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The role of the family in development : four studies of the situation in Asia and the Pacific
(United Nations, 1993)
<p>In compliance with the General Assembly resolution 44/82, unanimously proclaimed 1994 as the International Year of the Family (IYF), the Asian and Pacific Preparatory Meeting for the International Year of the Family was ...
Strengthening of regional cooperation in human resources development in Asia and the Pacific : with special reference to the social implications of sustainable economic growth
(United Nations, 1995)
<p>The Commission, at its fiftieth session in April 1994, decided that the theme topic for the fifty-first session of the Commission would be "Strengthening regional cooperation in Asia and the Pacific, with special reference ...
Asia-Pacific high-level forum declaration on population and development : fifteen years after Cairo, Bangkok, 16-17 September 2009
(United Nations, 2009)
<p>Fifteen years ago, the world came together at the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo and agreed by consensus on a 20-year Programme of Action that integrated a comprehensive range of ...
Status of elderly women in the Asian and Pacific region
(United Nations, 1991)
<p>The General Assembly, in its resolution 45/106 of 14 December 1990, urged Member States, the organs, organizations and bodies of the United Nations system and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations concerned ...
The changing role of the family as a social institution in development in the Asia and Pacific region
(United Nations, 1991)
<p>The family thus “reflects the influence of economic and social transformations as well as the immediate impacts of specific watershed events in history” (Dai Keijing 1990:174). For Asian and Pacific countries ...
National policies and programmes for the family in Asia and the Pacific
(United Nations, 1993)
<p>In support of General Assembly resolution 44/82, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) in April 1991 decided in its resolution 47/13 to convene in 1993 a regional ...
Policies and programmes for older persons in Asia and the Pacific : selected studies
(United Nations, 2001)
<p>The situation of older persons and policy implications in ESCAP region are reviewed. It examines the multigenerational relationship, lifelong development, and the integration of older persons into mainstream development. ...
Asia and the Pacific into the twenty-first century : prospects for social development
(United Nations, 1998)
<p>The status and prospects for social development of the Asian and Pacific region into the twenty-first century was chosen as the theme topic for the 54th session of ESCAP. The study reviews the progress in social development ...
Quality of life in the ESCAP region
(United Nations, 1995)
<p>This publication examines in narrative form the quality of life currently prevailing in the ESCAP region, with specific reference to the developing ESCAP countries. Instead of a statistical overview, the publication ...
Ageing in Asia and the Pacific : emerging issues and successful practices
(United Nations, 2002)
<p>Much of the Asian and Pacific region is inexorably and rapidly becoming older, along with the rest of the world. What is popularly known as the “greying” or ageing of populations is changing the face of the ...