Special Events of LDCs, LLDCs and SIDS on ESCAP Session in Shanghai


Issue Note: Achieving the Millennium Development Goals in the Least Developed Countries through Regional Development Cooperation
Statement by High Representative, OHRLLS, at the UNESCAP Special Event
Speech by Mr. Shen Guofang, Assistant Foreign Minister of China
Statement by Mr. Kim Hak-Su, Executive Secretary, ESCAP
Statement by Maiava losefa A. Deputy Secretary General, Pacific Islands Forum
Opening Statement of the Executive Secretary, ESCAP

Documents

Shanghai Declaration, E/ESCAP/L.158 (Res. 1)
Asian Highway Agreements (Signing Conference 26-28 April, Shanghai, China)

International Media coverage

Official stresses South-South co-operation, China Daily, 24 April 2004
UN official lauds nation's global role, China Daily, 26 April 2004
UN official says AIDS poses grave challenge for Asian-Pacific countries, China View, 20 April 2004
UN official says China's experience helpful for Asian-Pacific countries, China View, 22 April 2004
China applauded for aiding poor, Shanghai Daily, 21 April 2004
China urges aid to poor, Shanghai Daily, 24-25 April 2004

Press Releases

Regional efforts a useful halfway step on path to International Aid for Least Developed Countries, Shanghai Asian summit told, UN Press Release REC/156, 23 April 2004
Success of Asian Highway would lead to economic integration, cultural contact across vast continent (Signing of Accord Set for 26-28 April Shanghai Regional Summit), UN Press Release REC/153, 20 April 2004