Asia

More than a million people have been affected due to heavy flooding in Cambodia

UN agencies voice concern at impact of South-East Asian floods on children

21 October 2011
The massive flooding in South-East Asia has taken a heavy toll on the region’s children, United Nations agencies said today, with over 200 already having lost their lives, many due to drowning, and hundreds of thousands at risk of missing school because of damage to infrastructure.
Foreign Minister K. Shanmugam of Singapore

UN crucial in multilateral world, South-East Asian officials tell General Assembly

27 September 2011
South-East Asian officials today stressed the crucial need for multilateralism in solving the world’s crises, from peace and security to sustainable development and climate change mitigation, with the United Nations providing the essential cornerstone.

Exports led Asia-Pacific out of the global economic crisis – UN report

25 July 2011
Exports have led Asia and the Pacific out of the global economic crisis, according to a new United Nations report, but it will be difficult to continue the growth without opening new markets within the region, the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) reported today.

Asia-Pacific States agree at UN meeting to cooperate on disaster risk reduction

1 July 2011
Ministers and senior government officials from 31 countries, meeting at a United Nations-supported conference in Bangkok, have agreed to work more closely together on disaster risk reduction and make it central to national development strategies, the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) reported today.