ESCWA is part of the United Nations system. It is accountable to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations and to a biannual council of ministers concerned with socioeconomic development in the member countries.
ESCWA has built expertise and credibility in the region as an impartial agent for development and a vector for change.
Restructuring efforts that took place in the nineties has contributed enormously to its present capabilities.
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