Regional economic and social activities

In 2014, the five UN regional commissions of the Economic and Social Council—the Economic Commission for Africa (eca), the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (escap), the Economic Commission for Europe (ece), the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (eclac) and the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (escwa)—continued to provide technical cooperation, including advisory services, to their Member States, promote programmes and projects and provide training to enhance national capacity-building. Four of them—eca, eclac, escap and escwa—held regular sessions during the year while ece did not meet in 2014. The Executive Secretaries of the commissions continued to hold periodic meetings to exchange views and coordinate activities and positions on major development issues.

Sustainable Development Goals:

Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions