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UN dream of rail link from Northern Europe to South East Asia moves step closer

30 November 2005
The Trans-Asian Railway (TAR), a potential network of over 80,000 kilometres of routes linking 27 Member States of the United Nations regional body for Asia and the Pacific, gained new momentum today under a draft agreement that could boost transport ranging from trade to tourism as far as northern Europe.

UN seminar to examine social implications of migration

18 August 2005
Several United Nations and outside agencies will conduct a seminar in Bangkok later this month to review trends in migration, with a view toward exploring the social implications of these developments in the Asia-Pacific Region.
Kim Hak-Su, ESCAP

Accord on vast UN-backed Asian Highway network enters into force 4 July

1 July 2005
The Intergovernmental Agreement on the United Nations-backed 140,000-kilometre Asian Highway Network linking the vast region from St. Petersburg to Singapore and Seoul to Istanbul comes into force on Monday, facilitating trade and tourism and opening up landlocked countries.
ESCAP headquarters Bangkok, Thailand

UN meeting focuses on collective action to tackle problems in Asia-Pacific region

16 May 2005
The Asia-Pacific region must unite through collective action to consolidate economic success and overcome the problems posed by crime and natural disasters, officials attending a United Nations meeting in Bangkok said today.

Asia-Pacific region urges more holistic approach to achieving gender equality

10 September 2004
Recommitting themselves to achieving gender equality and empowering women for decades to come, countries from Asia and the Pacific meeting at the United Nations regional commission in Bangkok (ESCAP) today called for a more all-embracing approach to understanding the issue.

In bid to boost trade, UN helps to tighten transport links in northeast Asia

15 January 2004
A three-country meeting this week in China has agreed to streamline customs procedures, coordinate transit routes and establish a common regulatory framework - moves meant to boost export capabilities and living standards in northeast Asia, United Nations officials said today.
Kim Hak-Su, ESCAP

Amid uncertainty, Asia-Pacific region to sustain growth in 2003, UN commission reports

19 December 2002
The economies of Asian countries are expected to record good performances this year, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) said today, attributing the growth to domestic factors and the stimulus provided by intra-regional trade.

UN commission details proposal for highway network from Europe through Asia

14 November 2002
A draft proposal for a highway network expected to improve trade links between Asia and Europe has been finalized, the Bangkok-based United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and the Pacific (UNESCAP) said today.

At forum of religious leaders in Bangkok, UN official stresses universal values

13 June 2002
As religious leaders from around the world gathered in Bangkok to inaugurate a new assembly, a United Nations official told participants that shared aspirations unite the world's great faiths.

Small-scale loans key to fighting poverty, officials tell UN forum in Bangkok

6 March 2002
"Microfinancing" - a method of funding for community-level entrepreneurs to jump-start local economies - is the focus of a three-day anti-poverty conference which opened today at the Bangkok headquarters of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).