Issue highlight (Statistical Newsletter – First Quarter, 2009)

·          Regional statistical development in Asia and the Pacific: report to the 40th Session of the United Nations Statistical Commission

·          The inaugural session of the Committee on Statistics, Bangkok, 4 to 6 February 2009

·          Executive Secretary’s first visit to SIAP

·          Regional Adviser on Statistics

·          Capacity Building

o         Statistics Division meetings/training workshops

§          Inter-agency Task Force on International Merchandise Trade Statistics and Task Force on Statistics of International Trade in Services Meetings, Bangkok, 10–11 March 2009

§          Training on cognitive and pilot testing in the context of disability statistics, Bangkok, 16–20 February 2009

§          Reducing Discrepancies in MDG data: Regional Workshop on Millennium Development Goal Monitoring, Bangkok, 14–16 January 2009

o         SIAP meetings/workshops

§          Fourth Group Training Course in Modules on Fundamental Official Statistics, Chiba, Japan, 23 September 2008 – 13 March 2009

§          Country Training Workshop on MDGs and Use of Administrative Data Systems for Statistical Purposes, Koror, Palau, 19-23 January 2009

§          Country Course on Introduction to STATA Software, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 12-16 January 2009

o         Calendar of forthcoming meetings:

§          Meetings and training courses of ESCAP Statistics Division and SIAP

§          Other forthcoming statistical meetings in the ESCAP region

·          Missions by ESCAP Statistics Division

·          New member of the Statistics Division team

·          Visitors to ESCAP Statistics Division: January-March 2009