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THAILAND-BANGKOK-SDGS-DIALOGUE

(240426) -- BANGKOK, April 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Zhao Fengtao (C), deputy head of China International Development Cooperation Agency, delivers a speech during a dialogue entitled "Renewed Efforts to Deliver on the SDGs: working towards the Summit of the Future" in Bangkok, Thailand, April 24, 2024. Representatives from Asia-Pacific countries gathered here on Wednesday to share their views and actions on how to accelerate the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) during a dialogue on the margins of the 80th session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). TO GO WITH "Asia-Pacific representatives call for renewed efforts on SDGs" (Xinhua/Wang Teng)

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THAILAND-BANGKOK-SDGS-DIALOGUE

(240426) -- BANGKOK, April 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Representatives attend a dialogue entitled "Renewed Efforts to Deliver on the SDGs: working towards the Summit of the Future" in Bangkok, Thailand, April 24, 2024. Representatives from Asia-Pacific countries gathered here on Wednesday to share their views and actions on how to accelerate the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) during a dialogue on the margins of the 80th session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). TO GO WITH "Asia-Pacific representatives call for renewed efforts on SDGs" (Xinhua/Wang Teng)

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THAILAND-BANGKOK-UN-ESCAP-80TH SESSION

(240423) -- BANGKOK, April 23, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu delivers a speech at the general debate of the 80th session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) in Bangkok, Thailand, April 22, 2024. Government leaders and policymakers assembling here on Monday pledged to embrace digital opportunities and tap into emerging technologies and digital innovation for sustainable development. (Xinhua/Wang Teng)

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THAILAND-BANGKOK-UN-ESCAP-80TH SESSION

(240423) -- BANGKOK, April 23, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Guests attend the 80th session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) in Bangkok, Thailand, April 22, 2024. Government leaders and policymakers assembling here on Monday pledged to embrace digital opportunities and tap into emerging technologies and digital innovation for sustainable development. (Xinhua/Wang Teng)

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THAILAND-BANGKOK-UN-ESCAP-80TH SESSION

(240423) -- BANGKOK, April 23, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu delivers a speech at the general debate of the 80th session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) in Bangkok, Thailand, April 22, 2024. Government leaders and policymakers assembling here on Monday pledged to embrace digital opportunities and tap into emerging technologies and digital innovation for sustainable development. (Xinhua/Wang Teng)

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Regional UN policy forum calls for digital innovation for sustainable development

STORY: Regional UN policy forum calls for digital innovation for sustainable development SHOOTING TIME: April 22, 2024 DATELINE: April 23, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:59 LOCATION: Bangkok CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of ESCAP 2. various of attendees STORYLINE: The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) opened its 80th session in Bangkok on Monday, with global and regional leaders calling for digital innovation to bolster the effort required to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. "Intelligently deployed and properly governed digital solutions, based on a common understanding, shared approaches and collaborative governance, form the foundations for the collective push necessary for the attainment of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development," said Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, executive secretary of ESCAP. The Asia-Pacific region is at the forefront of a global digital transformation. Innovations in cognitive digital technologies, digita

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CHINA-BEIJING-WANG YI-ESCAP-EXECUTIVE SECRETARY-MEETING (CN)

(240412) -- BEIJING, April 12, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, meets with Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, executive secretary of United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), in Beijing, capital of China, April 12, 2024. (Xinhua/Yin Bogu)

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Asia-Pacific environment ministers kick off Japan confab

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Environment ministers from 44 Asia-Pacific countries kick off a U.N.-sponsored meeting on Sept. 4 to chart new regional environmental action programs over the next five years and launch an intercity network to promote conservation. The two-day ministerial conference of the U.N. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) began in the city of Kitakyushu in southwestern Japan following a three-day meeting of high-level officials that ended Sept. 2.

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Asian, Pacific countries agree to adopt Jakarta Declaration for disability-inclusive world

STORY: Asian, Pacific countries agree to adopt Jakarta Declaration for disability-inclusive world DATELINE: Oct. 22, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:02 LOCATION: Jakarta CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the meeting 2. SOUNDBITE: (English): ARMIDA ALSIAH ALISJAHBANA, Executive Secretary of UNESCAP STORYLINE: Dozens of Asian and Pacific countries agreed on Friday to adopt a six-point Jakarta Declaration to create an inclusive world for people with disabilities at a high-level intergovernmental meeting held in Jakarta this week. Member states of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) agreed to harmonize national laws, involve the private sector, and increase the participation of persons with disabilities. The three-day meeting, which concluded on Friday, evaluated the achievements of the Incheon Strategy adopted in 2012 and formulates important agenda to be realized in the next 10 years. Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, executive secretary of ESCAP, said the UN body stood

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Asia-Pacific environment ministers kick off Japan confab

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Environment ministers from 44 Asia-Pacific countries kick off a U.N.-sponsored meeting on Sept. 4 to chart new regional environmental action programs over the next five years and launch an intercity network to promote conservation. The two-day ministerial conference of the U.N. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) began in the city of Kitakyushu in southwestern Japan following a three-day meeting of high-level officials that ended Sept. 2.