Glossary:United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, abbreviated as UNECE, is one of five regional commissions of the United Nations. UNECE was set up in 1947 to promote pan-European economic integration. To do so, it groups 56 countries located in the European Union, non-EU western and eastern Europe, south-eastern Europe, as well as the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and North America.