Success Depends on All Partners, Secretary-General Stresses in Message for First-ever Global Manufacturing and Industrialization Summit

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for the UNIDO Global Manufacturing and Industrialization Summit in Davos on 23 January and Abu Dhabi from 10 to 12 October:

I congratulate the Government of the United Arab Emirates and UNIDO [United Nations Industrial Development Organization] for convening — in collaboration with the World Economic Forum — the world’s first-ever Global Manufacturing and Industrialization Summit in Abu Dhabi.  I welcome this innovative new focus on shaping the future of manufacturing.

Responsible business practices benefit individuals and society.  We now have the Sustainable Development Goals, our map to a new future.  Inclusive and sustainable industrialization will help get us there while advancing us on the low-carbon path that our world needs.

Success depends on all partners.  That is why I welcome the participation of Governments, industry and civil society converging for global development.

I count on you to promote a transformational approach towards manufacturing that will benefit our world for generations to come.

Thank you.