Science Fair Project Encyclopedia
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA or ECA) was established in 1958 to encourage economic cooperation among its member states. It is one of five regional commissions under the administrative direction of United Nations headquarters. The ECA has 53 member States, and reports to the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
| Contents |
Member States
- Algeria
- Angola
- Benin (former Dahomey)
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Congo
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- The Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (Libya)
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- Sudan
- Swaziland
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Locations
- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (headquarters)
- Yaoundé, Cameroon (Central African subregional headquarters)
- Kigali, Rwanda (East African subregional headquarters)
- Tangier, Morocco (North African subregional headquarters)
- Lusaka, Zambia (Southern African subregional headquarters)
- Niamey, Niger (West African subregional headquarters)
See also
External links
10-26-2009 08:16:03
The contents of this article is licensed from www.wikipedia.org under the GNU Free Documentation License. Click here to see the transparent copy and copyright details
The contents of this article is licensed from www.wikipedia.org under the GNU Free Documentation License. Click here to see the transparent copy and copyright details