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The
United
Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
(ESCAP) is the regional development arm of the United Nations
for the Asia-Pacific region. With a membership of 62
Governments, 58 of which are in the region, and a geographical
scope that stretches from Turkey in the west to the Pacific
island nation of Kiribati in the east, and from the Russian
Federation in the north to New Zealand in the south, ESCAP is
the most comprehensive of the United Nations five regional
commissions. It is also the largest United Nations body serving
the Asia-Pacific region with over 600 staff.
Established in 1947 with its
headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, ESCAP seeks to overcome some
of the region’s greatest challenges. It carries out work in the
following areas:
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