The UN Regional Commissions -- Summaries of Work, Resolutions and Decisions
2025
ECA - (E/2025/17) Summary of the work of the Economic Commission for Africa, 2024–2025
UNECE - (E/2025/16) Summary of the work of the Economic Commission for Europe, 2023-2024: Note by the Secretary-General
Resolutions and Decisions from the sessions of the Regional Commissions held during the period 1 May 2024 to 30 April 2025
ECA: Report of the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development on its work during the fifty- seventh session of the Economic Commission for Africa (English, French, Arabic).
UNECE: Biennial report of the Economic Commission for Europe on its work of the Commission since its seventieth session (English)
ECLAC: Resolutions adopted at the fortieth session of the Economic Commission for Latin American and the Caribbean (English, Spanish).
ESCAP: Resolutions adopted at the eighty-first session of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (English).
Past Summaries of Work
2024
ECA - (E/2024/17) Summary of the work of the Economic Commission for Africa, 2023–2024
UNECE (E/2024/16) Summary of the work of the Economic Commission for Europe, 2023-2024: Note by the Secretary-General
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2023
Regional Commissions Summaries of Work
ESCAP (E/2023/76) - SUMMARY OF THE WORK OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC, 2022-2023
ECA (E/2023/81) -SUMMARY OF THE WORK OF THE ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AFRICA, 2022-2023
ESCWA (E/2023/77) - SUMMARY OF THE WORK OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR WESTERN ASIA FOR THE PERIOD 2022-2023
UNECE (E/2023/75) - SUMMARY OF THE WORK OF THE ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE, 2022-2023
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2022
Regional Commissions Summaries of Work
Summary of the work of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2021–2022 (English) (Arabic) (Chinese) (French) (Russian) (Spanish)
Summary of the work of the Economic Commission for Africa, 2021–2022 (English) (Arabic) (Chinese) (French) (Russian) (Spanish)
Summary of the work of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2021–2022 (English) (Arabic) (Chinese) (French) (Russian) (Spanish)
Summary of the work of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia for the period 2021–2022 (English) (Arabic) (Chinese) (French) (Russian) (Spanish)
Summary of the work of the Economic Commission for Europe, 2021–2022 (English) (Arabic) (Chinese) (French) (Russian) (Spanish)
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2020
ECA - Summary of the work of the Economic Commission for Africa, 2019-2020
ECLAC - Summary of the work of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2019-2020
ESCAP - Summary of the work of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2019-2020
ESCWA - Summary of the work of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia for the period 2019–2020
UNECE - Summary of the work of the Economic Commission for Europe, 2019-2020 New strategic vision of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia: Note by the Secretary-General (E/20120/12) (English)
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2019
ECA - Summary of the work of the Economic Commission for Africa, 2018–2019
ECLAC - Summary of the work of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2018–2019
ESCAP - Summary of the work of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2018–2019
ESCWA - Summary of the work of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, 2019
UNECE - Summary of the work of the Economic Commission for Europe, 2018–2019 __________________________________________________________________________________________________
2018
ECA - Overview of economic and social conditions in Africa, 2018
ECLAC - Economic situation and outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean for the period 2017–2018
ESCAP - Summary of the Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2018
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2017
ECA - Overview of economic and social conditions in Africa, 2017
ECLAC - Economic situation and outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean for the period 2016-2017
ESCAP - Summary of the Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2017
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2016
ECA - Overview of economic and social conditions in Africa, 2016
ECLAC - Economic situation and outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean for the period 2015-2016
ESCAP - Summary of the Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2016
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Past Sessions of the Regional Commissions (Resolutions and Decisions)
2024
Report of the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development on its work during the fifty-sixth session of the Economic Commission for Africa (English, French)
