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The mission of the Asia and South Pacific Sub-Directorate is to contribute to the strengthening and improvement of police co-operation between Asian member countries.

• To provide adequate support at regional and national levels
• To make available relevant regionally-based information
• To increase the exchange of information within the region
• To expand the flow of information related to specialized crime areas
• To encourage the exchange of good practice between NCBs in the region

The main tasks and services for the Asia and South Pacific Sub-Directorate are:

• To perform secretariat services for INTERPOL General Secretariat activities in the region, including the Asian Regional Conference and the Asian Asian Contact Officers' meeting.
• To enhance the performances of NCBs through identifying problems and assisting NCBs in overcoming difficulties to international co-operation.
• To organize training for NCB officers on Interpol programmes, initiatives and activities of interest.
• To raise interest among Asia and South Pacific member countries in Interpol activities.
• To develop and enhance relationships with regional organizations and non-member countries.
• To increase the exchange of information among member countries and with the General Secretariat.

The sub-directorate is staffed by one Assistant Director and three Regional Specialized officers, from China, Japan, Kazakhstan and the Republic of Korea. They are responsible for co-ordinating NCB activities within INTERPOL’s most populous working region.

The Asian Business Plan 2008-2009 which was adopted at the 20th Asian Regional Conference held in Hong Kong, China from 5 to 7 March 2008 is the reference document for the Sub-Directorate for Asia and South Pacific programme of activities described in its Activity Plan. 

At the 66th General Assembly session (New Delhi, October 1997), it was decided that regional conferences would be held regularly on the four continents, i.e. Africa, Americas, Asia and Europe. They are statutory institutions and are considered as General Assembly committees.

The reviewed Terms of References for INTERPOL Regional Conferences, consistent with the Organization’s legal structure but with sufficient flexibility to allow each region to address its specific concerns and expectations, were adopted at the 73rd General Assembly session (Cancun, October 2004). The text permits each INTERPOL Regional Conference to define its own priorities and to devise unique regional responses to problems that exist in its area of the world.

The Asian Regional Conference is a meeting where policy and strategy matters concerning improvement of police co-operation between the Asian member countries and the crime situation are discussed on the basis of preparatory work carried out by officials of the Sub-Directorate for Asia and South Pacific, with assistance from the Sub-Directorate for Middle East and North Africa in the General Secretariat, and on the contributions from delegations.

In accordance with the Terms of Reference for INTERPOL Regional Conferences, the Asian Regional Conference may take decisions which involve the development of activities related to basic matters connected with criminality and police strategy in the region.

There are 35 National Central Bureaus and two Sub-Bureaus in the Asia and South Pacific region.

Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China (including Hong Kong SAR and Macao SAR), Fiji, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Republic of Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor Leste, Turkmenistan, Tonga, Uzbekistan, Vietnam.