Asia-Pacific

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  • FAO 2024-09-13 10:15

    By Jong-Jin Kim, FAO Assistant Director-General

    Asia-Pacific turning toward neighbours for ideas on sustainable development

    South-South Cooperation (SSC) has increasingly been recognized as one of the most efficient and effective means of exchanging technical know-how and experiences between countries of Asia and the Pacific.

  • Asia-Pacific must do better to address poor food safety standards 2024-06-04 14:52

    By Jong-Jin Kim, FAO Assistant Director-General

    Asia-Pacific must do better to address poor food safety standards

    Each year, hundreds of millions of people are sickened by eating unsafe food. Here, in the Asia-Pacific region, the situation can also be deadly. According to the latest figures, gathered just prior to the global pandemic, some 225,000 people die each year from foodborne illnesses in Asia and the Pacific. That’s more than half of the global fatalities. Sadly, nearly a third of those who perish, 30 percent, are children.

  • Iran attending FAO intl. conference on agrifood systems reform 2024-02-19 14:55

    Iran attending FAO intl. conference on agrifood systems reform

    TEHRAN – The Islamic Republic of Iran is taking a step to reshape agrifood systems across the Asia-Pacific region by dispatching a high-level delegation to the 37th Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific (#APRC37) being held from February 19 to 22 in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

  • Soil and water – Asia-Pacific’s bread and butter 2023-12-03 15:19

    By Jong-Jin Kim, FAO Assistant Director-General

    Soil and water – Asia-Pacific’s bread and butter

    Here, in the world’s most populous region, there is a crisis slowly unfolding that involves the earth beneath our feet. The soil that has been producing the food we eat and supporting the livelihoods of hundreds of millions of farmers and others, is under threat.

  • Iran gets Montreal Protocol Implementation Committee membership 2023-10-27 14:15

    Iran gets Montreal Protocol Implementation Committee membership

    TEHRAN- The Islamic Republic of Iran became a member of the Implementation Committee of the Montreal Protocol for two years, representing the Asia-Pacific region.

  • A traveler looks at the UNESCO-designated Imam Square from the centuries-old terrace of Ali Qapu palace of Iran’s Isfahan in an undated file photo. 2023-09-19 18:27

    International tourism arrivals reach 84% of pre-pandemic levels

    TEHRAN—The total number of international tourist arrivals has reached 84% of pre-pandemic levels between January and July, according to the latest data from the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).

  • China 2023-07-15 20:55

    By Ali Karbalaei 

    China urges NATO to stop groundless provocative rhetoric

    NATO alleges Beijing challenges its "security" through "coercive policies”

    TEHRAN- China has strongly denounced accusations by NATO that it poses a challenge to the interests and security of the military alliance. Beijing says the military bloc "must not seek to sow chaos here in the Asia-Pacific".

  • Threat of urban food insecurity growing in Asia-Pacific: UN agencies 2023-01-25 15:33

    Threat of urban food insecurity growing in Asia-Pacific: UN agencies

    A new report by four United Nations agencies has revealed that Asia’s cities are growing at such a fast pace that nearly 55 percent of the region’s enormous population is expected to reside in urban areas by 2030, and that will have equally enormous consequences for urban food security and nutrition.