Annex II 173 United Nations regional commissions: Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Addis Ababa, Ethiopia www.uneca.org Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) Geneva, Switzerland www.unece.org Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Santiago, Chile www.eclac.org Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) Bangkok, Thailand www.unescap.org Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) Beirut, Lebanon www.escwa.org.lb United Nations University (UNU) Tokyo, Japan www.unu.edu Womenwatch New York, the United States of America www.un.org/womenwatch World Bank Group Washington, D.C., United States of America www.worldbank.org World Health Organization (WHO) Geneva, Switzerland www.who.int World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Geneva, Switzerland www.wipo.int Human rights http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/ EXTERNAL/EXTSITETOOLS/0,,contentMDK:2074969 3~pagePK:98400~piPK:98424~theSitePK:95474,00. html Health and human rights www.who.int/hhr/en/ Traditional knowledge, genetic resources and traditional cultural expressions/folklore www.wipo.int/tk/en REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND MECHANISMS AFRICA African Union Established in 2002, the African Union is the successor to the Organization of African Unity. www.africa-union.org