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

1 Member States 2 Locations 3 See also 4 External links

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

• United Nations System

External links

• UN Economic Commission for Africa (http://www.uneca.org/)