Asia

Poverty, health - big challenges for Asia-Pacific region, UN official tells meeting

29 October 2001
Poverty and health concerns top the agenda of a conference between leaders of Asia-Pacific sub-regional organizations and the United Nations regional economic and social commission, which opened today in Port Vila, Vanuatu.

Some Asian countries on brink of potentially explosive AIDS epidemics, report warns

4 October 2001
There is clear potential for extensive spread of HIV in Asia if preventive action "is too little or too late," according to a new report released on the eve of an international AIDS conference organized in part by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).

Food production in Asia hit hard by weather extremes, UN agency reports

28 September 2001
Heavy and extensive monsoon rains and floods have affected millions of people in east Asia, while three consecutive years of drought on the opposite end of the continent threaten the region's food production, according to the latest United Nations survey of the world's crop and food situation.

UN commission for Western Asia adopts regional transport agreement

10 May 2001
In a bid to achieve regional integration, the 12 member countries of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) today adopted a transport agreement aimed at developing and harmonizing international roads in the region.

UN Asia-Pacific forum to tackle poverty, AIDS as human security threats

16 April 2001
Poverty, urbanization, AIDS and other threats to human security will feature high on the agenda as representatives from throughout the Asia-Pacific region gather at the United Nations centre in Bangkok this week, the UN announced today.

UN survey shows economic recovery in Asia-Pacific region

3 April 2001
The economic performance of the Asia Pacific region grew stronger last year following an impressive recovery after the 1997 Asian financial crisis, according to a United Nations economic survey released today.