Clearly, the Asia Pacific region takes precedence in US calculations.

It probably originated in Central Asia or the Altai region.

With a realistic hope for peace in our region, we will endeavour to sustain this positive trend by forging close economic partnerships with China, South Asia, Central Asia, East Asia and West Asia, including the Gulf region, as well as with our developed country partners.

That is equally true for Asia, the world s fastest growing region.

Countries of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia region

That is as true in our Asia Pacific region as elsewhere.

The Asia Pacific region has had a varied experience in providing microfinance to the poor, particularly in South Asia.

It is a clear reflection of our commitment to the Asia region.

We are very near to achieving universality in the Asia Pacific region.

Asia and the Pacific Parties from the Asia and the Pacific region proposed 14 renewable energy projects with various technology options.

Countries of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific region

Asia 21 countries, or 43 per cent of the countries in the region

Asia is the only developing region that has reached any significant broadband penetration.

Most FDI from that region originated from East, South and South East Asia.

With realistic hope for peace in our region, we will endeavour to sustain that positive trend and forge close economic partnerships with China, South Asia, Central Asia and East and West Asia, including the Gulf region, as well as with our developed country partners.

However, their performances display wide disparity, including, in particular, in the Asia Pacific region.

The programme involved 30 representatives, including 13 women, from the Asia and Pacific region.

However, gender equality in primary education has been attained in the ECLAC region, but still is lagging in Africa and Asia, including West Asia.

Asia has suffered more casualties from the rise of international terrorism than any other region.

Nor do they challenge the United States led security umbrella for the Asia Pacific region.

This change has become particularly obvious in the Middle East and the Asia Pacific region.

Three months later, the militarist aggressors that had savaged the Asia Pacific region also surrendered.

The US military is also rebalancing within the Asia Pacific region to place more emphasis on new partnerships in Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean.

Demographic pressure remains a serious concern for labour markets in Africa, West Asia, and the ECLAC region, as well as in Asia and the Pacific.

The US, which has navy bases in the Asia Pacific region and is an ally of the Philippines, doesn t officially take sides, though it has vital interests in the region as it pursues its Asia pivot foreign policy.

Mindful of the vastness of and the diversity within South West Asia and the Arab region,

But budgets are about priorities, and we have clearly made the Asia Pacific region a priority.

Kazakhstan has called for intra regional integration in Central Asia and international integration of the region.

Mindful of the vastness of and the diversity within South West Asia and the Arab region,

In West Asia and Central Asia, high levels of corruption, including the participation of civil servants in such activity, remain prevalent in many parts of the region.

(d) Adaptation of the Safer Cities toolkit to the Asia and the Pacific region, based on pilot initiatives and practices in the region and training modules

Some 30 more specific reviews and assessments were conducted in the East Asia and Pacific region alone.

In Asia and the Pacific, the region is still home to two thirds of the world's poor.

Vast changes in America s presence across the Asia Pacific region are underway and are likely to continue. So far, none of these changes have unsettled the region.

The rapid changes occurring in the Asia Pacific region demand policies to maximize growth opportunities while minimizing risks.

Africa s poverty rate in 2003 exceeds that of the next poorest region, South Asia, by 17 percentage points.

She had recently participated in a regional consultation for the Asia Pacific region and would, in the near future, be attending regional consultations for the Africa and Central Asia regions.

Ten years later, only an empty corporate motto of an Asia and Pacific region free of poverty is left.

The study made two proposals as the way forward in implementing the Consensus in Asia and the Pacific region.

(c) Asia and the Pacific There is a wide disparity in economic performance among developing countries in the region.

Establishment of a United Nations human rights training and documentation centre for South West Asia and the Arab region

Viet Nam is among the best performers in Southeast Asia Pacific region in terms of Gender Development Index (GDI).

At that conference representatives from 15 countries of South East Asia and the Pacific region adopted the Melbourne Declaration.

Increasingly, the economic integration of the Asia and Pacific region is becoming an imperative for its growth and development.

In the East Asia and Pacific region, for example, children called for better training of teachers to end violence.