Bangkok-8 May-ESCAP-SCAS Political leaders and high-level government and UN officials from across the region will convene in Bangkok this week for the 74thsession of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). The annual gathering shall comprise two parts, including the senior officials segment from 11 to 12 May
Bangkok-26 May-UN (1.) Chengdu, China The UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, and his delegation flew in to Chinafrom Bangkok for a four-hour visit early today. They came in on a Chinese executive jet, but the visit was the initiative of the Secretary-General. UN officials say Mr. Bans main mission in Asia had been to go to Myanmarbut because he was in the neighbourhood he decided it would also be