Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia | ESCWA [Abbr.]

UN regional commission [ ECA | ECE | ECLAC | Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific | Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia | Economic Commission for Africa | Economic Commission for Europe | Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean | ESCAP | ESCWA | United Nations regional commission ]

Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific | United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific | ESCAP [Abbr.]

Economic Commission for Western Asia | ECWA [Abbr.]

In North-East Asia, President Kim Dae Jung's "Sunshine Policy" has brought a dramatic change to the prospects for peace on the Korean Peninsula, while China continues to pursue its internal economic and social reforms, and to exert an increasing economic and political influence across the region, becoming more assertive in the pursuit of its regional and global interests.

G. whereas Japan is also an active member of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the African Development Bank (AFDB), the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), and many other specialised UN agencies, as well as the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) and the Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD); whereas Japan is also a member of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) since its establishment in 1995, and is a member of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the European bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the International bank for ...[+++]Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), the Group of Eight (G8) and the Group of Twenty (G20);

G. whereas Japan is also an active member of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the African Development Bank (AFDB), the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), and many other specialised UN agencies, as well as the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) and the Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD); whereas Japan is also a member of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) since its establishment in 1995, and is a member of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the European bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the International bank for ...[+++] Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), the Group of Eight (G8) and the Group of Twenty (G20);

B. whereas Malaysia is an active member of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (Unescap), the Colombo Plan promoting economic and social development in the Asia-Pacific region, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the Asia-Europe M ...[+++]eeting (ASEM)), and the Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East Asian Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA); whereas Malaysia has also been a member of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) since its establishment in 1995, and is a member of the Group of 77 (G77) developing countries, the Developing Eight (D-8), the G15 and the UN Human Rights Council (2010-2013), among others;