ESCAP Reaffirms Commitment to Support ASEAN Community
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SG Minh conveyed his warm congratulations to Dr. Akhtar, who officially assumed her position as Executive Secretary of the ESCAP in February. He believed that with her immense knowledge and experience in the field of development, both in the regional and global context, her leadership would bring great value to the work of the ESCAP in the years to come.
SG Minh briefed the ESCAP delegation on the progress of
Under-Secretary-General Akhtar reaffirmed ESCAP's commitment to further strengthen cooperation with ASEAN in various priority areas such as economic and sustainable development, connectivity, food and energy security, climate change, disaster risk management, transnational crime, and attainment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). She ensured SG Minh that ESCAP would play more active role through the UN Regional Coordination Mechanism (RCM) to further promote broader cooperation under the
Both sides looked forward to the 6th ASEAN-UN Summit to be held in
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