<p>The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), in cooperation with the International Geological Correlation Programme, has supported IGCP Project 296 "Quaternary of Asia and the ...

<p></p> The importance of tourism to the development of national economy is now widely recognized. Although the economic significance of tourism is primarily lauded in terms of its contribution to foreign exchange earnings, ...

<p>Youth crime and delinquency should not be treated as an isolated problem to be dealt with in an ad hoc and fragmentary manner. Rather, it should be approached as a complex, multi-dimensional phenomenon requiring systematic ...

<p>ESCAP, with the financial support of the Netherlands Government, organized an Expert Group Meeting on Post-cocoon Operations. The purpose of the meeting was to provide traditional, as well as newly-emerging silk producing ...

<p>In the context of progress in regional peace, economic dynamism, and a heightened sense of concern for the most vulnerable of disadvantaged social groups, the Commission at its forty&shy; eighth session, held at Beijing ...

<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 ...

<p>In support of &nbsp;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 ...

<p>This publication, fourth in a series devoted exclusively to the study of Quaternary stratigraphy in the Asia-Pacific region, contains a selection of papers presented at the third and fourth regional meetings of Project ...

<p></p> Sri Lanka, located in the Indian Ocean, is separated from the Southern tip of India by the Palk Strait, only 25 miles wide. The island spanning 270 miles north to south and 140 miles west to east has a total area ...

<p>The inauguration of the United Nations Conference Centre Bangkok, Friday, 9 April 1993 by His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand.</p>