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The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 September 2015

B. T. G. Chidzero
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The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) with its headquarters at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, was established in 1958 under resolution 67aA (XXV) of the Economic and Social Council.

It is one of the four regional commissions of the United Nations, the other three, which were established much earlier, being the Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) with headquarters in Geneva, the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East (ECAFE) with Bangkok, Thailand, as its headquarters and the Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLA) at Santiago de Chili.

The establishment of these regional commissions was a result of the need and desirability to decentralize United Nations activities, not only on a functional but also on a geographical basis.

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Research Article
Information
African Studies Review , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , May 1963 , pp. 1 - 5
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Copyright © African Studies Association 1963

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