The fifty-seventh session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific was held 19-25 April 2001 at the United Nations Conference Centre in Bangkok, Thailand.

The theme topic of the fifty-seventh Session is "Balanced development of urban and rural areas and regions within the countries of Asia and the Pacific". The link on the right will display the English version of this document. To view or download the document in other languages go to the list of documents

This site contains the documents for the Session in Acrobat (PDF) format. They can be read on-line and it is also possible to download them in Chinese, English, French and Russian.