Asia and the Pacific

UNESCO's response to HIV and AIDS in Asia and the Pacific

• © UNESCO Bangkok/S. Ahmed
• Advocacy and Educational Support to Adolescent Reproductive Health (ARSH) Project - Thailand

UNESCO's work in the Asia and Pacific region is carried out by the following Field Units:

UNESCO Regional Bureaux

Bangkok Regional Bureau for Education in Asia and the Pacific

Jakarta Regional Bureau for Science in Asia and the Pacific

New Delhi Regional Bureau for Information and Communication in Asia and the Pacific



UNESCO Cluster Offices

Almaty Central and South-West Asia Cluster Office
(countries under the cluster office are Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan)

Apia Pacific Community Cluster Office
(countries under this cluster office are Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federate States of Micronesia, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu)

Bangkok East and South-East Asia Cluster Office
(countries under this cluster office are Cambodia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam)

Beijing East and South-East Asia Cluster Office
(countries under this cluster office are China, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Japan, Mongolia and the Republic of Korea)

Jakarta East and South-East Asia Cluster Office
(countries under this cluster office are Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Timor-Leste)

New Delhi South Asia Cluster Office
(countries under the cluster office are Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka)

Tehran Central and South-West Asia Cluster Office
(countries under the cluster office are Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of Iran, Pakistan and Turkmenistan)

National Offices

Dhaka Office for Bangladesh

Hanoi Office for Vietnam

Islamabad Office for Pakistan

Kabul Office for Afghanistan

Kathmandu Office for Nepal

Phnom Penh Office for Cambodia

Tashkent Office for Uzbekistan


The Asia and Pacific region presented here follows the specific UNESCO definition which does not forcibly reflect geography. It refers to the execution of regional activities of the Organization.