Each UN-GGIM regional entity plays a vital role liaising with the UN-GGIM Secretariat on topics of interest and major developments in intervening periods between meetings of the Committee of Experts, facilitating regional development and discussion, and formally feeding into the Committee of Experts. UN-mandated regional bodies are established in the Asia-Pacific, the Americas, Europe, the Arab States and Africa (UN-GGIM activities are presently coordinated in Africa by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)).