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United Nations to honour disability rights champions on eve of new regional decade 19 Oct 2012 | 12:38 pm
UN ESCAP and the Government of the Republic of Korea will confer the ?Asia-Pacific Disability Rights Champions Award? on ten outstanding individuals on 1 November during a high-level intergovernmental...
Regional cooperation key to closing development and infrastructure gaps in South and South-West Asia, says United Nations 18 Oct 2012 | 03:58 pm
Enhanced subregional cooperation can reduce the wide development and infrastructure gaps in South and South-West Asia, stimulating growth that is more inclusive, sustainable and resilient to economic ...
Asia-Pacific Business Forum 2012 ? Need for a new business paradigm for inclusive and sustainable development 15 Oct 2012 | 04:08 pm
As the world continues to face economic turmoil, especially in the developed countries, regional economic integration, supported by robust South-South cooperation, has become even more important to re...
Asia-Pacific business forum to harness regional integration for equitable and sustainable growth 12 Oct 2012 | 09:10 am
Asia-Pacific business leaders and government policymakers, international aid and development agencies as well as civil society representatives will meet in the Malaysian capital next week to discuss h...
Asia-Pacific countries discuss ways to make transport a key pillar of post-2015 development agenda 10 Oct 2012 | 02:25 pm
Representatives of over 23 Asia-Pacific governments began a three-day meeting here today to discuss cooperation in building an efficient and sustainable regional transport and logistics network to dri...
Pacific island nations seek enabling policies to reach sustainable energy goals 10 Oct 2012 | 09:54 am
Fourteen Pacific island countries ended two days of consultations this week acknowledging that it is crucial to promote synergy between their macroeconomic and energy security policies to achieve sust...
Pacific needs sound policies to promote inclusive and sustainable growth amidst economic and environmental threats, Fiji Prime Minister tells United N... 8 Oct 2012 | 05:46 pm
Pacific island countries need sound policies to protect themselves from external economic shocks and environmental threats, and to promote growth that is inclusive and sustainable, the Prime Minister ...
Pacific needs sound policies to promote inclusive and sustainable growth amidst economic and environmental threats, Fiji Prime Minister tells United N... 8 Oct 2012 | 05:46 pm
Pacific island countries need sound policies to protect themselves from external economic shocks and environmental threats, and to promote growth that is inclusive and sustainable, the Prime Minister ...
Observance of the International Day of Non-Violence, Monday, 8 October 2012 5 Oct 2012 | 07:58 pm
ESCAP and the Embassy of India in Thailand will jointly commemorate the International Day of Non-Violence on Monday, 8 October 2012 at UN Conference Centre in Bangkok. The programme for the observance...
Asia-Pacific region launches five-year initiative to strengthen space technology use to reduce disaster risks and promote sustainable growth 4 Oct 2012 | 02:28 pm
Asia-Pacific countries launched a five-year campaign here today aimed at promoting greater use of space technology and the Geographic Information System (GIS) for improved disaster risk reduction and ...
