Regional Economic Commissions


REC/178
15/3/2005
Press Release
REC/178

‘GREEN GROWTH’ FOCUS OF SEOUL MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE 24-29 MARCH


(Reissued as received.)


BANGKOK, 15 March (UN Information Services) -- The first high-level major environmental conference since the tsunami last December will be held in Seoul, Republic of Korea, 24-29 March 2005.

REC/158
26/04/2004
Press Release
REC/158


Twenty-three nations sign accord on Asian Highway network

(Reissued as received.)


SHANGHAI, 26 April (ESCAP) -- Exceeding early estimates, 23 Asian countries signed an international agreement for completing a transcontinental network of standardized roadways, at a Shanghai meeting of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).