Cambodia supports WTO director general for new term
19/11/2008 16:27
Cambodia supports World Trade Organization (WTO) Director General Pascale
Lamy to work at his current position for a new term, said Prime Minister Hun Sen
today.
"Thus he can continue to join the efforts of solving the problems that
the least developed countries (LDC) are facing," he told the opening ceremony of
the two-day LDC Ministerial Conference, which is organized by the United Nations
Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and WTO in Siem Reap
province.
"We vote to support him to continue his work as director general of
WTO. We requests him to serve our benefits," he told the delegates who came from
a total of 49 counties to discuss issues related to international trade.
The
director general will be able to contribute to solving the problems and
challenges that we are facing and we need him, national television TVK quoted
him as saying at the ceremony.
"It is a good thing and suitable for us that
LDCs join together to support him," he said, adding that "Lamy knows our
matters."
A joint press release from UNIDO and WTO said that the meeting aims
to help LDCs integrate their economies into the global trading system
One of
the main topics is "Aid for Trade" (AfT), a package of incentives designed to
help overcome structural and resource constraints of least developed countries
in exchange for more speedy trade reforms, it added.
Xinhua
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