United Nations Economic Commission for Europe: Annual Report 2004-2005

The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) is one of the five regional commissions of the United Nations. Its major aim is to promote pan-European economic integration.
To do so, UNECE brings together 55 countries located in the European Union, non-EU Western and Eastern Europe, Southeast Europe and Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and North
America. All these countries dialogue and cooperate under the aegis of the UNECE on economic and sectoral issues.

To this end, it provides analysis, policy advice and assistance to governments, it gives focus to the United Nations global mandates in the economic field, in cooperation with other global players and
key stakeholders, notably the business community. The UNECE also sets out norms, standards and conventions to facilitate international cooperation within and outside the region. The area of expertise of the UNECE covers such sectors as: economic analysis, energy, environment,
enterprise development, human settlements, population, statistics, timber, trade, and transport.
UNECE a region-wide and neutral platform