Supporting Regional Integration with Effective Border Management: Border Liaison Offices

Topic: 

The Need for Border Liaison Offices in Southeast Asia

Sub-title: 

UNODC Regional Programme for Southeast Asia

Description: 

"The region is undergoing a process of integration that includes far-reaching change in the management of its borders. The regional roadmap for connectivity, such as the ASEAN Community 2015 and Greater Mekong Sub-Region Transport Master Plan, includes major upgrades in infrastructure and initiatives to promote a freer movement of people and goods. Entry and exit points at border crossings will be increasingly pressed by the need to ensure timely and efficient movements while guaranteeing the legality of these movements and the respect of trade regulations. Pan-regional infrastructure programmes seek to cross-reference one another and form an interlocking plan for a highly connected region. This includes large scale projects such as the Asian Highway and the Trans-Asian Railway Network, as well as sub-regional initiatives in the Greater Mekong Sub-Region to upgrade roads, rail and ports while re-organizing border management processes to facilitate increasing flows of goods and people..."

Source/publisher: 

UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime)

Date of Publication: 

2015-00-00

Date of entry: 

2019-07-06

Grouping: 

  • Individual Documents

Category: 

Countries: 

Myanmar

Language: 

English

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Format: 

pdf

Size: 

3.78 MB

Resource Type: 

text

Text quality: 

    • Good