VIENNA VIENNA, Dec 1 (Hina) - The UN Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) on Monday began its 10th conference in Vienna.
VIENNA, Dec 1 (Hina) - The UN Industrial Development Organisation
(UNIDO) on Monday began its 10th conference in Vienna. #L#
The conference was opened by Austria's Foreign Minister Benita
Ferrero-Waldner who spoke about this international organisation's
role in accomplishing goals defined in the Millennium Declaration,
drafted at a 2000 summit in New York. The document envisages
measures for the eradication of poverty, the development of
industry, environmentally friendly technologies and renewable
sources of energy.
The UNIDO director-general, Carlos Magarinos, emphasised the
successful overhaul of the organisation and its orientation
towards industrial development, support to the development of
countries in transition and underdeveloped states.
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