In the wake of the Fifth Asian and Pacific Population Conference (Fifth APPC) held at Bangkok in late 2002 on the topic of “Population and Poverty in Asia and the Pacific”, a series of publications
has been prepared by the Emerging Social Issues Division of ESCAP.

The latest and final batch of related publications contains Population and Development, Selected Issues (APSS No. 161) and two Working Papers on “Labour Migration in the Transitional Economies of South-East Asia” and “HIV/AIDS Prevention, Treatment and Care: Regional Situation and Issues for Consideration”, respectively.

The release of these three publications in December 2003 brings to a close the work of the secretariat on this event. The publications, along with the Report and other documents prepared for the Fifth APPC, are available online at http://www.unescap.org/esid/psis/population/popseries/index.asp.