OCHA Regional Office for Asia Pacific OCHA Regional Office for Asia Pacific: Countries and Territories Issued: 23 August 2006
Ulaanbaatar OCHA Regional Office for Asia Pacific MONGOLIA The Asia-Pacific region is the most disaster-prone in the world, with frequently occurring natural disasters such as earthquakes, tsunamis, Beijing DPRK volcanic eruptions, flooding, and landslides. Jammu & Pyongyang Kashmir Seoul JAPAN Aksai CHINA REP. OF KOREA Tokyo Every year, millions of people are affected and require urgent Chin assistance such as temporary shelter, healthcare, food, clean water Islamabad Kobe Arunashal and access to basic goods and services. Conflict, political instability PAKISTAN Pradesh and ethnic tensions, as well as the threat of an Avian Influenza New Delhi NEPAL BHUTAN pandemic, also have humanitarian consequences. Kathmandu Thimphu Midway Island (U.S.) Although countries in the region have developed varying capacities Dhaka Taiwan POC to reduce risk and respond to disasters, many communities are still INDIA BANGLADESH vulnerable. OCHA provides support to governments, the UN system MYANMAR Hanoi
LAO PDR Northern Mariana e and other partners in Asia Pacific through a network of offices which n Vientiane Islands (U.S.) i collectively cover 37 UN member states and an additional 16 South L Yangon
Arabian Sea China e countries and territories totalling over 3 billion people. THAILAND t
Bay of Bengal Bangkok D Agana Guam (U.S.) l
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Phnom Penh PHILIPPINES n o MARSHALL ISLANDS i P a c i f i c O c e a n National capital VIET NAM t a
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r Territorial capital Koror Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte BRUNEI Palikir Majuro e t
DARUSSALAM n OCHA Office or presence
PALAU I Bandar Seri Begawan MICRONESIA (FEDERATED STATES OF) Male M A L A Y S I A Kuala Lumpur MALDIVES Naming Convention Singapore Tarawa UN MEMBER STATE SINGAPORE E q u a t o r Yaren Territory or Associated State NAURU K I R I B A T I I n d i a n O c e a n I N D O N E S I A PAPUA NEW GUINEA Jakarta TUVALU Dili Yogyakarta Honiara Funafuti Tokelau (N.Z.) TIMOR-LESTE Port Moresby Christmas Cocos (Keeling) SOLOMON ISLANDS Wallis & Island (Aus.) islands (Aus.) Futunu (Fra.) SAMOA Matu Utu Apia Coral Sea Pago Pago American VANUATU FIJI Samoa (U.S.) Cook Islands Port-Vila Papeete Suva Alofi (N.Z.) French Polynesia (Fra.) Niue (N.Z.) Nuku'alofa Avarua Noum?a New Caledonia (Fra.) TONGA Pitcairn (U.K.) AUSTRALIA Adamstown
Kingston Norfolk Island (Aus.) 0 1,000 2,000 United Nations Office for the Coordination Kilometers Canberra Tasman Sea of Humanitarian affairs (OCHA) Regional Office for Asia Pacific (ROAP) Projection: Behrmann, Datum: WGS84 NEW ZEALAND Executive Suite, 2nd Floor, Map data source: UN Cartographic Section, FAO, Global Discovery Wellington 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://www.ochaonline.un.org/roap and Pakistan. The final status of Jammu and Kashmir has not yet been agreed upon by the parties.
The names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations Map Ref: OCHA_ROAP_Regional_Overview_v1_060823