ASEAN to Convene a Post-Nargis Lessons Learning Conference, Bangkok, 30 August 2010
ASEAN, with the support of the United Nations ESCAP, will convene a Post-Nargis Lessons Learning Conference on Monday, 30 August 2010, in Bangkok. The Conference, with the theme of "Institutionalising Good Practices, Strengthening Partnership," aims to incorporate the good practices of ASEAN's post-Nargis experience in Myanmar into regional disaster management mechanisms and to strengthen regional partnerships in disaster management based on the experience learnt. [27 August 2010]

ESCAP hosts ASEAN countries to discuss means to empower disabled persons
As the Asian and Pacific region struggles to sustain its dynamism in the aftermath of the global financial crisis, the estimated 400 million disabled persons living in the region are emerging as a force for change, including for their still mostly untapped consumer power. The potential for the business sector to embrace the rights and concerns of persons with disabilities was a key focus of a regional meeting on South-to-South Cooperation on Disability held on 19 and 20 August at ESCAP. [20 August 2010]

A New Decade in Sustainable Transport - Fifth Regional Environmentally Sustainable Transport Forum in Asia, 23 - 25 August 2010, Bangkok
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Kingdom of Thailand, the Ministry of the Environment of the Government of Japan, United Nations ESCAP, and the United Nations Centre for Regional Development, with supports from various international organizations and donor agencies, will be jointly organizing the Fifth Regional Environmentally Sustainable Transport Forum from 23 to 25 August 2010 at the Royal Orchid Sheraton Hotel & Towers, in Bangkok, Thailand. [20 August 2010]

Lively roundtable discussion marks launch of International Year of Youth in Asia-Pacific
The International Year of Youth was off to a dynamic start in the Asian and Pacific region as 200 youth gathered at ESCAP headquarters in Bangkok. The Launch of the Year featured a Roundtable discussion, where five youth representatives joined Heads of UN agencies and Government officials from across the region for a lively discussion. [19 August 2010]

Asia-Pacific needs to create new market from within says UN and Club de Madrid
The Asia-Pacific region needs to address gaps in infrastructure development as well as lift as many of its people out of poverty as possible in order to create new internal markets to sustain the region’s economic recovery, according to a just concluded high-level round table organized by the United Nations and the Club de Madrid. [19 August 2010]