Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)

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  • UN ESCAP adopts Iran’s proposal on protecting Zagros forests 2025-04-29 16:04

    UN ESCAP adopts Iran’s proposal on protecting Zagros forests

    TEHRAN –With the approval of Iran’s proposal on protecting Zagros forests at the eighty-first annual session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), the issue is placed on the agenda of the Asia-Pacific Center for the Development of Disaster Information Management (APDIM).

  • Iran ready to further regional co-op to tackle SDSs 2025-02-21 15:03

    Iran ready to further regional co-op to tackle SDSs

    TEHRAN – Attending the first regional dialogue on enhancing inter-regional co-op on sand and dust storms (SDSs), Sediqeh Torabi, an official with the Department of Environment (DOE), has voiced Iran’s readiness to expand collaborations with regional countries to combat SDSs.

  • COP16 2024-12-17 16:08

    ESCAP, ESCWA to drive United Nations efforts on sand and dust storms

    TEHRAN — At the 16th Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in Riyadh, the Asian and Pacific Centre for the Development of Disaster Information Management (APDIM) of ESCAP and the Arab Centre for Climate Change Policies (ACCCP) of ESCWA took over the co-chairship of the UN Coalition on Combating Sand and Dust Storms.

  • ‘Iran highlights empowering women in all aspects’ 2024-11-24 15:32

    ‘Iran highlights empowering women in all aspects’

    TEHRAN –Iran has always underscored the economic, cultural, social, and political empowerment of women as a key element in policy-making, legislation, and national planning, Fakhr al-Sadat Fatemi, an advisor to the deputy vice president for women and family affairs, has stated.

  • Iran, ESCAP to cooperate on empowering women, dealing with natural hazards 2024-11-22 15:15

    Iran, ESCAP to cooperate on empowering women, dealing with natural hazards

    TEHRAN –The Vice President for Women and Family Affairs, Zahra Behrouz-Azar, and the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, have agreed to collaborate on empowering women as well as dealing with natural and environmental disasters.

  • Iran’s leadership in combating SDSs is promising: ESCAP official 2023-09-20 15:42

    Iran’s leadership in combating SDSs is promising: ESCAP official

    TEHRAN- Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, head of the United Nations Economic and Social Council for Asia and Pacific (ESCAP), has said that Iran's guidance and leadership in dealing with the global phenomenon of sand and dust storms (SDSs) is promising.

  • PBO 2023-09-18 13:21

    Iran interested in effective presence in ESCAP

    TEHRAN – The head of Iran’s Planning and Budget Organization (PBO) has expressed the country’s interest in an effective presence in the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), IRIB reported on Sunday.