Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Flag of the UN and the ESCAP
Organization type	Commission
Abbreviation	ESCAP
management	Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana since 2018 Indonesia
status	active
Founded	March 28, 1947
Headquarters	Bangkok , Thailand
Upper organization	United Nations Economic and Social Council
www.unescap.org

Member countries of the ESCAP
Country	accession
Afghanistan	April 24, 1953
Armenia	July 26, 1994
Australia	March 28, 1947
Azerbaijan	July 31, 1992
Bangladesh	April 17th 1973
Bhutan	January 6, 1972
Brunei	July 26, 1985
Cambodia	20th August 1954
People's Republic of China	March 28, 1947
Fiji	3rd August 1979
France	March 28, 1947
Georgia	July 25, 2000
India	March 28, 1947
Indonesia	September 28, 1950
Iran	July 10, 1958
Japan	June 24, 1954
Kazakhstan	July 31, 1992
Kiribati	July 26, 1991
Kyrgyzstan	July 31, 1992
Laos	February 16, 1955
Malaysia	17th September 1957
Maldives	5th August 1976
Marshall Islands	July 31, 1992
Micronesia	July 31, 1992
Mongolia	December 21, 1961
Myanmar	April 19, 1948
Nauru	20th July 1971
Nepal	June 6, 1955
Netherlands	March 28, 1947
New Zealand	March 8, 1948
North Korea	July 31, 1992
Pakistan	September 30, 1947
Palau	July 18, 1996
Papua New Guinea	August 27, 1976
Philippines	March 28, 1947
South Korea	October 20, 1954
Russia	March 28, 1947
Samoa	5th July 1963
Singapore	September 21, 1965
Solomon Islands	3rd August 1979
Sri Lanka	December 10, 1954
Tajikistan	July 31, 1992
Thailand	March 28, 1947
East Timor	July 18, 2003
Tonga	20th July 1971
Turkey	July 18, 1996
Turkmenistan	July 31, 1992
Tuvalu	July 26, 1985
United Kingdom	March 28, 1947
United States	March 28, 1947
Uzbekistan	July 31, 1992
Vanuatu	July 27, 1984
Vietnam	23rd August 1954

The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific of the United Nations ( English United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific , ESCAP or UNESCAP ) is a Commission of the United Nations for East Asia and the Pacific , based in Bangkok . It was founded in 1947.

Its tasks include promoting economic and social development aid in the 62 member states, 9 of which are not members of the United Nations .

Associate members

In addition to full members, the following territories have the status of associate membership as they are not members of the United Nations:

• American Samoa (July 28, 1988)
• Cook Islands (July 11, 1972)
• French Polynesia (July 31, 1992)
• Guam (July 24, 1981)
• Hong Kong, China (November 25, 1947)
• Macau, China (July 26, 1991)
• New Caledonia (July 31, 1992)
• Niue (August 3, 1979)
• Northern Mariana Islands (July 22, 1986)

See also

• Economic Commission for Africa (UN / ECA)
• Economic Commission for Europe (UN / ECE)
• Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UN / ECLAC)
• Economic and Social Commission for West Asia (UN / ESCWA)

Web links

• Official website

Footnotes

1. ↑ ^{a b} https://www.unescap.org/about/history
2. ↑ https://www.unescap.org/about/member-states unescap.org Member States