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UN Photo/Ali MustofaEarly in the morning, when farmers go to paddy fields, in Maos village, central Java, Indonesia.

ASIA AND THE PACIFIC

The main centre of United Nations activity in Asia and the Pacific is Bangkok, Thailand, home to the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. There are also many regional and country offices of UN system entities, and UN political offices in the Asia and Pacific region.