OCHA Regional Office for Asia Pacific Regional Partnerships: ASEAN, SAARC and SPC Issued: 1 March 2007
Jammu & Kashmir Aksai Regional Partnerships Chin Islamabad Arunashal The Asia-Pacific region contains a diverse array of cultures, Pradesh environments, and societies. One of the fastest growing economic New Delhi regions in the world, it is also the most disaster-prone. While natural NEPAL PAKISTAN BHUTAN disasters affect the region frequently, as this region continues along Thimphu its path of development, regional partnerships will be essential in Kathmandu developing the capacities of countries to reduce risk and Dhaka vulnerability, and to respond to disasters. INDIA BANGLADESH Hanoi MYANMAR Key partnerships: LAO PDR Vientiane Northern Mariana Islands (U.S.) Yangon South - South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) SAARC THAILAND China Saipan Sea Manila Bay of Bengal Bangkok Agana - Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Guam (U.S.) Arabian Sea CAMBODIA Phnom Penh PHILIPPINES - Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) MARSHALL ISLANDS VIET NAM ASEAN SRI LANKA Koror Palikir Majuro Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte BRUNEI Male DARUSSALAM PALAU MICRONESIA (FEDERATED STATES OF) International Date Line Country capital MALAYSIA Bandar Seri Begawan MALDIVES Kuala Lumpur Territory capital Tarawa Singapore Yaren SINGAPORE Equator Naming Convention NAURU KIRIBATI UN MEMBER STATE INDONESIA Territory or Associated State Pacific Ocean Jakarta PAPUA NEW GUINEA TUVALU Port Moresby Honiara Funafuti Yogyakarta Toke lau (N.Z.) SOLOMON ISLANDS Wallis & Futunu (Fra.) SAMOA Matu Utu Apia American Pago Pago VANUATU FIJI Samoa (U.S.) Cook Suva Papeete Port-Vila Islands Coral Sea Alofi (N.Z.) French Polynesia (Fra.) Niue (N.Z.) Avarua Nuku’alofa Indian Ocean Noumea New Caledonia (Fra.) TONGA Pitcairn (U.K.) AUSTRALIA Adamstown SPC
02,0001,000 Canberra United Nations Office for the Coordination Kilometers Ta s m a n S e a of Humanitarian affairs (OCHA) NEW ZEALAND Regional Office for Asia Pacific (ROAP) Projection: Behrmann, Datum: WGS84 Wellington Executive Suite, 2nd Floor, Map data source: UN Cartographic Section, FAO, Global Discovery UNCC Building, Rajdamnern Nok Ave, Bangkok 10200, Thailand Dotted line represents approximately the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir agreed upon by India http://ochaonline.un.org/roap and Pakistan. The final status of Jammu and Kashmir has not yet been agreed upon by the parties.
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