United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
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Map showing United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific members` | |
Abbreviation | ESCAP |
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Formation | 1947 |
Type | Primary Organ – Regional Branch |
Legal status | Active |
Headquarters | Bangkok, Thailand |
Head | Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, Indonesia |
Parent organization | ECOSOC |
Website |
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The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP or ESCAP), located in the United Nations Building in Rajadamnern Nok Avenue in Bangkok, Thailand, is one of the five regional commissions of the United Nations Economic and Social Council,[1] under the administrative direction of the United Nations headquarters. It was established in 1947 (then as the UN Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East, ECAFE) to encourage economic cooperation among its member states. The name was changed to the current in 1974. ESCAP has 53 member States and nine Associate members, home to more than two-third of the world population. As well as countries in Asia and the Pacific, it includes France, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States.
ESCAP's regional focus is managing globalization through programs in environmentally sustainable development, trade, and human rights. ESCAP is headed by Executive Secretary Armida Alisjahbana of Indonesia, who succeeded Shamshad Akhtar of Pakistan in September 2018.[2]
Scope
ESCAP works to overcome some of the region's greatest challenges by providing results oriented projects, technical assistance and capacity building to member States in the following areas:[3]
- Macroeconomic Policy and Development (including the publishing of Asia-Pacific Development Journal (APDJ) twice a year)[4]
- Trade and Investment
- Transport
- Social Development
- Environment and Sustainable Development
- Information and Communications Technology and Disaster Risk Reduction
- Statistics
- Sub-regional activities for development
Member states
- 01.
Afghanistan - 02.
Armenia - 03.
Australia - 04.
Azerbaijan - 05.
Bangladesh - 06.
Bhutan - 07.
Brunei - 08.
Burma - 09.
Cambodia - 10.
China - 11.
Timor-Leste - 12.
Fiji - 13.
France - 14.
Georgia - 15.
India - 16.
Indonesia - 17.
Iran - 18.
Japan - 19.
Kazakhstan - 20.
Kiribati - 21.
Kyrgyzstan - 22.
Laos - 23.
Malaysia - 24.
Maldives - 25.
Marshall Islands - 26.
F.S. Micronesia - 27.
Mongolia - 28.
Nauru - 29.
Nepal - 30.
Netherlands - 31.
New Zealand - 32.
North Korea - 33.
Pakistan - 34.
Palau - 35.
Papua New Guinea - 36.
Philippines - 37.
Russia - 38.
Samoa - 39.
Singapore - 40.
Solomon Islands - 41.
South Korea - 42.
Sri Lanka - 43.
Tajikistan - 44.
Thailand - 45.
Tonga - 46.
Turkey - 47.
Turkmenistan - 48.
Tuvalu - 49.
United Kingdom - 50.
United States - 51.
Uzbekistan - 52.
Vanuatu - 53.
Vietnam
Associate members
Executive Secretaries
Secretary[5] | Country | Term |
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Ms. Armida S. Alisjahbana | 2018–present | |
Ms. Shamshad Akhtar | 2014–2018 | |
Ms. Noeleen Heyzer | 2007–2014 | |
Mr. Kim Hak-Su | 2000–2007 | |
Mr. Adrianus Mooy | 1995–2000 | |
Mr. Rafeeuddin Ahmed | 1992–1994 | |
Mr. Shah A M S Kibria | 1981–1992 | |
Mr. J. B. P. Maramis | 1973–1981 | |
Mr. U Nyun | 1959–1973 | |
Mr. Chakravarthi V. Narasimhan | 1956–1959 | |
Mr. Palamadai S. Lokanathan | 1947–1956 |
Locations
- Originally located in Shanghai, Republic of China [3], relocated in 1949 to United Nations Conference Centre, Bangkok, Thailand (headquarters).
See also
- United Nations System
- United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
- United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (overlapping membership)
- United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (overlapping membership)
- Trans-Asian Railway Network Agreement
- Asian Highway Network
References
- ↑ "SUBSIDIARY BODIES OF ECOSOC". United Nations Economic and Social Council.
- ↑ "Secretary-General Appoints Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana as Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific" (Press release). New York: United Nations. 13 September 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- 1 2 "About ESCAP | United Nations ESCAP". www.unescap.org.
- ↑ "Asia-Pacific Development Journal | United Nations ESCAP". www.unescap.org.
- ↑ "Former Executive Secretaries". United Nations ESCAP.
External links
- UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
- ESCAP Pacific Operations Centre EPOC
- Centre for Alleviation of Poverty through Secondary Crops' Development in Asia and the Pacific (CAPSA)
- The publication Asia and the Pacific: A Story of Transformation and Resurgence provides a detailed overview of ESCAP's work since the late 1940s (1947-2014).