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The Right Policies Can Protect The Workers Of Asia And The Pacific
Monday, 5 September 2022, 5:16 am | UN ESCAP
By Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana Most of the 2.1 billion strong workforce in Asia and the Pacific are denied access to decent jobs, health care and social protection but there is an array polices and tools that governments can use to remedy these deficiencies ... More >>
Business Leaders Pledge Support For New Asia-Pacific Green Deal
Saturday, 27 August 2022, 5:15 am | UN ESCAP
Recognizing the role that the private sector can play in scaling up climate action, government and business leaders from across the region have declared their support for an Asia-Pacific Green Deal for Business. The declaration was adopted at the Asia-Pacific ... More >>
UN Regional Forum On Statistics Explores Data Governance Issues
Wednesday, 24 August 2022, 6:05 am | UN ESCAP
Heads of national statistical offices, statisticians and other experts from across the region are meeting this week at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) to discuss establishing sound data governance mechanisms ... More >>
APC Colombia & UN ESCAP Formalize Partnership To Promote Business Innovation For The Sustainable Development Goals
Saturday, 6 August 2022, 5:43 am | UN ESCAP
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the Presidential Agency for International Cooperation of Colombia (APC Colombia), have formalized a partnership through a Memorandum of Agreement to promote business ... More >>
Achieving The SDGs In Extraordinary Times
Wednesday, 13 July 2022, 5:56 am | UN ESCAP
by Armida Alisjahbana, Woochong Um and Kanni Wignaraja The start of the “Decade of Action” to achieve the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has also marked the start of an unprecedented period of overlapping crises. The Covid-19 ... More >>
Recognize Reality Of A Rapidly Ageing Asia-Pacific Region & Revitalize The Role Of Older Persons In Society: UN Forum
Saturday, 2 July 2022, 6:02 am | UN ESCAP
Government officials, civil society representatives and international organizations today called for renewed momentum and swift action to advance the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA) in a regional review and appraisal convened on its ... More >>
Healthy Planet Needs ‘Ocean Action’ From Asian And Pacific Countries
Monday, 27 June 2022, 7:26 pm | UN ESCAP
By Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana As the Second Global Ocean Conference opens today in Lisbon , governments in Asia and the Pacific must seize the opportunity to enhance cooperation and solidarity to address a host of challenges that endanger what is ... More >>
Bringing The Voice Of Asia And The Pacific To The UN Ocean Conference (27 June – 1 July)
Tuesday, 21 June 2022, 5:59 pm | UN ESCAP
The ocean is a lifeline for millions of people and economies in the Asia-Pacific region. But the health of the ocean is in serious decline - and we now stand at a critical juncture to mobilize much-needed action, partnerships and innovative science-based ... More >>
Asia-Pacific Countries Endorse Bangkok Declaration To Reinvigorate Cooperation And Set Forth A Common Development Agenda
Friday, 27 May 2022, 7:52 pm | UN ESCAP
Leaders from around Asia and the Pacific – a region at the forefront of the world’s innovation and economic growth – today pledged to leverage its advantages towards protecting people and the planet. The Bangkok Declaration, adopted at the conclusion ... More >>
Annual UN Policy Forum Opens With Call For Asia-Pacific Countries To “Reclaim Its Future” In A Richer Yet Riskier World
Tuesday, 24 May 2022, 5:43 am | UN ESCAP
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) opened its 78th session in Bangkok today with global and regional leaders calling for strengthened regional cooperation and multilateralism as reverberating impacts ... More >>
Reclaiming Our Future
Monday, 23 May 2022, 7:04 am | UN ESCAP
The Asia-Pacific region is at a crossroads today – to further breakdown or breakthrough to a greener, better, safer future. Since the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) was established in 1947, the region has made extraordinary ... More >>
Asia-Pacific Leaders Convene To Set A Common Agenda For Advancing Sustainable Development Amidst Crises
Wednesday, 11 May 2022, 7:28 pm | UN ESCAP
Heads of State, senior government officials and other stakeholders from 62 countries will convene from 23 to 27 May at the 78th session of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) to shape the future of regional cooperation to advance ... More >>
Regional UN Commission Celebrates 75th Anniversary, Launches Theme Study On “Reclaiming Our Future”
Wednesday, 11 May 2022, 5:22 am | UN ESCAP
2022 marks the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). Since its founding, ESCAP has served to promote cooperation among countries and ensure that economic, social ... More >>
Countries Kick Off Implementation Of First-ever International Agreement On Facilitation Of Cross-border Paperless Trade
Thursday, 28 April 2022, 6:54 am | UN ESCAP
Bangkok, 27 April 2022 Countries today started implementing the first United Nations agreement dedicated entirely to accelerating cross-border trade digitalization at the first session of the Paperless Trade Council, convened in Bangkok under ESCAP ... More >>
“Build Forward Fairer”: UN Report Calls For Region To Adopt New Social Contract Putting Inclusive Recovery At Its Heart
Wednesday, 13 April 2022, 7:27 pm | UN ESCAP
Amid continuing uncertainty over the trajectory of the COVID-19 pandemic and increased global risks, the region’s economic recovery and progress must be anchored in “a new social contract” of inclusiveness to protect the vulnerable from future shocks, ... More >>
United Nations Report Encourages Policy Makers To ‘Build Forward Better’ Together With Volunteers
Tuesday, 29 March 2022, 6:46 am | UN ESCAP
Bangkok (UNV News) -- The fourth State of the World’s Volunteerism Report (SWVR) ‘ Building equal and inclusive societies ’ presents new evidence on volunteer–state partnerships. The flagship Report of the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme ... More >>
UN Regional Forum Opens With Call For Countries To Drive SDG Progress With Urgency, Ambition And Scale
Monday, 28 March 2022, 7:36 pm | UN ESCAP
On the back of the COVID-19 pandemic and recent crises, the region is fast losing ground on its ability to achieve the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Ninth Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) opened today in Bangkok ... More >>
Adapting To The “New Normal”: Building Back Better With Digital And Sustainable Trade Facilitation
Thursday, 3 February 2022, 7:01 am | UN ESCAP
Countries across the globe have made progress on digitalizing international trade formalities during the COVID-19 pandemic, but stronger efforts are needed to facilitate trade for small and medium-sized enterprises and other groups and sectors with special ... More >>
Concerted Regional Action To Speed Up Transition Towards Sustainable Transport And Logistics Systems
Friday, 17 December 2021, 9:10 pm | UN ESCAP
Asian and Pacific countries today adopted a potentially transformative agenda for transport that would enable greener, smarter and more resilient ways to move people and goods around the region and across the world. Transport ministers agreed to a ... More >>
UN Forum Closes With Call To Ensure Inclusion Is At The Heart Of Innovation Policies
Saturday, 4 December 2021, 6:03 am | UN ESCAP
A UN forum has called for countries in Asia and the Pacific to move away from traditional innovation policies and put in place next-generation, inclusive policies that are designed beyond economic imperatives to solve the pressing social and environmental ... More >>
