text: `` environmental challenges that were identified in the early ####s continue to haunt the region and are in fact exacerbated by the emergence of new risks linked to poverty and globalization , '' kim UNK , UNK of the u.n. economic and social commission for asia and the pacific -lrb- escap -rrb- said at the launching ceremony of the state of the environment report in asia-pacific #### , here tuesday night .
target: UNK chief calls for immediate action against regional environmental deterioration