CEVAP:

There are five regional bodies established under the ECOSOC:
- Economic Commission for Europe (ECE), established in 1947, Geneva;
- Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), established in 1947 as Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East and renamed in 1974, Bangkok,
- Economic Commission For Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC),established in 1948, Santiago,
- Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), established in 1958, Addis Ababa,
- Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), which replaced the former UN Economic and Social Office in Beirut in 1973, Baghdad.