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64th Commission Session
24-30 April 2008, Bangkok

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Poverty Reduction
Poverty and Development
Statistics
Development of Pacific Island Countries and Territories
Managing Globalization
Environment and Sustainable Development
Information, Communication and Space Technology
Trade and Investment
Transport and Tourism
Addressing Emerging Social Issues
Emerging Social Issues
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Asia-Pacific Millennium Development Goals
Tsunami Regional Trust Fund (5th Round of funding open)
Least Developed Countries Coordination Unit (LDCCU)
Special Programme for the Economies of Central Asia (SPECA)
  
Dignity and justice for all of us
Green Growth
Capacity Building in Trade and Environment
Bangkok, Thailand15 May 2008



Transcription of UN system press briefing on humanitarian assistance to Myanmar, 14 May, Bangkok
The United Nations system gave a briefing in Bangkok on 14 May to provide the media with an update on the humanitarian assistance provided in response to Cyclone Nargis. [14 May 2008]

Headquarters agreement signed between ESCAP and Government of the Republic of Fiji
An important headquarters agreement between UN and the Government of Fiji on the establishment of the Pacific Operations Centre of ESCAP in Fiji, was signed on 12 May 2008 in Bangkok by H.E. Ratu Epeli Nailatikau, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Fiji, and Ms. Noeleen Heyzer, Executive Secretary of ESCAP. [14 May 2008]

Transcription of UN media briefing on humanitarian assistance to Myanmar, 12 May, Bangkok
The United Nations system in Bangkok gave a media briefing on the humanitarian assistance provided in response to Cyclone Nargis on Monday, 12 May, at the UN Conference Centre. [12 May 2008]

Top UN Official in Asia-Pacific Region Calls for Urgent Humanitarian Access to Myanmar
In the wake of the devastating Cyclone Nargis, the humanitarian situation in Myanmar is growing increasingly desperate with reported deaths topping 100,000 with at least 42,000 known missing and nearly 1.5 million people severely affected and a real danger that an even worse tragedy might unfold if urgently needed aid does not get in quickly to the people affected. “I am deeply concerned and saddened by the continuing tragedy unfolding in Myanmar,” said Noeleen Heyzer, Executive Secretary of ESCAP, the regional arm of the United Nations in Asia and the Pacific. [9 May 2008]

Bollywood Star Amitabh Bachchan Lends Support to UN Billion Tree Campaign
One of India’s leading actors, Amitabh Bachchan, will show his support to UN Billion Tree Campaign by planting a tree at the UN’s Asia-Pacific regional headquarters in Bangkok on 30 April 2008, at 5:00 p.m. [29 April 2008]




ESCAP/WTO/UNCTAD ARTNeT Capacity Building Workshop for Trade Research, 2-6 June 2008, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
 

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Welcome statement by Ms. Noeleen Heyzer, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Closing remarks at the Regional Preparatory Meeting of Asian and European landlocked developing and transit countries for the Mid-term Review of the Almaty Programme of Action, 23 April 2008, Bangkok
Closing Statement, Tenth Session, Special Body on Pacific Island Developing Countries, 23 April 2008, Bangkok
Opening session of the United Nations Climate Change Talks, 31 March 2008, Bangkok
The Economist Business Roundtable with the Government of India, 26 March 2008, New Delhi
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