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ars ago 1947 03 28 type primary organ regional branch legal status active headquarters geneva switzerland head executive secretary of the united nations economic commission for europe tatiana molcean parent organization united nations economic and social council website unece org politics portal map showing the member states of the commission part of a series on the united nations charter un system principal organs general assembly security council economic and social council international court of justice secretariat trusteeship council secretariat secretary general deputy secretary general under secretary general secretariat structure funds programmes and other bodies un development programmes undp unicef wfp unfpa unep un women un habitat humanitarian agencies ocha unhcr iom unrwa undrr specialized agencies development and social fao ifad ilo unido unesco who wmo un tourism technical and regulatory icao imo itu iaea upu wipo finance and trade imf world bank group wto peace and security dpo dppa pbc pbf unoda unoosa unodc unmas unoct ctc opcw ctbto prepcom research and training unitar unrisd unidir unu unssc unicri human rights unhrc ohchr upr human rights committee cescr icerd cedaw cat crc special rapporteurs wgad membership members and observers founding members full members security council permanent members permanent representatives to the un list general assembly observers european union history preceding years international telecommunication union universal postal union hague conventions of 1899 and 1907 permanent court of arbitration international office of public hygiene league of nations preparatory years declaration of st james s palace atlantic charter declaration by united nations moscow conference 1943 tehran conference bretton woods conference dumbarton oaks conference yalta conference uncio preparatory commission activities sustainable development goals peacekeeping missions governed territories unpol undrip universal declaration of human rights world heritage convention convention on the rights of the child declaration on the rights of peasants resolutions v t e the united nations economic commission for europe ece or unece is an intergovernmental organization or a specialized body of the united nations the unece is one of five regional commissions under the jurisdiction of the united nations economic and social council it was established in 1947 in order to promote economic cooperation and integration among its member states the commission is composed of 56 member states most of which are based in europe as well as a few outside europe its transcontinental eurasian or non european member states include armenia azerbaijan canada cyprus georgia israel kazakhstan kyrgyzstan the russian federation tajikistan turkey turkmenistan the united states and uzbekistan 1 history edit the commission was first proposed in london in the summer of 1946 by the temporary subcommission on the reconstruction of devastated areas 2 the commission was established by the economic and social council on 28 march 1947 in order to initiate and participate in measures for facilitating concerted action for the economic reconstruction of europe as well as to maintain and strengthen the economic relations of the european countries both among themselves and with other countries of the world 3 it was established at the request of the united nations general assembly who called on the economic and social council to create the commission as well as the commission for asia and the far east in order to give effective aid to countries devastated by war 4 ee absorbed the function and resources of the european central inland transport organization upon its founding as the commission was established towards the beginning of the cold war it faced difficulties in achieving its mandate of economic reconstruction of europe due to the iron curtain 5 separately the organisation for european economic co operation was established in 1948 in the west and the council for mutual economic assistance in 1949 in the east the work of the commission had to concern itself only with questions that were of common interest to east and west as to not cause confrontation 6 however since the fall of the soviet union the economic commissions of the united nations have been expanding their activities in the former soviet republics member states edit the following are the member states of the commission along with their date of admission 1 member states countries date of membership albania 14 december 1955 andorra 28 july 1993 armenia 30 july 1993 austria 14 december 1955 azerbaijan 30 july 1993 belarus 28 march 1947 a belgium 28 march 1947 bosnia and herzegovina 22 may 1992 bulgaria 14 december 1955 canada 9 august 1973 croatia 22 may 1992 cyprus 20 september 1960 czech republic 28 march 1947 denmark 28 march 1947 estonia 17 september 1991 finland 14 december 1955 france 28 march 1947 georgia 30 july 1993 germany 18 september 1973 greece 28 march 1947 hungary 14 december 1955 iceland 28 march 1947 ireland 14 december 1955 israel 26 july 1991 italy 14 december 1955 kazakhstan 31 january 1994 kyrgyzstan 30 july 1993 latvia 17 september 1991 liechtenstein 18 september 1990 lithuania 17 september 1991 luxembourg 28 march 1947 malta 1 december 1964 republic of moldova 2 march 1992 monaco 27 may 1993 montenegro 28 june 2006 netherlands 28 march 1947 north macedonia 8 april 1993 norway 28 march 1947 poland 28 march 1947 portugal 14 december 1955 romania 14 december 1955 russian federation 28 march 1947 b san marino 30 july 1993 serbia 1 november 2000 slovakia 28 march 1947 slovenia 22 may 1992 spain 14 december 1955 sweden 28 march 1947 switzerland 24 march 1972 c tajikistan 12 december 1994 turkey 28 march 1947 turkmenistan 30 july 1993 ukraine 28 march 1947 a united kingdom 28 march 1947 united states of america 28 march 1947 uzbekistan 30 july 1993 1 2 belarus and ukraine were already un members in 1947 even though they were not independent joined unece as the ussr then the russian federation took over its membership in 1972 switzerland was not a un member switzerland joined the united nations in 2002 committees and programmes edit committee on environmental policy edit the concern of unece with problems of the environment dates back at least to 1971 when the group of senior advisors to the unece governments on environmental issues was created which led to the establishment of the committee on environmental policy which now meets annually the committee provides collective policy direction in the area of environment and sustainable development prepares ministerial meetings develops international environmental law and supports international initiatives in the region cep works to support countries to enhance their environmental governance and transboundary cooperation as well as strengthen implementation of the unece regional environmental commitments and advance sustainable development in the region its main aim is to assess countries efforts to reduce their overall pollution burden and manage their natural resources to integrate environmental and socioeconomic policies to strengthen cooperation with the international community to harmonize environmental conditions and policies throughout the region and to stimulate greater involvement of the public and environmental discussions and decision making cep is the overall governing body of unece environmental activities the committee s work