ASTINFO stand for

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Association for Technical Information
Asian Scientific Technical Information Forum
African Social Traditional Information Forum
Regional Network for Exchange of Information and Experience in Science and Technology in Asia and Asia Pacific

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The correct answer is Regional Network for Exchange of Information and Experience in Science and Technology in Asia and Asia Pacific.

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ASTINFO:

One of the Broad schemes for regional/cooperation by UNESCO is the Regional Network for the Exchange of Information and Experience in Science and Technology in Asia and the Pacific (ASTINFO),
It is a follow-up to the recommendation of the Second Conference of Ministers Responsible for the Application of Science and Technology to Development and Those Responsible for Economic Planning in Asia and the Pacific (CASTASIA II) held in Manila in 1982.
ASTINFO was initiated in 1984, and fifteen Member States in the region (Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam) are now participating
UNESCO maintains a Secretariat for ASTINFO in its Regional Office in Bangkok, Thailand, which is responsible for co-ordinating UNESCO's assistance to the region, totaling approximately US$ 1 million from 1983 to the present.
The Secretariat also regularly publishes an ASTINFO Newsletter.
ASTINFO with UNESCO has been the establishment of a regional information network in the area of medicinal and aromatic plants, called APINMAP.