ESCAP MEETING DOCUMENTS

• The following is a listing of meetings held in January - February 1999 with their corresponding documents, as compiled by the Library.

• IDNDR-ESCAP Regional Meeting for Asia: Risk Reduction and Society in the 21st Century (1999 Feb 23-26 : Bangkok)
• Meeting of Senior Officials on Environmental Cooperation in North-East Asia (5th : 1999 Feb 24-26 : Kobe, Japan)
• Seminar on Trade and Investment Information Networking in the South-Western Subregion of ESCAP (1999 Feb 7-9 : Tehran)
• Subcommittee on Poverty Alleviation Through Economic Growth and Social Development (3rd : 1999 Feb 2 : Bangkok)
• Workshop on Commercialization of Renewable Energy Technologies for Susrainable Development (1999 Jan 11-12 : Bangkok)

IDNDR-ESCAP REGIONAL MEETING FOR ASIA: RISK REDUCTION AND SOCIETY IN THE 21ST CENTURY (1999 FEB 23-26 : BANGKOK)

1. Accomplishments, current activities and future requirements for disaster reduction in Malaysia. 1999. 26p.
NATURAL DISASTERS/ DISASTER PREVENTION/ DISASTER PREPAREDNESS/ MALAYSIA

2. Climate forecasting applications for disaster reduction. 1999. 14p.
NATURAL DISASTERS/ DISASTER PREVENTION/ DISASTER PREPAREDNESS/ CLIMATE/ FORECASTING

3. Community involvement: the basis for future disaster reduction. 1999. 6p.
NATURAL DISASTERS/ DISASTER PREVENTION/ DISASTER RELIEF/ COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION

4. Country report of the Philippines on disaster reduction. 1999. 12p.
NATURAL DISASTERS/ DISASTER PREVENTION/ DISASTER PREPAREDNESS/ PHILIPPINES

5. Country report of Sri Lanka on disaster reduction. 1999. 17p.
NATURAL DISASTERS/ DISASTER PREVENTION/ DISASTER PREPAREDNESS/ SRI LANKA

6. Country report of the Islamic Republic of Iran on natural disaster reduction.1999. 16p.
NATURAL DISASTERS/ DISASTER PREVENTION/ DISASTER PREPAREDNESS/ IRAN

7. Country report of the Republic of Korea on disaster reduction. 1999. 13p.
NATURAL DISASTERS/ DISASTER PREPAREDNESS/ DISASTER PREVENTION/ KOREA

8. Country report on disaster reduction in Bangladesh. 1999. 14p.
NATURAL DISASTERS/ DISASTER PREPAREDNESS/ DISASTER PREVENTION/ BANGLADESH

9. Country report on natural disasters reduction in Mongolia. 1999. 13p.
NATURAL DISASTERS/ DISASTER PREVENTION/ DISASTER PREPAREDNESS/ MONGOLIA

10. Disaster databases at national/provincial/local levels. 1999. 7p.
NATURAL DISASTERS/ DISASTER PREVENTION/ DISASTER PREPAREDNESS/ DATABASES/ INFORMATION SYSTEMS

11. Disaster mitigation in Asian cities: experiences of ADPC's Asian Urban Disaster Mitigation Programme (AUDMP). 1999. 51p.
NATURAL DISASTERS/ URBAN AREAS/ DISASTER PREVENTION/ DISASTER PREPAREDNESS/CITIES/ ASIA

12. Disaster reduction in Turkey: country report. 1999. 10p.
NATURAL DISASTERS/ DISASTER PREPAREDNESS/ DISASTER PREVENTION/ TURKEY

13. Disaster-reduction measures in Japan: country report. 1999. 13p.
NATURAL DISASTERS/ DISASTER PREPAREDNESS/ DISASTER PREVENTION/ JAPAN

14. Economic aspects of disaster prevention: some World Bank experiences. 1999. 5p.
NATURAL DISASTERS/ ECONOMIC ASPECTS/ DISASTER PREVENTION/ WORLD BANK

