Korea-ESCAP partnership to promote low carbon green growth
A partnership to implement a $200 million fund to support Asian developing countries to pursue a low-carbon development path was discussed at high-level meetings in Seoul during a visit by Noeleen Heyzer, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of ESCAP. [7 October 2008]

UN Supports Asia's Efforts to End Child Labour through Better Data Collection
Attempts to eradicate child labour in Asia and the Pacific received a boost last week, following the completion of a training course on child labour data collection for government statisticians from the region. [29 September 2008]

UN and Korea team up to improve access to technology for people with disabilities
The regional arm of the United Nations in Asia and the Pacific has teamed up with the government of the Republic of Korea to improve access to information and communication technology (ICT) for persons with disabilities by offering training to policy-makers from developing countries in the region. [29 September 2008]

UN marks World Habitat Day with launch of "Quick Guides" on urban housing
The Asia-Pacific arm of the United Nations and the UN agency dealing with housing are launching a free on-line "Quick Guides" to help policy-makers deal with the key issues of housing urban poor in the region. [26 September 2008]

ESCAP partners with China to help Asia and the Pacific to reduce disaster risk
The regional arm of the United Nations in Asia and the Pacific is teaming up with China to create a disaster risk reduction framework that could help save lives and reduce the damage caused by disasters in the future. The cooperative framework was outlined today by UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ESCAP, Noeleen Heyzer, during her visit to the earthquake ravaged Sichuan province of China [23 September 2008]