..Press Release................................ UNESCAP News Services

Date 17 May 2007
Press Release No. N/27/2007/CS63/10

Press Conference on Asia-Pacific Business Forum

When:              1300 – 1345, Friday 18th May

Where:            Ablai Khan Room, Mezzanine Floor, Hotel Ankara Intercontinental

Who:               

Mr. Kim Hak-Su, Under-Secretary-General of United Nations and Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP);

H.E. Mr. Galym Orazbakov, Minister of Industry and Trade, Republic of Kazakhstan;

Mr. Erlan Kozhashbay, President of Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Kazakhstan;

Mr. Tariq M. Rangoonwala, Chairman, International Chamber of Commerce, Pakistan.

What:              

The fourth Asia-Pacific Business Forum takes place on 18th and 19th May, in Almaty, Kazakhstan, in conjunction with the annual Commission Session of UNESCAP. Under the theme “At the Crossroads between Asia and Europe: Harnessing the Possibilities of Central Asia”, the forum brings together an estimated 250 business leaders, government policy-makers and representatives of civil society from across the region to discuss how Central Asian countries can improve their business and investment environment and enhance their competitiveness in the global market. Invited guest speakers include Mr. Supachai Panitchpakdi, Secretary-General of United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and former Director-General of World Trade Organization (WTO).      

For more details on the Asia-Pacific Business Forum, please refer to the press release attached, or visit http://www.unescap.org/tid/apbf/index.asp or http://www.unescap.org/63/index_media.asp.

For more information, please contact:

Mr. Hak-Fan Lau, Chief
United Nations Information Services Tel. 8-705 1681553
Email: unisbkk.unecap@un.org