A Journal of Analysis and News
Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana is the United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Articles by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana:
Ten years ago, the Asia-Pacific region came together and designed the world’s first set of disability-specific development goals: the Incheon
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Most of the 2.1 billion strong workforce in Asia and the Pacific are denied access to decent jobs, health care
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Asia and the Pacific is the most digitally divided region of the world, and South-East Asia is the most divided
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The start of the “Decade of Action” to achieve the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has also marked the
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Older persons are highly visible across Asia and the Pacific: they work in agricultural fields producing our food supplies, peddle
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As the Second Global Ocean Conference opens in Lisbon, governments in Asia and the Pacific must seize the opportunity to
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The Asia-Pacific region is at a crossroads today – to further breakdown or breakthrough to a greener, better, safer future.
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After two years of human devastation, the world is learning to live with COVID-19 while trying to balance the protection
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2022 marks the second anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic, and while an end to the pandemic is in sight, it
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Transport ministers from across Asia and the Pacific are meeting this week to consider a potentially transformational agenda for how
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