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The 'United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean' (UNECLAC or ECLAC) was established in 1948 (then as the UN Economic Commission for Latin America, or UNECLA) to encourage economic cooperation among its member states. In 1984, a resolution was passed to include the countries of the Caribbean in the name. It is one of five regional commissions under the administrative direction of United Nations headquarters. The ECLAC has 44 member States and eight non-independent territories in the Caribbean, and reports to the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). As well as countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, it includes Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, the United Kingdom, the United States, Japan and South Korea.

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Member states

Associate members

Locations

See also

External links

Member states

★ Antigua and Barbuda

★ Argentina

★ Bahamas

★ Barbados

★ Belize

★ Bolivia

★ Brazil

★ Canada

★ Chile

★ Colombia

★ Costa Rica

★ Cuba

★ Dominica

★ Dominican Republic

★ Ecuador

★ El Salvador

★ France

★ Germany

★ Grenada

★ Guatemala

★ Guyana

★ Haiti

★ Honduras

★ Italy

★ Jamaica

★ Japan (27 July 2006)

★ Mexico

★ Netherlands

★ Nicaragua

★ Panama

★ Paraguay

★ Peru

★ Portugal

★ Saint Kitts and Nevis

★ Saint Lucia

★ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

★ South Korea (5 June 2007)

★ Spain

★ Suriname

★ Trinidad and Tobago

★ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

★ United States of America

★ Uruguay

★ Venezuela

Associate members

★ Anguilla

★ Aruba

★ British Virgin Islands

★ Montserrat

★ Netherlands Antilles

★ Puerto Rico

★ Turks and Caicos Islands (24 March 2006)

★ United States Virgin Islands

Locations

★ Santiago, Chile (headquarters)

★ Mexico City, Mexico (Central American subregional headquarters)

★ Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (Caribbean subregional headquarters)

★ Buenos Aires, Argentina (country office)

★ Brasília, Brazil (country office)

★ Montevideo, Uruguay (country office)

★ Bogotá, Colombia (country office)

★ Washington, DC, United States of America (liaison office)

See also

★ United Nations System

★ Latin America

★ Caribbean

External links

★ UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean