Regional commissions

The ECOSOC coordinates the work of five regional commissions with the responsibility to reflect the regional dimensions of the economic and social issues addressed by the United Nations:

Documentation

Many documents of the Regional Commissions bear special document symbols. These are sometimes preceded by the following:

E/ECA/- 

Economic Commission for Africa

E/ECE/-

Economic commission for Europe

E/ECLAC/-

Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

E/ESCAP/-

Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

E/ESCWA/-

Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia

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