Economic Commission for Europe (ECE)

United States of America

(m) Economic Commission for Europe

Countries of the Economic Commission for Europe region

Workplan on reform of the Economic Commission for Europe

Economic Commission for Europe, in collaboration with the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development ( 385,000)

Economic Commission for Europe, in collaboration with the Department of Economic and Social Affairs and in cooperation with the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific ( 385,000)

The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, with the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean and the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia and with inputs from the Economic Commission for Africa and the Economic Commission for Europe ( 855,000)

The Economic Survey of Europe will be used as a medium for producing analysis of economic issues, policies and problems in the ECE region, especially as they relate to core United Nations themes in the field of development.

The project will be executed by ESCAP, with the collaboration of ECA, the Economic Commission for Europe (ECE), ECLAC and ESCWA.

Also at the same meeting, the representative of the Economic Commission for Europe made a statement on behalf of the regional commissions.

ECE has supported the establishment of the Transport Corridor of Europe, the Caucasus and Asia (TRACECA) project for harmonizing trade procedures, which led to the setting up of national working groups.

The project will be executed by ESCAP, with the collaboration of ECA and ECE, and will focus on selected countries in all three regions.

ECE ESCAP strategy for Central Asia and the future orientation of the United Nations Special Programme for the Economies of Central Asia

The UNECE secretariat headquarters is in Geneva, Switzerland, and has an approximate budget of US 50 million.

In paragraph 372, the Administration agreed with the Board's recommendation that the Economic Commission for Europe formalize its cooperation and agreements in relation to the distribution of tasks when there is a risk of its activities overlapping with those of other international organizations.

In February 2005, the sixtieth annual session of ECE agreed on a framework for policies, strategies and action on water and sanitation that covers the period until 2015.

Note 18 of the UNECE's 56 member countries are recipients of official development assistance.

The Economic Commission for Europe undertook a series of activities to facilitate information exchange on issues and policies related to ageing.

However, with the notable exception of the Economic Commission for Europe, there seems to be a trend towards weakening the statistical activities of the regional commissions.

The Model Regulations and the GHS are available online in all languages on the web site of the Economic Commission for Europe (ECE).5

Moreover, because of resource limitations ECE recently stopped its support for TRACECA activities on trade procedures.

26. Decides to abolish six General Service posts, three in the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the Secretariat and three in the Economic Commission for Europe

The regional Millennium Development Goal reports of Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Economic Commission for Europe (ECE), Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) are scheduled to be released by mid 2005.

(xii) Charter on Groundwater Management, 1989, adopted by the Economic Commission for Europe at its forty fourth session, Groundwater strategies

(vi) Section VI of the Charter on Groundwater Management, 1989, adopted by the Economic Commission for Europe at its forty fourth session, Competence

The Economic Commission for Europe has stressed the importance of introducing the outlook for sustainable development in all relevant activities of the Commission.

In collaboration with the Economic Commission for Europe, UNODC organized a meeting in Geneva on crime statistics in November 2004.

Taking note of the follow up report prepared jointly by the Economic Commission for Europe and the Economic Commission for Africa pursuant to resolution 2003 52 of 24 July 2003,

Also, expert level meetings have been convened to examine transport links between the ECA, ESCAP, ECE and Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) regions.

Welcomes the cooperation on the project for the link through the Strait of Gibraltar between the Economic Commission for Africa, the Economic Commission for Europe, the Governments of Morocco and Spain and specialized international organizations

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Europe made an introductory statement.

In this context, it will support the objectives of the United Nations Special Programme for the Economies of Central Asia and will be executed by ECE, in collaboration with ESCAP and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

In paragraph 617, the Board recommends that the Economic Commission for Europe comply with General Assembly resolutions on the geographical distribution of United Nations staff.

And we work with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe on addressing economic and environmental threats to security.

The Forum secretariat has also been engaging with the regional commissions, in particular ECE, which is currently the only commission dealing specifically with forest and timber issues.

The Economic Commission for Europe would like to point out that information provided by the Board of Auditors in paragraphs 615 and 616 and Table II.19 of its report appear to argue for an equitable regional distribution within the Economic Commission for Europe (and within other regional commissions).

Ocampo, Jose Antonio (2004). Beyond the Washington Consensus what do we mean?

(viii) Section IV of the Charter on Groundwater Management, 1989, adopted by the Economic Commission for Europe at its forty fourth session, Groundwater allocation

In paragraph 167, the Board recommends that the Economic Commission for Europe develop a comprehensive fund raising strategy, together with appropriate tools for its implementation.

Briefing by the Officer in charge of the Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) to the Fifth Committee delegates of Member States of the Commission on the proposed ECE programme budget 2006 2007 (Section 19)

(c) To make these publications available on the web site of the secretariat of the Economic Commission for Europe, which also provides secretariat services to the Committee, and to make them available also on CD ROM

ECE and ESCAP continued to undertake activities of the Working Group on Transport and Border Crossing Facilitation of the United Nations Special Programme for the Economies of Central Asia.

Two Estonian women work for the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.

In paragraph 384, the Board recommends that the Economic Commission for Europe reassess the relevance of its agreement with the International Road Transport Union (IRU).