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We, the Executive Secretaries of the regional commissions, at the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (part two), Recognizing the essential…

A new ESCAP report shows that the Asia-Pacific region still has a way to go to “Make the right real” for persons with disabilities. The study, “A Three-Decade Journey towards Inclusion:…

As delegations from around the world participated in COP27 negotiations to limit global warming in Sharm El-Sheik, Egypt, the Ministry of Energy and Power of Pakistan launched the country's new SDG7…

The Covid-19 pandemic continues to hit hard the countries of the United Nations Special Programme for Economies of Central Asia (SPECA) and highlights the need to diversify from current, resource…

Climate change impacts all countries, but its adverse effects are proving particularly severe for Asia and the Pacific. The COVID-19 pandemic has increased debt levels, severely affected economic…

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the world’s fragilities, including the weaknesses of our food systems which exacerbate hunger, obesity, poverty, political instabilities and economic crises. To…

The Fifth Session of the Governing Council of the Asian and Pacific Centre for the Development of Disaster Information Management (APDIM) convened virtually on 26 January 2021, hosted by the Islamic…