2000 5 Decade of Greater Mekong Subregion Development Cooperation, 2000 2009 (subprogrammes 1, 4, and 5)

56 1 Decade of Greater Mekong Subregion Development Cooperation, 2000 2009 (subprogrammes 1, 4 and 5)

ASEAN investment cooperation and the Greater Mekong Subregion arrangement have also encouraged Thai OFDI to member States.

Despite its horrendous nature and its consequences on victims, human trafficking in the Greater Mekong subregion remains by and large a profitable and almost risk free business.

Seventeen regional technical assistance projects were also approved by the Asian Development Bank for US 7 million to promote long term development in the Greater Mekong Subregion.

The spread of infectious diseases, such as malaria, avian flu and HIV AIDS, although prevalence is low, continues to pose a serious threat to the nation because of its land links to countries in the Greater Mekong subregion.

ESCAP continued to support the draft agreement on facilitation of cross border transport of goods and people in the Greater Mekong Subregion and the draft intergovernmental agreement of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) on facilitation of international road transport.

The Government was working with the Governments of the Mekong subregion, with which it had signed memorandums of understanding, and with the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

To that end, greater cooperation on such matters in the subregion should be developed.

A pretty idyllic place on the Mekong Delta.

Naw Kham s gang also extorted protection money from cargo ships along the Mekong River.

Indeed, having its cake and eating it, China is a dialogue partner but not a member of the Mekong River Commission, underscoring its intent not to abide by the Mekong basin community s rules or take on any legal obligations.

The lower Mekong countries, for example, view China s strategy as an attempt to divide and conquer.

Yunnan is home to three great Asian rivers the Mekong, the Salween (or Nu), and the Jinsha.

Cần Thơ () is the fourth largest city in Vietnam, and the largest city in the Mekong Delta.

The Río Guaviare divides eastern Colombia into the llanos subregion in the north and the tropical rainforest, or selva, subregion in the south.

At the regional level, the Coordinated Mekong Ministerial Initiative (COMMIT) had been signed in Yangon in October 2004.

He was looked upon as a Robin Hood , for the doling out of money he extorted from Mekong shipping.

The fisheries Aquatic biodiversity in the Mekong river system is the second highest in the world after the Amazon.

The participants recommend that Governments of the South Asian subregion

At that time action on the draft resolution was postponed in order to allow for greater coordination with certain interested partners and so that we could take account of geopolitical and security developments under way in the Central African subregion.

Better job creation and faster economic growth have helped to reduce poverty incidence in the subregion but policymakers continue to be preoccupied with the task of increasing the competitiveness of their economies, in part through greater public investment in infrastructure.

Among the slew of newly approved dam projects are five on the Salween, three on the Brahmaputra, and two on the Mekong.

The Mekong Tragedy prompted China, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand to launch joint patrols along the river and coordinate attempts to capture Naw Kham.

The stakes are also high for the West African subregion as a whole.

Countries of the subregion are all affected, to varying degrees, by such trafficking.

The humanitarian situation in many parts of the subregion remains a great concern.

Four more SRAPs are being prepared one in Mesoamerica , one in the Colombia Venezuela share ecosystem , and two in the Caribbean subregion, one for the Hispaniola island ecosystem and the other for the entire subregion

Insufficient attention to rural development continues to undermine poverty reduction efforts in the subregion.

Joint training with United Nations agencies in the subregion should be used more often.

Obviously, the experience of countries in each subregion may differ from the subregional average.

It had a population of 1.2 million as of 2011, and is located on the south bank of the Hau River, a branch of the Mekong.

Like other countries of the subregion, Niger is concerned at the instability that prevails there.

UNHCR continues to facilitate the voluntary repatriation of Liberian refugees from other parts of the subregion.

This address would be incomplete without reference to the security situation in the West African subregion.

Our fear is that that crisis may spread and become a firestorm engulfing the entire subregion.

The study on the situation of internally displaced persons in the subregion should also be supported

Within each region or subregion, needs and priorities for technical assistance will need to be identified.

The report will review the environmental situation in the five countries in the Central Asia subregion.

While several States in the subregion have resolutely embarked on the path to economic and democratic reforms, and although the intensity of conflicts has lessened, with fewer people killed in combat than in the previous year, the subregion remains acutely vulnerable.

The project aims to reinforce the coordination of child protection initiatives in the subregion by supporting systems for information sharing among Governments, United Nations agencies and child protection agencies across borders focusing on the development of compatible databases across the subregion.

In Vietnam, the Bassac is called the Hậu River (Sông Hậu or Hậu Giang) the main, eastern, branch of the Mekong is called the Tiền River or Tiền Giang.

This included regional and national consultations in the Great Lakes region of Africa and the Mekong Delta and technical assistance to community led initiatives for improving water and sanitation.

A key part of the development process in the Eastern Mediterranean subregion will be played by SMEs.

The economic impact of the Ivorian crisis has had negative repercussions for the entire West African subregion.