Countries covered

Map of Asia and the PacificMap of Asia and the Pacific
36 countries in Asia and the Pacific, with a total population of more than 3.7 billion, are Members States of the ILO. The region is extremely diverse and includes some of the wealthiest countries on earth as well as two-thirds of the world’s poor.

The Regional Office in Bangkok supports work in very different countries, from Afghanistan to the Pacific Islands and from Mongolia to New Zealand. There are two Decent Work Technical Support Teams in Bangkok and New Delhi, and country offices in Bangkok, Beijing, Colombo, Dhaka, Hanoi, Islamabad, Jakarta, Kathmandu, Manila, New Delhi, Suva and Tokyo. There are also liaison or project offices in Dili, Kabul, Phnom Penh, Ulaanbaatar, Vientiane and Yangon.

ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
Ms Chihoko Asada-Miyakawa
Regional Director
United Nations Building, 11th Floor
Rajdamnern Nok Avenue, P.O. Box 2-349
Bangkok 10200, Thailand
Tel.: +66 2 288 1710, 288 1755; Fax: +66 2 280 1735; Email

ILO Decent Work Technical Support Teams (DWTs)

ILO DWT for East and South-East Asia and the Pacific
Ms Xiaoyan Qian
Director
United Nations Building, 10th Floor
Rajdamnern Nok Avenue, P.O. Box 2-349
Bangkok 10200, Thailand
Tel.: +66 2 288 2219; 288 2220; Fax: +66 2 288 3058; Email

DWT-Bangkok covers Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China (including Hong Kong, China and Macao, China), Cook Islands, Fiji, Indonesia, Kirabati, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Palau (The Republic of), Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and Viet Nam.

ILO DWT for South Asia and Country Office for India
Ms Michiko Miyamoto
Director
Theatre Court, 3rd Floor, India Habitat Centre, Lodi Road
New Delhi 110 003, India
Tel.: +91 11 24 60 2101; Fax: +91 11 24 60 2111; Email

DWT-New Delhi covers Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Islamic Republic of Iran, Republic of Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

ILO Country Offices

Bangladesh
Mr Tuomo Poutiainen
Director
PPD Secretariat Office Complex, Block No. F
Plot Nos. 17/B&C, Agargaon Administrative Zone
Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka-1207
Bangladesh
IP Phone.: +880 96 78777456, 78777457; Fax: +880 2 8881425; Email

China and Mongolia
Mr Chang-Hee Lee
Director
1-10 Tayuan Diplomatic Office Building
14 Liang Ma He Nan Lu, Chao Yang District
Beijing 100600, China
Tel.: +86 10 6532 5091; Fax: +86 10 6532 1420; Email

CO-Beijing covers China (including Hong Kong SAR and Macao SAR) and Mongolia.

Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Kiribati and other Pacific Islands
Mr Martin Wandera
Director
FNPF Place, 8th Floor
343-359 Victoria Parade
Suva, Fiji
Tel.: +679 331 3866; Fax: +679 330 0248; Email

CO-Suva covers Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea, Palau (The Republic of), Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and other Pacific Islands.

Indonesia
Ms Simrin Singh
Director
Menara Thamrin, 22nd Floor
Jalan MH Thamrin Kav. 3
Jakarta 10250, Indonesia
Tel.: +62 21 391 3112; Fax: +62 21 3983 8959; Email

CO-Jakarta covers Indonesia and Timor-Leste.

Japan
Mr Sinichi Takasaki
Director
The United Nations University
8th Floor, Headquarters Building, 53-70
Jingumae 5-Chome, Shibuya-Ku
Tokyo 150-0001, Japan
Tel.: +81 3 5467 2701-3; Fax: +81 3 5467 2700; Email

Nepal
Mr Numan Ozcan
Director
Dhobighat-Nayabato, Lalitpur
Kathmandu, Nepal
Tel.: +977 1 555 5777, 555 0691; Fax: +977 1 555 0714; Email

Pakistan
Mr Geir Tonstol
Director
ILO Building G5/2 (Near State Bank of Pakistan)
Islamabad, Pakistan
Tel.: +92 51 227 6456; Fax: +92 51 277 9181; Email

Philippines
Mr Khalid Hassan
Director
19th Floor, Yuchengco Tower
RCBC Plaza 6819 Ayala Avenue
Makati City 1200, Philippines
Tel.: +632 8580 9900; 8580 9901-2; Fax: +632 8856 7597; Email

Sri Lanka and the Maldives
Ms Joni Simpson
Director
202-204 Bauddhaloka Mawatha
Colombo 7, Sri Lanka
Tel.: +94 11 259 2525; Fax: +94 11 250 0865; Email

CO-Colombo covers Sri Lanka and Republic of Maldives.

Thailand, Cambodia and Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Ms Xiaoyan Qian
Director
United Nations Building, 10th Floor
Rajdamnern Nok Avenue, P.O. Box 2-349
Bangkok 10200, Thailand
Tel.: +66 2 288 1798; Fax: +66 2 288 3058; Email

Viet Nam (The Socialist Republic of)
Ms Ingrid Christensen
Director
Green One UN House, 304 Kim Ma, Ngoc Khanh, Ba Dinh
Hanoi, Viet Nam
Tel.: +84 24 38 500 100; Fax: +84 24 37 265 520; Email

ILO Liaison or Project Offices

Afghanistan
Mr Ramin Behzad
Senior Coordinator
ILO Office for Afghanistan
UNOCA Compound, Jalalabad Road, Kabul, Afghanistan
Tel.: +93 790 49 3775;  Email

Cambodia (The Kingdom of)
Mr Sophorn Tun
National Coordinator in Cambodia
Phnom Penh Center, Building H, 2nd Floor
Corner Sihanouk (274) and Sothearos (3) Boulevard, Chamcamorn
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Tel.: +855 23 220 817; Fax: +855 23 221 536; Email

Lao People's Democratic Republic
Mr Viengprasith Thiphasouda
National Coordinator for Lao People's Democratic Republic
KOLAO Tower II, 8th Floor, Room 801
Ban Nongbone, 23 Singha Road
Saysettha District, Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic
Tel./Fax: +856 21454 415; Email

Malaysia
Mr Josh Hong
National Programme Coordinator
ILO Project Office for Malaysia
Suite 12.04, Level 12, Wisma E&C
No. 2, Lorong Dungun Kiri
Damansara Heights, 50490 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Tel.: +603 2733 30000; Email

Mongolia
Ms Bolormaa Purevsuren
National Coordinator for Mongolia
UN House 209, United Nations Street 12
Sukhbaatar district
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Tel.: +976 11 320624; Fax: +976 11 320625; Email

Myanmar
Mr Yutong Liu
Liaison Officer
No. 1, Kanbae (Thitsar) Road, P.O. Box 679
Yankin Township, Yangon Region
Myanmar
Tel.: +95 1 233 6538, 233 6539, 579 956, 578 925; Fax: +95 1 233 6582; Email

Papua New Guinea
Mr Thomas Kugam
National Coordinator for Papua New Guinea
8th Floor, Pacific Place Building
Musgrave Street, Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea
Tel.: +675 321 3364;  Fax: +675 320 1062; Email

Timor-Leste
Ms Simrin Singh
Head of Mission for Timor-Leste
United Nations House, Caicoli Street
Dili, Timor-Leste
Mobile: +670 7723 0224; Fax (UNDP): +670 331 3534

Samoa
(vacant)
National Coordinator for Samoa
ILO-Apia Office
UN Building Matautu-tai
c/o UNDP Private Bag, Apia
Samoa
Tel.: +685 27473/23670 ext. 29; Email