is based on several strategic pillars 7 providing the secretariat to the environment for europe process and participating in the regional promotion of agenda 21 developing and carrying out of unece environmental performance reviews in the unece countries non members of oecd 8 overseeing unece activities on environmental monitoring assessment and reporting increasing the overall effectiveness of unece multilateral environmental agreements meas and facilitating the exchange of experience on meas implementation see unece espoo convention aarhus convention convention on long range transboundary air pollution convention on the protection and use of transboundary watercourses and international lakes and convention on the transboundary effects of industrial accidents participating and or facilitating the exchange of experience in a number of cross sectoral activities undertaken under the leadership of unece e g education for sustainable development transport health and environment green building or in partnership with other organizations e g environment and security initiative european environment and health process committee on forests and the forest industry edit the first task of unece after the second world war was to coordinate reconstruction effort in europe timber was crucial for construction and energy but the forests had been heavily overcut and production and trade were at a standstill the ece timber committee emerged from the international timber conference held in 1947 in mariánské lázně in the former czechoslovakia the main pillars of the committee s activities have been the collection and publication of the best available statistics on forests wood production and trade the exchange of information on forest working techniques and training of forest workers periodic surveys of the long term outlook on forests technical work on the rational use of wood reviewing forest product markets and share experiences on forest and forest sector policy 9 committee on urban development housing and land management edit in 1947 unece set up a panel on housing problems which later evolved into the committee on human settlements and after the reform in 2005 2006 into the committee on housing and land management the committee is an intergovernmental body of all unece member states it provides a forum for the compilation dissemination and exchange of information and experience on housing urban development and land administration policies and in areas such as birmingham a more fiscal issue uk 10 in 2020 the cudhlm created the forum of mayors 11 at the palais des nations an event allowing mayors from the unece region to exchange their best practices on urban development housing and land management unece is the first un regional economic commission to implement such an initiative that facilitates the cooperation between the un member states and cities 12 inland transport committee edit the unece transport division has been providing secretariat services to the world forum for harmonization of vehicle regulations wp 29 13 in addition to acting as secretariat to the world forum the vehicle regulations and transport innovations section serves as the secretariat of the administrative committee for the coordination of work and of the administrative executives committees of the three agreements on vehicles administered by the world forum 14 among other things itc has produced 15 59 united nations conventions concerning inland transport 16 trans european north south motorways trans european railways and the euro asia transport links projects the tir system transports internationaux routiers a global customs transit facilitation solution transport statistics methods 15 the world forum services three un agreements the 1958 agreement on the approval certification of vehicles and its annexed un regulations the 1997 agreement on periodic technical inspections pti and its annexed un rules and the 1998 agreement on global technical regulations and its annexed un gtrs 15 statistical division edit the unece statistical division provides the secretariat for the conference and its expert groups and implements the statistical work programme of unece the conference brings together chief statisticians from national and international statistical organizations around the world meaning that the word european in its name is no longer an accurate description of its geographical coverage the statistical division helps member countries to strengthen their statistical systems and coordinates international statistical activities in the unece region and beyond through the conference and its bureau and the database of international statistical activities the statistical division develops guidelines and training materials on statistical methodology and practices in response to demands from member countries it works with different groups of specialists from national and international statistical organizations and organizes meetings and online forums for statistical experts to exchange experiences on a wide range of topics the unece statistical division also provides technical assistance to south east european east european caucasus and central asian countries the division also provides on line data on the 56 unece member countries in europe central asia and north america in both english and russian on economic gender forestry and transport statistics a biennial overview of key statistics for member countries a set of wikis to support collaboration activities and disseminate information about good practices unece conducted the fertility and family survey in the 1990s in 23 member states with over 150 000 participants with hundreds of resulting scientific publications 17 this activity has hence continued in the form of the generations and gender programme 18 united smart cities usc edit the united smart cities programme is a joint effort between unece and the organization for international economic relations oier 19 numerous private business entities and other international and european agencies support the programme including environment agency austria eaa the royal institution of chartered surveyors rics un habitat and the international society of city and regional planners isocarp the programme promotes areas of strategic smart city policy and development the key focus areas as detailed by the programme are urban mobility sustainable housing clean energy waste management information and communications technology ict implementing sustainable development goals edit the unece has presented a set of sustainable development goals sdgs priorities which resulted from a mapping and prioritization of its existing activities against the goals these consist of most sdgs except for sdg 10 on reduced inequalities sdg 14 on life below water sdg 1 on poverty reduction sdg 2 on hunger and sdg 4 on quality education the social dimension is mostly absent this can be expected since unece does not include the social agenda in its name unlike two of the other five regional commissions namely unescwa for western asia and unescap for asia and the pacific 20 the unece with its long history of working on public private partnerships has taken the lead in introducing a format for public private partnerships for the sdgs called people proof public private partnerships 20 secretariat edit the ece secretariat has been characterized as a strong secretariat in 1957 21 the ece secretariat was led by gunnar myrdal in its first decade 22 myrdal refused efforts by the ...