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	United Nations Economic Commission for Africa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA or ECA) was established in 1958 to encourage economic cooperation among its member states (the nations of the African continent).
		It is one of five regional commissions under the administrative direction of United Nations headquarters.
		With its main offices in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the ECA has 53 member states and reports to the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_Nations_Economic_Commission_for_Africa (123 words)

	Project Relevant to Science and Technology for Sustainability: Knowledge for Development
		Jacques Louis Hamel, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Ethiopia
		Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Sustainable Development Division (ECA/SDD).
		United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Africa
	ksgnotes1.harvard.edu /BCSIA/forum.nsf/proj/k4dev (394 words)

	United Nations book online - - childrens book week
		United States president Franklin Delano Roosevelt suggested the name "United Nations" and the first official use of the term occurred on January 1, 1942 with the Declaration by the United Nations.
		The United States is the only member that is assessed this rate, though it is in arrears hundreds of millions of dollars;(see also United States and the United Nations) all other members assessment rates are lower.
		(See also Israel and the United Nations.) One of the main drives behind this are situations in which all but one of the fifteen nations on the Security Council vote to support a measure that is relatively unimportant, such as administrative decisions.
	www.isbnlocator.com /951518_united-nations-statistical-office_99951318891983internationaltradestatisticsyearbookannuairestatistiqueducommerceinternationalsale.html (4006 words)

	Geoinformation for Sustainable Development in Africa
		Copyright © 2004 United Nations Economic Commission for Africa.
		The African Geodetic Reference Frame (AFREF) was conceived as a unified geodetic reference frame for Africa to be the fundamental basis for the national and regional three-dimensional reference networks more..
		5th FIG Regional Conference for Africa Theme: “Promoting Land Administration and Good Governance”.
	geoinfo.uneca.org (463 words)

	An MBendi Profile - Organisation: United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
		The most important of these is the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) which is based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
		The United Nations has a number of agencies that operate in Africa.
		The UNECA was established in 1958 by the UN Economic and Social Committee with the objectives of:
	mbendi.co.za /orinun.htm (208 words)

	CENTRE AFRICAIN ACMAD
		All the member States of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (hereinafter referred to as “the member States’) who comply with the provisions of article 17 of this constitution shall be members of the Centre.
		WHEREAS by its resolution 540 (XX) the Conference of Ministers of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa on behalf of
		NOW THEREFORE and on behalf of the member States of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, the Conference of Ministers HEREBY AGREES AS FOLLOWS:
	www.acmad.ne /en/presentation/acmadregul.htm (2945 words)

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		The Commission calls for "a radical change in the way donors behave and deliver assistance" while African countries are urged to focus on improved governance.
		But even the sceptics seem to agree that while there is nothing particularly groundbreaking in the 400-page report's recommendations for increased aid, debt elimination, the lifting of trade barriers, and the stamping out of corruption, its emphasis on shared responsibility between African leaders and their western counterparts does represent a new approach.
		He doubted, however, whether the report's recommendation for the doubling of aid flows to Africa to $25 billion over the next five years was part of the answer.
	www.irinnews.org /report.asp?ReportID=46082&SelectRegion=Southern_Africa&SelectCountry=AFRICA (1125 words)

	African Studies: United Nations Agencies on Africa
		Joint Conference of African Ministers of Finance and Ministers of Economic Development and Planning, Addis Ababa, 6-8 May 1999 (English) (The 33rd Session of the Commission and 24th Meeting of the Conference of African Ministers of Finance).
		Economic Report for Africa 2003: Accelerating the Pace of Development = Rapport économique sur l'Afrique, 2003: accélérer le rythme du développement.
		The United Nations University on Africa (Tokyo, Japan)
	www.columbia.edu /cu/lweb/indiv/africa/cuvl/UN.html (4220 words)

	Economic Commission for Africa - Bedeutung, Definition, Erklärung im netlexikon
		Die United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (abgekürzt UN/ECA oder ECA, deutsch Wirtschaftskommission für Afrika) wurde 1958 gegründet.
		Article in English: United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
		Artikel zum Stichwort "Economic Commission for Africa" bei Ebay.de
	www.lexikon-definition.de /Economic-Commission-for-Africa.html (286 words)

	IFPRI Conference: Polices for Sustainable Land Management in the East African Highlands
		Before joining the UNECA in 2001, he was principal policy economist at the African Development Bank, associate professor of agricultural economics at Michigan State University, and regional program coordinator for policy research and dialogue on agricultural development and food security at the Institute of the Sahel.
		Josué Dioné, director of the sustainable development division, manages the UNECA¹s subprogram on population and social development, agriculture and economic livelihoods, natural resources and the environment, and science and technology.
		Pender received a bachelor's degree from the California Institute of Technology, a master of public policy degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Ph.D. in agricultural economics from Stanford University.
	www.ifpri.org /events/conferences/2002/042402.htm (605 words)

