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    ARMENIAN DELEGATION PARTICIPATED IN THE SECOND UN CONFERENCE OF LANDLOCKED DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

    12:48, 07 Nov 2014

    >From 3 to 5 November in Vienna the Armenian delegation took part in
    the 2nd United Nations conference of landlocked developing countries
    (LLDCs). The delegation was headed by the Secretary General and Chief
    of Staff of MFA Shahen Avakian.

    UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, President of Austria Heinz Fischer,
    presidents of Zambia, Bolivia, Zimbabwe, prime-ministers, ministers,
    other high ranking officials and heads of different international
    organizations delivered welcoming addresses at the opening of the
    ceremony. The Austrian Foreign minister Sebastian Kurz was elected
    as Chairperson of the conference.

    The main purpose of the conference was to sum up the implementation of
    the Declaration and Action Plan adopted in Almaty in 2003, through
    general discussion outline effective international and regional
    strategies of international trade transit areas, as well as to reassure
    the commitment of international community to support to landlocked
    developing countries to face economic development challenges.

    In his speech at the plenary session Shahen Avakian spoke
    in particular about the pecularities of sustainable economic
    development of geographically landlocked Armenia and the challenges
    to regional cooperation. He presented the government's investment
    and development projects, reforms of transportation infrastructure,
    as well as Armenia's participation in multilateral economic formats
    of regional and international cooperation.

    In the framework of the conference the Armenian delegation participated
    in the high-ranking thematic round table discussions, business
    investment forum and a number of other parallel events.

    At the conclusion of the conference the Vienna Declaration and
    the Vienna Action Plan for 2014-2024 was adopted by member states,
    which defined the targets of sustainable economic development for 32
    developing landlocked countries and the main challenges and priorities
    in their implementation process.

    http://www.armradio.am/en/2014/11/07/armenian-delegation-participated-in-the-second-un-conference-of-landlocked-developing-countries/



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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