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| The '''Asian Highway''' (AH) ] is a cooperative project among countries in ] and the ] ] to improve the ] systems in Asia. It is one of the three pillars of Asian Land Transport Infrastructure Development (ALTID) project, endorsed by the ESCAP commission at its forty-eighth session in ], comprising Asian Highway, Trans-Asian Railway (TAR) and facilitation of land transport projects. The AH project was initiated by the United Nations in ] with the aim of promoting the development of international ] transport in the region. During the first phase of the project (]-]) considerable progress was achieved, however, progress slowed down when financial assistance was suspended in ]. | |||
| ESCAP has conducted several projects in cooperation with AH member countries step by step after the endorsement of ALTID in ]. | |||
| The Intergovernmental Agreement on the Asian Highway Network (IGA) was adopted on November 18, 2003, by the Intergovernmental Meeting; the IGA includes Annex I, which identifies 55 AH routes among 32 member countries totalling approximately 140,000 km, and Annex II "Classification and Design Standards". During the 60th session of the ESCAP Commission at Shanghai, China, in April ], the IGA treaty was signed by 23 countries. | |||
| The route is proposed to extend from ] to ] and pass through both ]s, ] and other countries in Southeast, Central and South ]. | |||
| The corridor is expected to improve trade links between East Asian countries, ] and ]. | |||
| To complete the route, existing roads will be upgraded and new roads constructed to link the network. A budget and timeline for construction is to be announced in ]. | |||
| AH network (km): | |||
| *] 4,247; | |||
| *] 958; | |||
| *] 1,442; | |||
| *] 1,804; | |||
| *] 1; | |||
| *] 1,339; | |||
| *] 25,579; | |||
| *] 1,320; | |||
| *] 1,154; | |||
| *] 11,432; | |||
| *] 3,989; | |||
| *] 11,152; | |||
| *] 1,200; | |||
| *] 13,189; | |||
| *] 1,695; | |||
| *] 2,297; | |||
| *] 1,595; | |||
| *] 4,286; | |||
| *] 3,003; | |||
| *] 1,321; | |||
| *] 5,377; | |||
| *] 3,517; | |||
| *] 907; | |||
| *] 16,869; | |||
| *] 19; | |||
| *] 650; | |||
| *] 1,925; | |||
| *] 5,112; | |||
| *] 5,254; | |||
| *] 2,204; | |||
| *] 2,966; | |||
| *] 2,678. | |||
| Total 140,479 km | |||
| ==See also== | |||
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| ==External link== | |||
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| * BBC News report (April 26, 2004) | |||
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