15. International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction: Declaration of the Scientific and Technical Committee at Its Eleventh Session, Canberra, 19 February 1999. 1999. 6p.
NATURAL DISASTERS/ DISASTER PREVENTION/ DISASTER PREPAREDNESS/ INTERNATIONAL DECADES/ DECLARATIONS

16. Natural disaster management in India: country report. 1999. 16p.
NATURAL DISASTERS/ DISASTER PREPAREDNESS/ DISASTER PREVENTION/ INDIA

17. Natural disaster prevention, land-use planning and sustainable development:Paris Conference 17-19 June 1999. 1999. 8p.
NATURAL DISASTERS/ DISASTER PREVENTION/ LAND USE/ LAND POLICY/ SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

18. Natural disaster reduction activities in Indonesia. 1999. 14p.
NATURAL DISASTERS/ DISASTER PREVENTION/ DISASTER PREPAREDNESS/ INDONESIA

19. Overview of experiences and responses to recent disasters in Asia: keynote statement. 1999. 6p.
NATURAL DISASTERS/ DISASTER PREPAREDNESS/ DISASTER PREVENTION/ ASIA

20. Post-disaster rehabilitation: the experience of the Asian Development Bank. 1999. 17p.
NATURAL DISASTERS/ REHABILITATION PROGRAMMES/ DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE/ ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

21. RADIUS Pilot Projects in Asian cities. 1999. 9p.
NATURAL DISASTERS/ DISASTER PREVENTION/ DISASTER RELIEF/ DISASTER PREPAREDNESS/ASIA/ CITIES

22. Report of the ESCAP-IDNDR regional survey on assessment of achievements during the international decade for natural disaster reduction in Asia. 1999. 11p.
Presents a summary of the main features of the information provided by the returned questionnaires as an introduction to the detailed analysis on water-related and geology-related disasters to be conducted separately by ESCAP consultants for discussion during the IDNDR-ESCAP Regional Meeting for Asia.
NATURAL DISASTERS/ DISASTER PREPAREDNESS/ DISASTER RELIEF/ INTERNATIONAL DECADES/ SURVEYS/ ASIA

23. Review and prospects of IDNDR in China. 1999. 41p.
DISASTER PREPAREDNESS/ NATURAL DISASTERS/ DISASTER PREVENTION/ CHINA

24. Sri Lanka urban multihazard disaster mitigation project. 1999. 6p.
NATURAL DISASTERS/ DISASTER PREVENTION/ DISASTER RELIEF/ DISASTER PREPAREDNESS/URBAN AREAS

25. Status of natural disaster reduction in Nepal. 1999. 14p.
NATURAL DISASTERS/ DISASTER RELIEF/ DISASTER PREVENTION/ NEPAL

26. Bangkok Declaration of IDNDR-ESCAP Regional Meeting for Asia, Bangkok, Thailand. 1999. 2p.
NATURAL DISASTERS/ DISASTER PREVENTION/ DECLARATIONS/ CONFERENCES/ ASIA

27. The Contribution of the Global Fire Monitoring Center (GFMC) for early warning and management of wildfires. 1999. 12p.
NATURAL DISASTERS/ FIRE PREVENTION/ DISASTER PREPAREDNESS

28. Training programme on disaster reduction: evaluation. 1999. 3p.
DISASTER PREVENTION/ DISASTER PREPAREDNESS/ TRAINING PROGRAMMES

29. Water hazards, resources and management for disaster prevention: a review of the Asian conditions: IDNDR 1991-1999. 1999. 40p.
Describes categories of water-related natural disasters and disaster prevention and preparedness options for the ESCAP. Concludes with current state of disaster preparedness in the region and actions required to mitigate future disasters.
WATER RESOURCES/ WATER MANAGEMENT/ DISASTER PREVENTION/ ASIA

MEETING OF SENIOR OFFICIALS ON ENVIRONMENTAL COOPERATION IN NORTH-EAST ASIA (5TH : 1999 FEB 24-26 : KOBE, JAPAN)

