Bangkok--7 Nov--UNISBKK
Busan Transport Conference continues into second day International Transport and Logistics Fair 2006 opens
At the Ministerial Conference on Transport, senior officials from 43 UNESCAP countries continued to prepare the ground for more than 50 Ministers expected to attend the Ministerial Meeting scheduled for 10-11 November.
Senior officials taking part in the three-day deliberation are scheduled to wrap up on Wednesday, 8 November. Their recommendations are expected to be presented and endorsed by the Ministers on Saturday, 11 November at the conclusion of the Conference.
The Officials are considering the development of the Asian transport sector, and deliberating the texts of two Ministerial Declarations. The ?Busan Declaration? will set the direction of transport development in the UNESCAP region over the next five years. A Ministerial Declaration on Road Safety aims to save lives by improving the region?s road safety record.
In the morning H.E. Choo Byung-Jik, Republic of Korea?s Minister of Construction and Transportation, opened the International Transport and Logistics Fair 2006. Mr. Choo was joined by UNESCAP Executive Secretary Kim Hak-Su, the Mayor of Busan Metropolitan City Mr. Hur Nam-Sik, and more than 20 CEOs of companies taking part in the Fair, in cutting the opening ribbon.
The exhibition includes 140 booths from logistic industries in the Asia-Pacific region. It is organized into five themes: a Railways Zone, Logistics & Port Zone, Automobile and ITS Zone, Aviation Zone, and Road Traffic and Infra Zone. Organized by the Republic of Korea with support from UNESCAP, the Fair is reserved for the business community on 7 and 8 November and open to the public from 9-11 November.
Other sides event taking place concurrently with the meeting are the Asia-Pacific Business Forum 2006 on Transport and Logistics (8-9 November), the Asian Land-Bridge Conference (9 November), and the Busan Fireworks Festival (10 November).
The Ministerial Conference on Transport is organized by UNESCAP, hosted by the Republic of Korea?s Ministry of Construction & Transportation and Ministry of Maritime Affairs & Fishers, and sponsored by Busan Metropolitan City.
Headquartered in Bangkok, Thailand, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) is the largest of the UN's five Regional Commissions, in terms of population served and area covered. The only inter-governmental forum covering the entire Asia-Pacific region, it aims to promote economic activity and social progress in the developing countries of the Asian and Pacific region. More information is available at www.unescap.org .
For a full list of Conference-related events, please download: www.unescap.org/unis/mct2006/Press%20releases/G_48_MCT03.pdf
For more information on the Ministerial Conference on Transport, please visit: www.unescap.org/ttdw/index.asp and www.mct2006.or.kr/00main/main.htm .
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