ESCAP is the regional development arm of the United Nations for the AsiaPacific region. Made up of 53 Member States and 9 Associate Members, with a geographical scope that stretches from Turkey in the west to the Pacific island nation of Kiribati in the east, and from the Russian Federation in the north to New Zealand in the south, the region is home to 4.1 billion people or two thirds of the world’s population. This makes ESCAP the most comprehensive of the United Nations five regional commissions, and the largest United Nations body serving the Asia-Pacific region with over 600 staff.
Sunday 13 March 2016
PM SCIENCE ADVISER APPOINTED TO CO-CHAIR UNITED NATIONS SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD FOR ASIA-PACIFIC
KUALA LUMPUR, March 9 (Bernama) -- Tan Sri Zakri Abdul Hamid, the Science Adviser to the Prime Minister and JointChairman of the Malaysian Industry-Government Group (MIGHT) has been appointed by the United Nations as the co-chairman of the newly established Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Advisory Board of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). He co-chairs the board with the former Federal Minister for Science and Technology of Pakistan, Prof Atta-ur-Rahman. Besides the two of them, the 10-member board comprises of leading experts from Australia, China, India, Iran, Japan, Singapore, South Korea and Sri Lanka.
ESCAP is the regional development arm of the United Nations for the AsiaPacific region. Made up of 53 Member States and 9 Associate Members, with a geographical scope that stretches from Turkey in the west to the Pacific island nation of Kiribati in the east, and from the Russian Federation in the north to New Zealand in the south, the region is home to 4.1 billion people or two thirds of the world’s population. This makes ESCAP the most comprehensive of the United Nations five regional commissions, and the largest United Nations body serving the Asia-Pacific region with over 600 staff.
ESCAP is the regional development arm of the United Nations for the AsiaPacific region. Made up of 53 Member States and 9 Associate Members, with a geographical scope that stretches from Turkey in the west to the Pacific island nation of Kiribati in the east, and from the Russian Federation in the north to New Zealand in the south, the region is home to 4.1 billion people or two thirds of the world’s population. This makes ESCAP the most comprehensive of the United Nations five regional commissions, and the largest United Nations body serving the Asia-Pacific region with over 600 staff.
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