United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

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United Nations regional commission intergovernmental organization

The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) is a UN regional body that promotes economic and social development, regional integration, and policy research across Latin American and Caribbean countries.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean canonical	9
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean	3
CEPAL	1
ECLA economic surveys of Latin America	1
ECLAC	1
Office of the Executive Secretary of ECLAC	1
member States of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17193 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
Context triple: [United Nations, hasRegionalCommission, United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean]

A. Community of Latin American and Caribbean States
The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) is a regional bloc that brings together countries from Latin America and the Caribbean to promote political dialogue, integration, and cooperation independent of U.S. and Canadian influence.
B. Organization of American States
The Organization of American States is a regional intergovernmental organization that promotes political cooperation, democracy, human rights, and security among countries in the Americas.
C. United Nations Economic and Social Council
The United Nations Economic and Social Council is a principal UN body responsible for coordinating international economic, social, and related work of the organization and its specialized agencies.
D. United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe is a UN regional body that promotes economic integration, sustainable development, and cooperation among countries in Europe and neighboring regions.
E. Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights is a regional human rights body that monitors, promotes, and protects fundamental rights across the Americas under the framework of the Inter-American human rights system.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
Target entity description: The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) is a UN regional body that promotes economic and social development, regional integration, and policy research across Latin American and Caribbean countries.

A. Community of Latin American and Caribbean States
The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) is a regional bloc that brings together countries from Latin America and the Caribbean to promote political dialogue, integration, and cooperation independent of U.S. and Canadian influence.
B. Organization of American States
The Organization of American States is a regional intergovernmental organization that promotes political cooperation, democracy, human rights, and security among countries in the Americas.
C. United Nations Economic and Social Council
The United Nations Economic and Social Council is a principal UN body responsible for coordinating international economic, social, and related work of the organization and its specialized agencies.
D. United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe is a UN regional body that promotes economic integration, sustainable development, and cooperation among countries in Europe and neighboring regions.
E. Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights is a regional human rights body that monitors, promotes, and protects fundamental rights across the Americas under the framework of the Inter-American human rights system.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Nations regional commission ⓘ intergovernmental organization ⓘ
cooperatesWith	Caribbean Community ⓘ Inter-American Development Bank ⓘ Organization of American States ⓘ United Nations Development Programme ⓘ World Bank ⓘ
countryHeadquarters	Chile ⓘ
dateFounded	1948 ⓘ
fieldOfWork	economic development ⓘ environment and climate change ⓘ gender equality ⓘ industrial development ⓘ infrastructure and transport ⓘ innovation and technology ⓘ macroeconomic policy ⓘ population and demographic analysis ⓘ public policy analysis ⓘ regional integration ⓘ social development ⓘ social inequality and poverty ⓘ statistics and data collection ⓘ sustainable development ⓘ trade and regional integration ⓘ
foundedBy	United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ
hasOrgan	country offices in selected member states ⓘ subregional headquarters for the Caribbean in Port of Spain ⓘ subregional headquarters in Mexico City ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Santiago, Chile ⓘ linked to: Santiago
mandate	conduct economic and social policy research ⓘ promote economic development in Latin America and the Caribbean ⓘ promote regional integration in Latin America and the Caribbean ⓘ promote social development in Latin America and the Caribbean ⓘ
memberOf	United Nations development system ⓘ linked to: United Nations Development Group
officialLanguage	Dutch ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Portuguese ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
parentOrganization	United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ
partOf	United Nations ⓘ
produces	regional economic surveys ⓘ social panorama reports ⓘ statistical yearbooks ⓘ
regionServed	Caribbean ⓘ Latin America ⓘ
shortName	CEPAL ⓘ linked to: United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean ECLAC ⓘ linked to: United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
website	https://www.cepal.org ⓘ

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Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United Nations → hasRegionalCommission → United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean ⓘ

United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean → shortName → ECLAC ⓘ