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| '''United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)''' [http://www.unece.org (.org)] was set up in 1947 by ECOSOC. It is one of five regional commissions of the [[UN]].
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| == About UNECE ==
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| * Its primary goal is to encourage greater economic cooperation among its member States.
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| * It focuses on economic analysis, environment and human settlements, statistics, sustainable energy, trade, industry and enterprise development, timber and transport.
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| * UNECE activities include policy analysis, development of conventions, regulations and standards, and technical assistance.
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| * UNECE has 55 member States. However, all interested UN member States may participate in its work.
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| * Over 70 international professional organizations and other non-governmental organizations take part in UNECE activities.
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| * Provides all sorts of fun papers such as 20-page PDFs describing what [http://www.unece.org/trade/agr/standard/fresh/fresh_e/50apples.pdf apples] are.
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| == UN/LOCODE database by UNECE ==
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| * '''[[w:UN/LOCODE]]''' is a location database in apparently widespread daily use in the world. It effectively identifies all junctions of international trade.
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| == UN/CEFACT information interexchange system ==
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| * '''[[w:UN/CEFACT]]''' is an information interexchange system by UNECE.
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| == International E-road network ==
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| * [[w:International E-road network]] is another trade facilitiation initiative by UNECE.
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| == Further reading ==
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| * [[w:United Nations Economic Commission for Europe]]
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