The shaded areas of the map indicate ESCAP members and associate members.*The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)is the most inclusiveintergovernmental platform in the Asia-Pacific region.The Commission promotes cooperationamong its 53 member States and 9 associate members in pursuit of solutions to sustainabledevelopment challenges.ESCAP is one of the five regional commissions of the United Nations.The ESCAP secretariat supports inclusive,resilient and sustainable development in the regionby generating action-oriented knowledge,and by providing technical assistance and capacity-building services in support of national development objectives,regional agreements and theimplementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.*The designations employed and the presentation of material on this map do not imply the expression of anyopinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country,territory,city or area or of its authorities,or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.