Resolutions adopted at 31st Session of Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (English, Arabic)
Resolutions adopted by the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific on 26 April 2024 (English)
2022
Resolutions and decision adopted by the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development during the fifty-fourth session of the Economic Commission for Africa (English) (Arabic) (French)
Resolutions adopted at Seventy-eighth session, ESCAP, Bangkok and online, 23–27 May 2022 (English)
2021
ECA - Report of the Conference of Ministers on the work of its fifty-third session (English)
ECLAC - Resolutions adopted at the 38th ECLAC Session 2020 (English)
ESCAP - Resolutions adopted at the 77th ESCAP Session (English) (French) (Chinese) (Russian)
ESCAP - Decisions adopted at 77 ESCAP Session (English) ESCAP - Annual Report (English)
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2020
ECA - Report of the extraordinary meeting of the Bureau of the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, 9 April 2020 (English) (French) (Arabic)
ESCAP - 76th Session Documents
ESCWA - Report of Sixth special session, Amman, 21-22 December 2019 (English) (Arabic)
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2019
ECA - Report of the Conference of Ministers on the work of its fifty-second session, Marrakech, Morocco, 25 to 26 March 2019 (English) (Arabic)
75th session of ESCAP, 27-31 May 2019: Annual Report (English)
Economic Commission for Europe Biennial Report (28 April 2017-10 April 2019) (English) (French) (Russian)
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2018
ESCWA - Report of the Thirtieth Session 25-28 June 2018 (Englisgh) (Arabic) ESCWA - Resolutions and Outcome Document adopted at ESCWA 30th session
ECA Revised Strategic Framework 2018-2019 (English) (French) (Arabic) (Spanish) (Chinese) (Russian)
51st Commission Session of ECA 11-15 May 2018; Documents (English) (French)
ECA Annual report 2018 (English) (French) (Arabic)
Resolutions adopted at 37th session of ECLAC 7–11 May 2018 (English) (Spanish)
Resolutions adopted at 74th session of of ESCAP, 11-16 May 2018
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2017
Resolutions adopted at 73rd session of ESCAP, 15-19 May 2017 (English) (Chinese) (French) (Russian)
Decisions adopted at the 67th session of UNECE, 27 April 2017
Resolutions adopted at the 29th session of ESCWA, Doha, 13-15 December 2016
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2016
Resolutions adopted at the 36th Session of ECLAC (English)
Resolutions emanating from 72nd Session of UNESCAP, May 2016, Bangkok (English)
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2015
Resolutions emanating from 71st Session of UNESCAP, 25 -29 May 2015, Bangkok (english)
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2014
Resolutions adopted at the thirty-fifth session of ECLAC, Lima,
5-9 May 2014 Resolutions adopted at the seventieth session of ESCAP, Bangkok, 4-8 August 2014
Resolutions adopted at the twenty-eighth session of ESCWA, Tunis, 18 September 2014
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2013
Sixty-ninth session of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, held in Bangkok from 25 April to 1 May 2013. English
Resolutions and decisions adopted at the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (forty-sixth session of the Economic Commission for Africa), held in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, on 25 and 26 March 2013 English
Decsions adopted at sixty-fifth session of the Economic Commission for Europe held in Geneva, Switzerland from 9 to 11 April 2013 English
2012
Resolutions Adopted By The Member States Of ECLAC At Its Thirty-Fourth Session 27-31 August, San Salvador English
Sixty-Eight Commission Session of ESCAP, 17-23 May Bangkok, Thailand from 2012. Resolutions (in zipped files): English French Chinese Russian
Forty-fifth session of the Economic Commission for Africa, 26–27 March 2012, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Ministerial Statement (English) Resolutions (English)
Twenty-Seventh Session of ESCWA, 10 May, Beirut, Lebanon Resolutions: English Arabic
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2011
Sixty-Seventh Commission Session of ESCAP, 19-25 May Bangkok, Thailand from 2011. Resolutions (English)
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2010
Ministerial Statement (English) Sixty-Sixth Commission Session of ESCAP, 13-19 May, Incheon, Republic of Korea Resolutions and Decisions (English)
Twenty-Sixth Session of ESCWA, 17- 20 May, Beirut, Lebanon Report on its Twenty-Sixth Session, 17-20 May 2010 (English) Report on its Twenty-Sixth Session, 17-20 May 2010 (Arabic)
Thirty-third Session of ECLAC, 30 May to 1 June, Brasilia, Brazil Resolutions Adopted by The Member States of ECLAC At The Thirty-Third Session Held In Brasilia (English)