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Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
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The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) - is located in Bangkok, Thailand. It was established by the Economic and Social Council in 1947 to serve as a regional arm of the United Nations Secretariat promoting economic and social development in the member states and providing advisory services at request of the governments in the region.
Documentation
The individual ESCAP documents carry the following symbols:
E/ Economic and Social Council |
-/ESCAP Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific |
-/acronym for type of document or year of publication |
Ex. E/ESCAP/1328 Economic and Social Council, ESCAP, document no 1328 |
Information about the structure and work of the Commission, full text documents and reports and news can be accessed from the official web page of the official web site of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific.
Several regional economic surveys are published by ESCAP:
Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific. The most recent edition is posted online at the ESCAP official web site.
Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific. The most recent edition is posted at the ESCAP official web site.
Asia-Pacific Development Journal is posted at the ESCAP official web site.
ESCAP submits annual reports in the documentary series Supplements to the Official Records of the Economic and Social Council. A complete collection of these supplements in print will be found in the UN Collection of the Dag Hammarskjöld Library, Uppsala, and in the libraries at UN Headquarters in New York and Geneva.
Recent supplements are posted as ECOSOC reports on the official web site of the Economic and Social Council.
ESCAP individual documents are given symbols. Documents before 1993 can be accessed through the UN Archives of the Dag Hammarskjöld Library, Uppsala, and through the libraries at UN Headquarters in New York and Geneva.
Databases and Indexes
Documents are published electronically from 1993- in the United Nations Document System - ODS.
References to documents with links to full texts for recent years can be retrieved through the UNBISnet -the online catalogue of the UN Libraries in New York and Geneva.