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The United Nations
United Nations

The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, Social change, human rights and achieving world peace....
 Economic Commission for Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
 (UNECE or ECE) was established in 1947 to encourage economic cooperation among its member States. It is one of five regional commissions under the administrative direction of United Nations headquarters. It has 56 member States, and reports to the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). As well as countries in Europe, it includes the United States of America, Canada, Turkey, Israel and the Central Asian republics.






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The United Nations
United Nations

The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, Social change, human rights and achieving world peace....
 Economic Commission for Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
 (UNECE or ECE) was established in 1947 to encourage economic cooperation among its member States. It is one of five regional commissions under the administrative direction of United Nations headquarters. It has 56 member States, and reports to the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). As well as countries in Europe, it includes the United States of America, Canada, Turkey, Israel and the Central Asian republics. The UNECE secretariat headquarters is in Geneva
Geneva

Geneva is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie . Situated where the Rh?ne River exits Lake Geneva , it is the capital of the Canton of Geneva....
, Switzerland
Switzerland

Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
 and has a budget in the region of $50 million .

Member States


The 56 member countries are listed below.

 style="padding-top:1em;" |56 Member Countries
Countries Date of membership to the UNEC
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Note: 15 of the UNECE's 56 member countries are recipients of Official Development Assistance
Official development assistance

Official development assistance is a category of development aid. The term applies to aid from the members of Development Assistance Committee of the OECD to Part I List of Aid Recipients, that is to say, developing countries....
.

See also

  • Europe
    Europe

    Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
  • European Union
    European Union

    The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 European Union member state, located primarily in Europe. It was established by the Treaty of Maastricht on 1 November 1993 upon the foundations of the pre-existing European Economic Community....
  • Council of Europe
    Council of Europe

    The Council of Europe is the oldest international organisation working towards European integration, having been founded in 1949. It has a particular emphasis on legal standards, human rights, democracy development, the rule of law and cultural co-operation....
  • National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
    National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

    The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is an agency of the Executive Branch of the United States Government, part of the United States Department of Transportation....
     (NHTSA) standards.
  • OSCE
    Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

    The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe is the world's largest security-oriented intergovernmental organization. Its mandate includes issues such as arms control, human rights, freedom of the press, and fair elections....
  • OECD
  • Official statistics
    Official statistics

    Official statistics are related directly to the field of statistics and cover all major areas of citizens' lives, such as economic and social development, living conditions , health , education , and the environment ....
  • On-board diagnostics (OBD
    OBD

    OBD may stand for:* On-board diagnostics, an electronics self diagnostic system.* On Board Device, any vehicle management electronic hardware....
    ).
  • Types of vehicle
  • United Nations System
    United Nations System

    While the United Nations is an international organization, the United Nations System is the whole network of international organizations, treaties and conventions that were created by the United Nations....
  • UN/LOCODE
    UN/LOCODE

    UN/LOCODE, the United Nations Code for Trade and Transport Locations, is a geocode developed and maintained by United Nations Economic Commission for Europe , a unit of the United Nations....
     - location codes, maintained by UNECE
  • International E-road network
    International E-road network

    The international E-road network is a numbering system for roads in Europe developed by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. The network is numbered from E 1 up and its roads cross national borders....
    , numbered by UNECE
  • World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations
    World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations

    The World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations is a working party of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe . It is tasked with creating a uniform set of regulations for vehicle design to facilitate international trade....
  • North American Union
    North American Union

    The North American Union is a theoretical Regionalism of Canada, Mexico, and the United States similar in structure to the European Union, sometimes including a common currency called the Amero....


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