INTRODUCTION TO NEASPEC

North-East Asian Subregional Programme for Environmental Cooperation (NEASPEC) was launched in 1993 as a comprehensive intergovernmental cooperation mechanism comprising all six Northeast Asian countries, namely, China, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), Japan, Mongolia, Republic of Korea (ROK) and the Russian Federation in order to jointly address environmental challenges in this subregion.

Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) is held annually as the governing body and principal vehicle for the evolution of NEASPEC. UNESCAP Subregional Office for East and North-East Asia (SRO-ENEA) functions as the Secretariat.