EU – Baltic States, Latvia, Legislation, Statistics

The Commission is the highest body of the global statistical system, which coordinates international statistical activities, the setting of statistical standards, the development of concepts and methods and their implementation at the national and international level. Each member state is represented by the head of the respective country's statistical institution. Latvia will be represented by the head of the Central Statistical Bureau, Aija Zigure, the Foreign Ministry informed LETA.

The commission was established in 1947, and is a Functional Commission of ECOSOC. It consists of 24 member states, which are elected on the basis of an equitable geographical distribution according to the following pattern: five members from African States, four members from Asian States, four members from Eastern European States, four members from Latin American and Caribbean States, seven members from Western European and other States.