	About ESCWA
		ESCWA is a part of the Secretariat of the United Nations and is one of the five regional commissions which report to the Economic and Social Council, the principal organ of the United Nations responsible for coordinating economic and social activities in the United Nations system.
		The Economic Commission for Western Asia (ECWA) was established by Economic and Social Council resolution 1818 (LV) of 9 August 1973 as the successor to the United Nations Economic and Social Office in Beirut (UNESOB).
		The other regional commissions are: the Economic Commission for Europe (ECE), the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).
	www.escwa.org.lb /about/main.htm (421 words)

	Virtual Activism Interview series
		When I retired from the United Nations, I was honored by the Association for Progressive Communications (headquarters in Johannesburg), which established the annual Nancy Hafkin Prize for innovation in information technology in Africa.
		In 2000, for reasons of family health, I took early retirement from the United Nations and returned to the U.S., near Boston, where I have been writing, doing research and advocacy on information technology for development, with special attention to gender, to Africa, and to African universities.
		Throughout my university years I was active in student support movements- especially anti-apartheid and support for liberation movements in Portuguese colonies in Africa.
	www.virtualactivism.org /partnerfeatured/interviews/hafkin.htm (1450 words)

	Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka invited to be a member of Blair's Commission for Africa
		K.Y. Amoako, Under Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa; former US Senator Nancy Ladon Kassebaum Baker who previously chaired the US Senate Subcommittee on African Affairs; Mr.
		Blair launched the Commission for Africa to generate increased support for the G8 Africa Action plan, during next year’s British Presidency of the G8 Group of industrialised nations.
		The commission also hopes that its report will be an important contribution to the assessment of the Millennium Development Goals which is to be held by the United Nations in the autumn of 2005.
	www.unhabitat.org /commission_for_africa.asp (650 words)

	United Nations Documents & Publications
		It is responsible for the economic and social activities of the United Nations.
		United Nations documents generally include an element that identifies during which particular organizational meeting the document was distributed.
		The basic collection of United Nations documents is the microfiche collection from 1946 to date which is kept in the Social Sciences Resource Center.
	www-sul.stanford.edu /depts/jonsson/int/un.html (2791 words)

	WORLD FOOD SUMMIT: Five Years Later
		It is indeed a great honour for me to address this distinguished audience and to deliver on behalf of Dr. K.Y. Amoako, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, this speech to you today.
		Mr Josue Dione, Director, Food Security and Sustainable Development Division, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
		Our own analysis at the Economic Commission for Africa shows that half of the Sub-Saharan African population, including two-thirds of rural Africa, lives in poverty.
	www.fao.org /DOCREP/005/Y4172M/rep2/ECA.htm (589 words)

	Africa: Economic Growth Improving, 05/09/05
		This Survey was prepared by the Economic and Social Policy Division (ESPD) of ECA, for presentation at the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, 2005.
		Africa's favourable real GDP performance in recent years is a welcome development, especially when placed in the context of historically low levels of growth.
		Africa is projected to grow at 5.0 per cent in 2005, up from 4.6 per cent in 2004 (Figure 7).
	www.africa.upenn.edu /afrfocus/afrfocus050905.html (2994 words)

	New Commission for Africa
		The Commission for Africa is also expected to explore new ways of expanding trade and investment flows and reducing debt in developing nations.
		Prime Minister Meles of Ethiopia, Trevor Manuel the South African Minister of Finance, K Y Amoako, Head of the UN Economic Commission for Africa, have all agreed to serve on the Commission, as have Chancellor Gordon Brown and International Development Secretary Hilary Benn.
		North-South sold nearly a million copies, was unanimously endorsed by the United Nations, and was discussed at both the G7 summit and an economic summit of world leaders in 1981.
	www.bond.org.uk /networker/2004/april04/africacom.htm (491 words)

	United Nations Under-Secretary Generals Analyse World Integration Processes
		Cornelius Mwalwanda, Senior Economic Affairs Officer to the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in Geneva.
		Machinea insisted on the need to emphasize multilateralism, both from the economic and the social perspective, and added that this should be one of the main tasks of the United Nations' regional commissions.
		Brigita Schmögnerová, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Europe (ECE).
	www.eclac.org /cgi-bin/getProd.asp?xml=/prensa/noticias/comunicados/6/15056/P15056.xml&xsl=/prensa/tpl-i/p6f.xsl&base=/tpl/top-bottom.xslt (857 words)

	United Nations Economic Commission for Africa: UNESCO
		As the regional arm of the UN in Africa, it is mandated to support the economic and social development of its 53 member States, foster regional integration, and promote international cooperation for Africa's development.
		Established in 1958, ECA is one of five regional commissions under the administrative direction of United Nations (UN) headquarters.
		It reports to the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
	portal.unesco.org /en/ev.php-URL_ID=25800&URL_DO=DO_PRINTPAGE&URL_SECTION=201.html (63 words)

