Economic Commission for Asia (ESCAP)

EENI- School of International Business

Subject: The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESACP, the United Nations). Syllabus:

1. Introduction to the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
2. Objectives of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia
3. The ESCAP Programs
4. The Economic Growth in Asia and the Pacific
5. The Committee on Foreign Trade and Investment of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia
6. Regional Trade Agreements in Asia
7. The Regionalism in Asia
8. Indicators of the Asian International Trade
9. Trade Facilitation in the Asia-Pacific region
10. The Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia

The objectives of the subject “The Economic and Social Commission of the United Nations for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)” are the following:

1. To understand the goals (regional integration, the Asian development) of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
2. To analyse the role of the Committee on International Trade and Investment
3. To know the importance of regional trade agreements in Asia (Asian regionalism concept)
4. To analyse the Asian trade indicators
5. To understand the programs of trade facilitation in the Asia-Pacific region

Sample of the subject - The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)

Description of the Subject: The 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-Pacific region.

The mission of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific is to surpass the greatest defiance of the Asia and the Pacific region.

The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific works in:

1. Poverty reduction in the Asia and the Pacific region
2. Managing the effects of Globalisation (international trade, foreign direct investment) in the ESCAP economies
3. 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 that has changed the scenery of the foreign trade relations in the Asia-Pacific region and augmented the difficulty of the regional markets.

1. The UNESCAP is located in Bangkok (Thailand)
2. The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific consists of sixty-two Governments (58 in the Asia-Pacific region)
3. The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific is the largest United Nations institution serving the Asia-Pacific region with over 600 staff

Regional bodies (Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific):

1. The Asian and the Pacific Centre for Agricultural Engineering and Machinery
2. The Asian and the Pacific Centre for Transfer of Technology
3. The Centre for reduction of Poverty through Secondary Crops' Development in Asia and the Pacific
4. The United Nations Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific

The Member economies of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific are Afghanistan, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, the People's Republic of China, Fiji, France, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, North Korea, South Korea, the Kyrgyz Republic, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, the Russian Federation, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, and Vietnam

The Associate members are the American Samoa, Cook Islands, French Polynesia, Hong Kong, Macau, New Caledonia, Niue, and the Northern Mariana Islands

The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) is an inter-civilisations agreement between the Sinic-Buddhist Civilisation, the Hindu Civilisation, and the Islamic Civilisation.

Sample of the subject - The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)

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