| UNESCAP,
Infrastructure Development Institute Sign MOU
to Develop Asian Highway
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UNESCAP and Japan's Infrastructure
Development Institute signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Tokyo
on
1 September 2004 to promote and develop the Asian Highway.
The agreement was signed by UNESCAP's Executive Secretary Mr. Kim
Hak-Su and IDI's President, Mr. Eiki Aramaki.
The MOU outlines cooperative activities such as carrying out joint
studies and research, exchange of trainees, researchers and experts,
as well as information.
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signed in the belief that strengthening our mutual cooperation will
contribute to the development of transport to the benefit of all
countries in the region and focus attention on the Asian Highway,"
said Mr. Kim at the signing ceremony.
The Asian Highway, a project of UNESCAP's Transport Division, is a 140,000 kilometer network of standardized roadways
crisscrossing the Asian continent and reaching to Europe. UNESCAP
officials estimate that the network is 83 per cent complete, with
an additional $16 billion required to invest in highway upgrades
and signage.
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Twenty-six countries including
Japan signed the Intergovernmental Agreement on the Asian Highway
Network last April in Shanghai, China.
IDI was established in 1956 for the purpose of promoting international
cooperation in infrastructure development. |
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