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Asian Highway : intergovernmental agreement on the Asian highway network
(United Nations, 2004)
<p>The Intergovernmental Agreement on the Asian Highway Network is the first treaty to have been developed under the auspices of the UNESCAP secretariat and deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. It ...
Survey of roads and road transport statistics in the ESCAP region
(United Nations, 1991)
<p>In April, 1991 ESCAP undertook a survey (by mailed questionnaire) of regional road sector construction, management and regulatory authorities for the purpose of collecting data on the growth, development, utilization ...
Study on the cost benefit and problems following the introduction of high-cube containers in development countries of the ESCAP region (1991)
(United Nations, 1991)
<p>At the Twelfth Session of the Committee on Shipping, Transport, Communications and Tourism, concern was expressed that the introduction of non-ISO (International Organization for Standardization) standard containers ...
The mid-term review of the transport and communications decade for Asia and the Pacific, 1985-1994
(United Nations, 1991)
The Transport and Communications Decade for Asia and the Pacific, 1985-1994, aimed to emphasize that the transport and communications system in each country and for the region as a whole could be improved with limited ...
Joint study on developing Euro Asia transport linkages
(United Nations, 2008)
<p>The in-house study provides a review of international transport networks and initiatives linking Asia and Europe and a discussion – based on analysing shortcomings of the existing networks – of identified ...
The development of freight forwarding in the ESCAP region
(United Nations, 1995)
<p>In the area of transport logistics and management, freight forwarding plays a very useful role in promoting the commercial and economic development of the developing countries of the region. Despite this important role, ...
Regional shipping and port development : container traffic forecast 2007 update
(United Nations, 2007)
This study is based on the application of the Maritime Policy Planning Models (MPPM) developed and maintained by the Transport and Tourism Division of ESCAP in collaboration with the Korea Maritime Institute. Its objective ...
Statistical abstract of transport in Asia and the Pacific 2002 : preparatory draft
(United Nations, 2002)
This abstract gives an overview of the ESCAP Asia-Pacific Transport Database which contains statistical transport data for Asia and the Pacific from 1990 to 2001. The database brings together information from a wide variety ...
Enhancing shift towards sustainable freight transport in Asia and the Pacific : opportunities through railway decarbonization
(UN.ESCAP, 2021)
<p>The transport sector is responsible for around one third of global energy consumption and about a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions. Left unchecked the environmental burden from the transport sector could ...
Transport and trade connectivity in the age of pandemics : contactless, seamless and collaborative UN solutions : Proposals for crisis-response provisions in regional and bilateral transport agreements of the ESCAP member states
(United Nations, 2021)
<p>The United Nations inter-agency project "Transport and trade connectivity in the age of pandemics: Contactless, seamless and collaborative UN solutions" project responds to a call to action, for the immediate health ...