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Press
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UNESCAP News Services
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Date 22
March 2004
Note to Editor No: N/06/2004
UN Secretary-General, region's eminent Leaders
expected to attend
MEDIA ACCREDITATION OPENS FOR 60TH COMMISSION
SESSION IN SHANGHAI, 22-28 APRIL 2004
Bangkok (United Nations Information Services)
-- Regional media interested in attending the United Nations
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)'s
60th Commission Session, to be held in Shanghai, China from
22-28 April 2004 at the Shanghai International Conference Centre
and hosted by the government of China, are invited to submit
applications for media accreditation no later than 15 April.
The theme of the session is: "Meeting the challenges in
an era of globalization by strengthening regional development
cooperation."
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and the Vice President
of China, Mr. Zeng Qinghong, are expected to attend the opening
of the Ministerial Segment on 26 April.
Highlights of the 60th Commission include a High-Level
Visionary Panel for Asia-Pacific 2020, 26 April, which brings
together five former heads of state/government from the Asian
and Pacific region to identify the key challenges facing Asia-Pacific
in the coming years.
Among the panelists are Mr. Anand Panyarachun,
former Prime Minister of Thailand, Mr. Kim Dae-Jung, former
President of the Republic of Korea, Mr. Fidel Ramos, former
President of the Philippines, Mr. Farooq Leghari, former President
of Pakistan, and Sir Peter Kenilorea, former Prime Minister
of the Solomon Islands. The session will be moderated by UNESCAP's
Executive Secretary, Mr. Kim Hak-Su.
Other events of note include the signing of the
Intergovernmental Agreement on the Asian Highway Network (26
April), Asia-Pacific Business Forum (24-25 April), and the High-Level
Panel Discussion on Knowledge-Based Disaster Management (27
April).
It is of special significance for UNESCAP to hold
its 60th session at its birth place. The Economic Commission
for Asia and the Far East (ECAFE), the forerunner of UNESCAP,
was founded in Shanghai in 1947.
Further information and forms for media accreditation
please see on UNESCAP's website at: http://www.unescap.org/60/index.asp.
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