United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
The
United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (
UNECLAC,
ECLAC or ''
CEPAL'', in Spanish: ''Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe'') is a
United Nations regional commission to encourage economic cooperation. The ECLAC includes 46 member states (20 in
Latin America, 13 in the
Caribbean and 13 from outside the region), and 14 associate members which are various non-independent territories, associated island countries and a commonwealth in the Caribbean. The ECLAC publishes statistics covering the countries of the region and makes cooperative agreements with nonprofit institutions. The headquarters of ECLAC is in
Santiago, Chile.
The ECLAC was established in 1948 as the UN Economic Commission for
Latin America. In 1984, a resolution was passed to include the countries of the
Caribbean in the name. It reports to the
UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
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