	CRL - CAMP Guides to Collections
		National commissions on women and women's development and women's bureaux / United Nations Economic Commission for Africa.
		United National Economic Commission for Africa, Regional Seminar on National Machineries for the Integration of Women in development, Addis Ababa, Nov. 1983.
		National machinery for the integration of women in development in African countries/ Regional Conference on the Implementation of National, Regional and World Plans of Action for the Integration of Women in Development, Nouakchott, Mauritania, 27 September-2 October 1977.
	wwwcrl.uchicago.edu /areastudies/CAMP/collections/women2.htm (3305 words)

	Unasylva - No. 66 - Investigating wood needs in Africa
		In 1961 a timber trends study was launched in Africa as a joint undertaking of FAO and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa.
		This article is based on a report by M. GRAINGER, who served with FAO, by arrangement with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, in order to initiate this study.
		For instance, in parts of West Africa acute problems may arise at the interview stage in the large compounds of the hollow-square type which are in fact a group of households.
	www.fao.org /docrep/c3200e/c3200e04.htm (4712 words)

	UofT G8 Information Centre: Commission for Africa
		Amoako, Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Africa, United Nations Under-Secretary-General, Ghana
		The creation of the Commission in February 2004 was a personal initiative by Tony Blair and reflects the urgent need to generate effective action for Africa, and for a fresh look at how to do that.
		On 4 May, the Commission agreed the main themes around which the work of the Commission will be organised, and a working level division of responsibilities for each theme.
	www.g7.utoronto.ca /meetings-official/africa_outcome_040504.htm (610 words)

	MRF > Africa > Events
		The CNRST is a statutory organ of the ECA's Conference of African Ministers responsible for Economic Development and Planning mandated to address issues in the areas of natural resources and science and technology development in Africa.
		The Mining and Electricity Africa 2003 exhibition follows the successful 2002 show and provides companies in the sector with an ideal promotional tool for getting their share of the associated contracts that will go with the large expansion in mining and electricity supply in Tanzania and other parts of East and Southern Africa.
		Presentations will explore the role of mining in economic and social development, the role of international institutions in promoting and financing mining development, specific country profiles and experiences drawn from the development and operation of mines in Africa.
	www.natural-resources.org /minerals/africa/events.htm (1888 words)

	United Nations Statistics Division
		by Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division to the 37th Session of the Statistical Commission
		The United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) in collaboration with the Swedish Inernational Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) and the Gapminder Foundation will hold a working session to discuss the emerging trends in data dissemination policies and practices, approaches.
		The Commission is the apex entity in the international statistical system where international statistical standards and activities are considered and approved.
	unstats.un.org /unsd (309 words)

	GKP Stocktaking Online Submission & Update Form
		The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has introduced the AISI Media Award programme to...
		The Virtual Learning Academy (vLAC) The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)...
		The Africa Bureau meeting took place from 21 to 22 February 2004 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
	www.globalknowledge.org /gkps_portal/stocktaking/stocktaking_display.cfm?searchorg=158 (462 words)

	Article
		Co-sponsored by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the Open Society Institute for Southern Africa (OSISA), the awards were created to encourage greater awareness of information and communications technologies and their role in African development.
		All entries should be submitted to Kidist Belayneh, Economic Commission For Africa AISI Media Award Disd, at kbelayneh@uneca.org or to: 5th Floor, ECA Building, ECA, PO Box 3001, Menelik II Avenue, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
		Entries that only cover international issues without relating them to information society in Africa will not be considered.
	www.ijnet.org /FE_Article/newsarticle.asp?Terms=&UILang=1&CId=233900&CIdLang=1 (188 words)

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		It provides selected socio-economic data on LDCs as well as key indicators used in the formulation of the Human Assets Index (HAI) and the Economic Vulnerability Index (EVI).
		10 February - UNCTAD should help Africa set up its own commodity exchange, said government officials looking at ways for developing countries to overcome their commodity problems.
		A review of investment policy in Colombia, launched by UNCTAD at the 10th Commission on Investment, points the way towards more high-technology investment and a strengthening of the government´s investment promotion arm - Proexport.
	www.unctad.org (262 words)

	United Nations Uner Kirdar ; Change: Threat or Opportunity for Human Progress? Economic Change, Vol. 2, United Nations Conference On Trade And Development Geneva - Review of Maritime Transport, 1998.,
		United Nations Economic and Social Council - Economic and Social Council Official Records 1984 Supplement No 8 Sales No E198418 Commission on Transnational Corporations
		United Nations Dept of International Economic and Social Affairs
		United Nations Conference On Trade And Development Geneva - Review of Maritime Transport, 1998.
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