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The UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office, also known as UNICEF EAPRO, is one of seven regional offices that support the work of the United Nations Children’s Fund. Globally, UNICEF works to promote children’s rights in over 150 developing countries.〔http://www.unicef.org/about/who/index_faq.html〕 The East Asia and Pacific Regional Office, based in Bangkok, Thailand, provides advice and programme support to 14 UNICEF Country Offices and other humanitarian partners across the region. It also supports these offices in their efforts to raise funds for UNICEF initiatives for children. Helping to develop and guide UNICEF programmes across the region in health and nutrition, child protection, HIV and AIDS, education, water and sanitation, early childhood development, social policy, and emergency preparedness is a central function for specialist advisers in EAPRO.〔http://www.unicef.org/eapro/about_4800.html〕 UNICEF EAPRO also coordinates region-wide initiatives and advocates at the regional level for the realization of children’s rights through greater investment in children and child-centred social policies. It works closely with a range of partner organizations on children’s issues, including several other UN agencies, civil society groups, bilateral and multilateral institutions, and donors. Strengthening regional partnerships for achieving the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the World Fit for Children goals (agreed at the 2002 UN Special Session on Children), and realizing the Convention on the Rights of the Child is a central part of EAPRO’s current agenda.〔http://www.unicef.org/eapro/about_4800.html〕 Internationally, UNICEF works with governments, civil society organizations, business partners and local communities to improve children’s lives. While the organization is present in 190 countries worldwide,〔http://www.unicef.org/about/structure/index.html〕 its focus is very much in developing countries where over 85 per cent of UNICEF staff work.〔http://www.unicef.org/eapro/about.html〕 It has a major role in responding to emergencies, including natural disasters and conflicts. Rather than relying on UN funding, UNICEF generates its own revenue through voluntary donations. UNICEF Country Offices throughout East Asia and the Pacific raise funds for their programmes through a range of means, including donations, the sale of cards and gifts, and strategic partnerships with companies.〔http://www.unicef.org/corporate_partners/index.html〕 In the region, UNICEF National Committees in Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand and the Republic of Korea raise funds for the organization’s worldwide emergency and development work.〔http://www.unicef.org/eapro/about_16332.html〕 == East Asia and the Pacific region == One third of the world’s population, or around two billion people, live in the East Asia and Pacific region This includes over one quarter (about 27 per cent) of the world’s children - around 580 million in total. Around 30 million children are born in East Asia and the Pacific every year. The region stretches from Western China to the Cook Islands, and from Mongolia in the north to Tonga in the south. The smallest country in the region, Niue, has as few as 1,700 people; whereas China, the region’s largest country, has 1.3 billion people.〔http://www.unicef.org/eapro/where.html〕 The region is marked by considerable diversity in peoples, cultures, natural environments, economies, political systems and development potential. While featuring some of the fastest-growing economies in the world, the region also includes nine of the world’s least-developed countries - five in the Pacific (Kiribati, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and Vanuatu) and four in East Asia (Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar and Timor Leste). The Pacific, with its particular characteristics, dynamics and challenges, is a distinct sub-region within the wider EAP region.〔http://www.unicef.org/eapro/where.html〕 UNICEF’s 14 Country Offices design and implement programmes, with EAPRO’s support, to advance the rights and well-being of children in 28 countries across East Asia and the Pacific: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Cook Islands, Fiji, Indonesia, Kiribati, Korea DPR, Laos PDR, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Thailand, Timor Leste, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Viet Nam.〔http://www.unicef.org/eapro/where.html〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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