Eastern Forum

This documentary explores the work of ESCAP, established in 1947 with its headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, ESCAP works to overcome some of the region’s greatest challenges by providing results oriented projects, technical assistance and capacity building to member States.

• Categories: News & Features / Features
• Video Length: 00:20:13
• Production Date: 15 April 1986
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC - ESCAP; PACIFIC COMMUNITY
• Subject Topical: FORUM; TECHNOLOGY; TECHNICAL COOPERATION; ECONOMIC COOPERATION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURE; FOOD SHORTAGE
• Geographic Subject: ASIA
• MAMS Id: 2045172
• Parent Id: 840200

Description

The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) is the regional development arm of the United Nations for the Asia-Pacific region. Made up of 53 Member States and 9 Associate Members, with a geographical scope that stretches from Turkey in the west to the Pacific island nation of Kiribati in the east, and from the Russian Federation in the north to New Zealand in the south, the region is home to 4.1 billion people, or two thirds of the world’s population. This makes ESCAP the most comprehensive of the United Nations five regional commissions, and the largest United Nations body serving the Asia-Pacific region with over 600 staff.