Course summary (Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP))
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)
is the regional body of the United Nations for the Asia and Pacific region.
The mission of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
is
to surpass the greatest defiance of the Asia and Pacific region.
The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific works in:
- Poverty reduction in the Asia and Pacific region
- Managing the effects of globalization (international trade,
Foreign direct investment ...) in UNESCAP economies
- Facing new social topics.
The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
(ESCAP) region has experimented a fast increase in the number of Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs),
that has changed the scenery of foreign trade relations in the Asia
Pacific region and augmented the difficulty of regional markets.
Example of the course Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP):
- UNESCAP is located in Bangkok (Thailand).
- The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific is formed
by 62 Governments (58
in the Asia - Pacific region).
- The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and
the Pacific (ESCAP) is the biggest United Nations instittutioin serving the Asia-Pacific region with
over 600 staff.
Regional institutions (UNESCAP):
- APCAEM: Asian and Pacific Centre for Agricultural Engineering and Machinery
- APCTT: Asian and Pacific Centre for Transfer of Technology
- CAPSA: Centre for reduction of Poverty through Secondary Crops'
Development in Asia and the Pacific
- SIAP: United Nations Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) member
economies:, Afghanistan, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan,
Bangladesh, Bhutan,
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, People's Republic of China, Fiji, France, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Japan, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Korea (the Republic of), Kyrgyzstan,
Laos People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Mongolia,
Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Russian Federation, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan,
Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu,
Vietnam
Associate members: American Samoa, Cook Islands, French
Polynesia, Hong Kong, Macao, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands
Web site UNESCAP: http://www.unescap.org/
