
United Nations →	hasRegionalCommission
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia ("United Nations Economic Commission for Western Asia") →	originalName