Question: The organization North Korea is a member of recognizes how many regions in the continent Buddhism spread?

<P0-S0> the unfpa supports programs in more than 150 countries, territories and areas spread across four geographic regions: arab states and europe, asia and the pacific, latin america and the caribbean, and sub-saharan africa. <P0-S1> around three quarters of the staff work in the field. <P0-S2> it is a member of the united nations development group and part of its executive committee. <SEP> <P1-S0> most of the subcontinent was conquered by the maurya empire during the 4th and 3rd centuries bce. <P1-S1> from the 3rd century bc onwards prakrit and pali literature in the north and the sangam literature in southern india started to flourish. <P1-S2> wootz steel originated in south india in the 3rd century bc and was exported to foreign countries. <P1-S3> various parts of india were ruled by numerous dynasties for the next 1,500 years, among which the gupta empire stands out. <P1-S4> this period, witnessing a hindu religious and intellectual resurgence, is known as the classical or "golden age of india". <P1-S5> during this period, aspects of indian civilization, administration, culture, and religion (hinduism and buddhism) spread to much of asia, while kingdoms in southern india had maritime business links with the roman empire from around 77 ce. <P1-S6> indian cultural influence spread over many parts of southeast asia which led to the establishment of indianized kingdoms in southeast asia (greater india). <SEP> <P2-S0> As of May 2018, 193 states have become parties to the CWC and accept its obligations. <P2-S1> Israel has signed but not ratified the agreement, while three other UN member states (Egypt, North Korea and South Sudan) have neither signed nor acceded to the treaty. <P2-S2> Most recently, the State of Palestine deposited its instrument of accession to the CWC on 17 May 2018. <P2-S3> In September 2013 Syria acceded to the convention as part of an agreement for the destruction of Syria's chemical weapons.As of November 2018, 96.62% of the world's declared chemical weapons stockpiles had been destroyed. <P2-S4> The convention has provisions for systematic evaluation of chemical production facilities, as well as for investigations of allegations of use and production of chemical weapons based on intelligence of other state parties. <SEP> <P3-S0> In Asia, the spread of Buddhism led to large-scale ongoing translation efforts spanning well over a thousand years. <P3-S1> The Tangut Empire was especially efficient in such efforts; exploiting the then newly invented block printing, and with the full support of the government (contemporary sources describe the Emperor and his mother personally contributing to the translation effort, alongside sages of various nationalities), the Tanguts took mere decades to translate volumes that had taken the Chinese centuries to render. <P3-S2> [citation needed] <SEP> <P4-S0> the African Group, with 54 member states the Asia - Pacific Group, with 53 member states the Eastern European Group, with 23 member states the Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC), with 33 member states the Western European and Others Group (WEOG), with 28 member states, plus 1 member state (the United States) as an observer state.