Syria Participates in UNIDO Meeting

DAMASCUS, (ST)-With the participation of Syria, the regular session of the 15th General Conference of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, (UNIDO) began in Lima, capital of Peru.

The Industry Minister, Kamal Eddine Tomah, head of the Syrian delegation talked to the conference about the effects of sanctions and the unjust economic embargo imposed by some regional powers on the Syrian economy, especially the industrial sector, which led to the complexity of the conditions of growth and development of the Syrian industry and the caseation of many industrial plants and the loss of thousands of workers their jobs, which reflected negatively on the performance and results of economic and industrial policies implemented by the Syrian government in order to modernize and develop their industries and enhance their competitiveness as well as collaboration with UNIDO and other UN organizations.

The conference discussed a number of issues related to the rate of work of the organization and activities of the current and medium-term program framework and document the findings of the informal working group on the future of UNIDO, including programs and resources, strategic guidance document entitled.

It also examined the UNIDO’s activities in the field of energy, environment and business-related agricultural and trade capacity-building and the creation of employment opportunities and the Declaration and Plan of Action Vienna ministerial for the least developed countries in cooperation with middle-income countries as well as the election of the members of the organization’s office and members of the Industrial Development Board and the PBC.

On the sidelines of the forum, a meeting is scheduled to be held on the industrial development issues in countries across the world. During this meeting, the participants will discuss the issue of reconciliation and harmony between the three-dimensional of the sustainable environmental, economic, social and industrial development and ways to cope with negative environmental consequences of manufacturing because of rapid population growth and the associated increase in global demand for resources and products.

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