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Thailand needs to speed up development to meet UN sustainability goals: Srettha

April 22, 2024

Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin announced that Thailand urgently needs to harness innovations to hasten its development. He made this declaration in his opening remarks at the five-day 80th session of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).

Asia-Pacific 32 years behind schedule in achieving SDGs: ESCAP report

February 21, 2024

The Asia-Pacific region will not achieve any of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 unless transformational action is taken, such as training and development projects, according to United Nations ESCAP.

Cooperation key to fighting climate change, says Prayut at Escap meeting

MONDAY, MAY 22, 2023

Thailand emphasised the importance of cooperation in the Asia Pacific to combat climate change during the annual regional meeting "79th Commission Session [CS79]” last week.

As region regresses on green transition, UN agency calls for concerted action

THURSDAY, MAY 18, 2023

The private and public sectors must work together to ensure that the world achieves the Sustainable Development Goals leaders from around the globe pledged to work towards in 2015, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) said on Wednesday.

Thai minister holds talks with Escap on IT and digital tech cooperation

TUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 2022

Digital Economy and Society Minister Chaiwut Thanakamanusorn discussed challenges in digital transformation with the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (Escap) on Tuesday.

Scavengers and local projects ‘key to cutting waste in oceans’

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2018

SCAVENGERS ARE the real heroes as Asia struggles to tackle intensifying urban waste problems and marine plastic pollution, the United Nations Economic and Social Committee for Asia and Pacific (Escap) has discovered.

Asia Pacific countries ‘making progress on SDGs’

SUNDAY, MAY 13, 2018

COUNTRIES in the Asia Pacific have made inroads towards achieving several of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) |by 2030, but progress remains uneven across the region, according to a new report by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (Escap).

Development depends on social and environmental progress: ESCAP

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 03, 2017

Escap outlines progress of measures in Asia-Pacific states

MONDAY, MAY 08, 2017

GEOGRAPHICALLY disadvantaged nations and least developed countries (LDCs) in the Asia-Pacific region can boost national incomes, educational attainment and life expectancy by reducing their sizeable physical infrastructure gaps, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (Escap) said in a new report released last week.

Thailand ranks 20th in fixed broadband use

FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 2016

THAILAND is ranked 20th in fixed-broadband adoption with 9.2 per 100 inhabitants subscribing to the service in 2015, according a new study by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (Escap).

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