The United Nations Economic Commission of Africa was established in 1958 to promote economic cooperation between African state members and it is one of the five regional commissions for the ECOSOC. The commission is focused on the following key thematic areas:

• Macroeconomic policy and governance

• Regional integration and trade

• Private sector development and finance

• Data and statistics

• Technology, Climate Change and natural resource management

• Gender, Poverty and Social Policy

• Economic development and planning

 

And there five sub regional offices (SROs):

• North Africa (Morocco)

• West Africa (Niger)

• Central Africa (Cameroon)

• East Africa (Rwanda)

• South Africa (Zambia)

 

List of International Organization Offices in Addis Ababa:

• Food and Agriculture Organization

• International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

• International Labor Organization

• International Organization for Migration

• International Trade Center

• International Telecommunication Union

• Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)

• Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR)

• Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)

• UN Environment Program

• UN Habitat

• UN Women

• UN AIDS

• UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)

• UN Conference on Trade and Development

• Un Development Programme

• UNESCO

• UN Populations Fund (UNFPA)

• UN High Commissioner for Refugees

• UNICEF

• UNIDO

• UN Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)

• UN Office on Drugs and Crime

• UN Office for Project Services

• World Food Programme

• World Health Organizations