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EAST AND NORTH-EAST ASIAAT A GLANCE UNESCAP
East and North-East Asia Office
Incheon,Republic of
Korea
UNITED NATIONS ESCAPSUBREGIONAL OFFICES
ESCAP has four subregional offices: East and North-East Asia
(ENEA) Office in Incheon, Republic of Korea; North and Central
Asia(NCA) Office in Almaty, Kazakhstan; The Pacific Office in
Suva, Fiji; and South and South-West Asia(SSWA) Office in New
Delhi, India. Each Office supports delivery of ESCAP work at the
subregional level and promotes multilateral cooperation on sub-
regional priorities.
28MILLIONkm²
Area
T
F
E
W
22%
World GDP
1.6 BILLION
Population
10 TRILLIONUS$
Trade
32%
People over 65 in the world
38%
Global CO2 emission
18%
Youth(aged 15-24) in the world
17 BILLION US$
Total net ODA
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UN_EastAsia
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United Nations ESCAP
EAST AND NORTH-EAST ASIA
• Knowledge-sharing Platform for Sustainable Ageing Societies
• Youth innovation for SDGs
• SDGs monitoring and implementation using big data
OvERvIEW
The United Nations Economic and Social
Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
East and North-East Asia (ENEA) Office was
inaugurated on 17 May, 2010 in Incheon, Republic
of Korea.
Since its establishment, the Office has been
working closely with six member States - China,
Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK),
Japan, Mongolia, Republic of Korea, and the Russian
Federation - and two associate members -
Hong Kong, China and Macau, China - to build and
strengthen partnerships and cooperation for
inclusive and sustainable development in the
subregion.
It also serves as the Secretariat of the North-East
Asian Subregional Programme for Environmental
Cooperation (NEASPEC) to promote environmental
cooperation in the subregion.
Member States
HISTORY
Addressing Social Challengesthrough Science, Technology and Innovation
• Trade and transport, in particular, with Mongolia
• International Road Transport Agreement between China, Mongolia, and the Russian Federation
• Policy consultation and knowledge sharing on cross-border trade facilitation
Strengthening Intraregional Connectivity
• Transboundary Air Pollution*
• Desertification and land degradation*
• Nature conservation*
• North-East Asian Marine Protected Areas Network (NEAMPAN)*
• North-East Asia Low Carbon City Platform (NEA-LCCP)*
• Asia Carbon Footprint Network (ACFN)
Improving Environmental Sustainability through NEASPEC*
• Capacity building for drought/dzud monitoring and early warning in Mongolia
• Disaster-related statistics and data
Promoting Disaster Resilient Societies
• North-East Asia Development Cooperation Forum
• Green technology facilitation
Facilitating Development Cooperation
Associate Members
Launched theNorth-East Asian Subregional Programme for Environmental Cooperation (NEASPEC).
ESCAP
ESCAP ENEA
1993
Under the overall mandate to support regional economic cooperation and integration and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Office carries out the following work:
KEY AREAS OF WORK
Changed its
name to the
Economic and
Social
Commission for
Asia and the
Pacific (ESCAP).
1974Moved to
Bangkok,
Thailand.
1949Established in
Shanghai,
China as the
Economic
Commission for
Asia and the Far
East (ECAFE).
1947Inaugurated in Incheon,Republic of Korea.
2010