ESCAP offers different venues and platforms for governments and non-government stakeholders, including civil society organizations, trade unions, the private sector and others to meet and discuss
ESCAP provides the most inclusive platform for governments to meet and discuss social development issues in Asia and the Pacific. It also organizes expert group meetings, capacity-building workshops and related events.
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High-level Panel on Key Findings and Recommendations of the Regional Conferences on Population and Development
02 Apr 2019 | By invitation only
United Nations, New York, United States
The Asia-Pacific region is home to more than 60 per cent of the world’s population and is undergoing profound demographic shifts with important implications for sustainable development in the region. In 2018, ESCAP, along with other regional commissions of the United Nations, undertook regional reviews of progress towards the policies and actions laid out in the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development.
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