UNIDO General Conference opens in Vienna

Vienna, Dec 7, IRNA – The biennial UNIDO General Conference, chaired by the Islamic Republic of Iran, kicked off in Vienna Monday.

The General Conference of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) will continue for five days.

The international conference is being attended by presidents, premiers and industry ministers from 100 countries.

Iran’s Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Ali-Asghar Soltaniyeh is acting as the chairman of the conference.

An Iranian delegation led by Minister of Industries and Mines Ali-Akbar Mehrabian is participating in the event.

This year, the event will have a thematic focus on “green industries” and the opportunities they offer for developing countries in the current economic circumstance.

This will serve to highlight the role of industry in finding solutions to emerging and global challenges faced by these countries in achieving their developmental objectives within a framework of environmental sustainability.

The General Conference, UNIDO’s highest policymaking organ, consists of all 173 member states.

It will re-appoint the director-general for a period of four years, approve the program and budgets and establish the scale assessments for regular budget expenditures for the forthcoming biennium. /end