ESCAP News
- 7 Dec 2007
According to a recent UN study, paperless trade could save businesses more than half a billion dollars a year globally. The savings would come from streamlined customs procedures, thereby reducing delays at border crossings.
- 6 Dec 2007
The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, will visit the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) on 10 December and deliver a keynote address on “climate change, green growth and inclusive development”.
Mr. Ban will be on an official visit to Thailand from 9 to 11 December on his way to the Bali Conference on Climate Change. His visit to ESCAP will highlight the development aspects of climate change, and the regional dimension of his Development Agenda.
- 28 Nov 2007
Azerbaijan is the fastest growing economy in the Asia-Pacific region, with an annual growth rate of more than 20 per cent thanks to surging oil revenues.
In order to secure longer-term economic stability, the government is prioritizing the information and communication technology (ICT) sector, making it second in importance only to the oil industry.
- 26 Nov 2007
ESCAP to launch Network on 27 November in Bali
- 21 Nov 2007
Bangkok meeting to promote accessible tourism in Asia-Pacific
- 21 Nov 2007
The discovery of several disease-resistant banana trees by a far-sighted scientist may save farmers across South East Asia from an epidemic that has already destroyed the banana industry in several Indonesian provinces.
Professor Ivan Buddenhagen discovered the trees – a variety of cooking banana, known as ‘pisang kepok’ – in the early 1990s. Realizing that they were resistant to a devastating disease known as ‘blood disease’, he saved some of the plants as insurance against a future outbreak. Now that foresight may save Indonesia’s ailing kepok industry.
- 19 Nov 2007
ESCAP makes recommendations as ASEAN Summit discusses integration plan
- 19 Nov 2007
UN SG’s Special Envoy on Climate Change, Han Seung-soo, called on Asian- Pacific countries to find a way to avoid further environmental deterioration while pursuing economic growth at the Committee on Managing Globalization of ESCAP. Mr. Han applauded ESCAP for its Green Growth initiative, which calls for a paradigm change in thinking of growth and argues for ecological costs to be fully reflected in market prices.
- 16 Nov 2007
UNESCAP will hold meeting on 21 November in Bangkok
- 15 Nov 2007
Han Seung-soo gives briefing at ESCAP on 19 November