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Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLA)

see -- Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)

Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)

address -- Edificio Naciones Unidas, Avenida Dag Hammarskjold, Casilla
179 D, Santiago, Chile

telephone -- [56] (2) 2102000 FAX [56] (2) 2080252, 2081946

established -- 25 February 1948 as Economic Commission for Latin
America (ECLA)

aim -- to promote economic development as a regional commission of the
UN's Economic and Social Council

members -- (41) Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, The Bahamas, Barbados,
Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba,
Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Grenada,
Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Italy, Jamaica, Mexico,
Netherlands, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Saint Kitts
and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Spain,
Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, UK, US, Uruguay, Venezuela

associate members -- (6) Aruba, British Virgin Islands, Montserrat,
Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands

Economic Commission for Western Asia (ECWA)

see -- Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)

Economic Community of Central African States (CEEAC)

note -- acronym from Communaute Economique des Etats de l'Afrique
Centrale

address -- CEEAC, BP 2112, Libreville, Gabon

telephone -- [241] 73 35 47, 73 35 48, 73 36 77

established -- 18 October 1983

aim -- to promote regional economic cooperation and establish a
Central African Common Market

members -- (10) Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad,
Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Zaire

observer -- (1) Angola

Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries (CEPGL)

note -- acronym from Communaute Economique des Pays des Grands Lacs

address -- B.O. Box 58, Gisenyi, Rwanda

telephone -- [250] 40228

FAX -- [250] 40785

established -- 26 September 1976

aim -- to promote regional economic cooperation and integration

members -- (3) Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)

address -- 6 King George V Road, PMB 12745, Lagos, Nigeria

telephone -- [234] (1) 636839, 636841, 636064, 630398

FAX -- [234] (1) 636822

established -- 28 May 1975

aim -- to promote regional economic cooperation

members -- (16) Benin, Bur