Syria, Member of UNIDO Council

LIMA,(ST) -The fifteenth session of the General Conference of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) which concluded it deliberations recently in the capital of Peru, elected Syria, a member of the Council of the Organization of the Asian Group for four years to come.

The Industrial Development Board is the most important policy-making bodies of the organization that contributes to the support of Syria with the necessary technical expertise and technical and financial assistance to rehabilitate the national industry in order to achieve sustainable industrial development programs.

The Industry Minister, Kamal Tomah, Head of Syrian delegation and the Director of UNIDO, “Lee Young” discussed areas of cooperation in the provision of technical expertise and the preparation of economic studies for projects of phosphate fertilizers and the development of the sugar industry and cluster gatherings of textile industries.

The director of the organization fully confirmed to provide the necessary support from the technical expertise and technology and the completion of the necessary studies for the establishment of various projects and the contribution in funding through voluntary contributions to some countries in the budget of the organization, especially China, as soon as security and stability return to Syria.

The five-day conference discussed a number of issues related to the rate of work of the organization and activities of current and future in the fields of energy, environment, trade, agriculture, trade capacity building, the creation of employment opportunities and the Declaration of Vienna Plan of Action for the Least Developed in cooperation with middle-income countries and the election of the members of the organization’s office, members of the Industrial Development Board and approval Declaration and Plan of Action of Lima in 2013.

On the sidelines of the forum, participants discussed the issue of reconciliation and harmony between the three dimensions of sustainable industrial development, environmental, economic, and social 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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