1. Conclusions of the International Experts Group Meeting on the Preparation of the Regional Action Programme (RAP) for Combating Desertification and Drought in Asia, held in Bangkok, Thailand, 10-13 November 1998. 1999. 7p.
ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION/ DESERTIFICATION/ DROUGHT CONTROL/ PROGRAMME OF ACTION/ REGIONAL COOPERATION/ ASIA

2. Ongoing projects and new projects. 1999. 8p. (ENR/SO/ECNA(5)/2)
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION/ ENERGY TECHNOLOGY/ COAL/ AIR POLLUTION/ DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS/ NORTH EAST ASIA

3. Options for institutional and financial mechanisms for North-East Asian subregional programme for environmental cooperation (NEASPEC). 1998. 15p.
( ENR/SO/ECNA(5)/3) ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION/ REGIONAL COOPERATION/ DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS/ NORTH EAST ASIA

4. Policy guidance on North-East Asian subregional environmental cooperation for the twenty-first century in the light of the outcome of the nineteenth special session of the General Assembly, held in June 1997. 1999. 10p. ( ENR/SO/ECNA(5)/1)
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION/ REGIONAL COOPERATION/ POLICY GUIDELINES/ NORTH EAST ASIA

SEMINAR ON TRADE AND INVESTMENT INFORMATION NETWORKING IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN SUBREGION OF ESCAP (1999 FEB 7-9 : TEHRAN)

1. Report of the ESCAP/ECO Seminar on Trade and Investment Information Networking in the South-Western Subregion of ESCAP, 7-9 February 1999, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran. 1999. 12p. (ITECD/ECO/Rep)
TRADE/ INVESTMENTS/ INFORMATION NETWORKS/ INTRAREGIONAL TRADE/ CAPITAL MOVEMENTS/ SOUTH WEST ASIA

SUBCOMMITTEE ON POVERTY ALLEVIATION THROUGH ECONOMIC GROWTH AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (3RD : 1999 FEB 2 : BANGKOK)

1. Concept paper on possible areas of cooperation among United Nations agencies. 1999. 7p. POVERTY MITIGATION/ REGIONAL COOPERATION/ UN SYSTEM

2. Report of :Third Session of Subcommittee on Poverty Alleviation, 2 Feb 1999, Bangkok. 1999. 8p.
POVERTY MITIGATION/ REGIONAL COOPERATION/ UN SYSTEM/ CONFERENCE REPORTS

WORKSHOP ON COMMERCIALIZATION OF RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (1999 JAN 11-12 : BANGKOK)

1. Commercialization of renewable energy in Thailand. 1999. 18p.
RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES/ COMMERCIALIZATION/ CASE STUDIES/ THAILAND

2. Commercialization of renewable energy technologies (RETs) in the Kingdom of Nepal. 1999. 32p.
RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES/ COMMERCIALIZATION/ CASE STUDIES/ NEPAL

3. Commercialization of renewable energy technologies for sustainable development in Myanmar 1999. 15p.
RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES/ COMMERCIALIZATION/ CASE STUDIES/ MYANMAR

4. Commercialization of renewable energy technologies for sustainable development: national case study Lao PDR. 1999. 20p.
RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES/ COMMERCIALIZATION/ CASE STUDIES/ LAO PDR

5. Commercialization of renewable energy technologies in India: role of IREDA. 1999. 9p.
RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES/ COMMERCIALIZATION/ CASE STUDIES/ INDIA

6. Country paper for Bangladesh on commercialization of renewable energy technologies for sustainable development. 1999. 18p.
RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES/ COMMERCIALIZATION/ CASE STUDIES/ BANGLADESH

7. Philippine experience in the commercialization of new and renewable energy(NRE) systems. 1999. 24p.
RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES/ COMMERCIALIZATION/ CASE STUDIES/ PHILIPPINES

8. Renewable energy development in China. 1999. 9p.
RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES/ COMMERCIALIZATION/ CASE STUDIES/ CHINA

9. Renewable energy in India: progress, policy and future directions. 1999. 10p.
RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES/ COMMERCIALIZATION/ CASE STUDIES/ INDIA

9 March 1999