Economic Commission for Asia (ESCAP)

EENI- School of International Business

Subject (Course): The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESACP 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. ESCAP Programs.
4. Economic growth in Asia and the Pacific.
5. Committee on Foreign Trade and Investment.
6. Regional Trade Agreements in Asia.
7. Regionalism in Asia.
8. Indicators of Asian International Trade
9. Trade Facilitation in the Asia-Pacific region.
10. Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific.

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, 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 Asian trade indicators
5. To understand the programs of trade facilitation in Asia-Pacific

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

Subject Description: 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 and 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 Pacific region.

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

1. Poverty reduction in the Asia and 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 foreign trade relations in the Asia-Pacific region and augmented the difficulty of regional markets.

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

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

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

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 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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