Vice-Premier: China to strengthen cooperation with ESCAP
( 2003-11-26 22:26) (Xinhua)
Chinese Vice-Premier Hui
Liangyu said Wednesday that China will strengthen pragmatic cooperation with the
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) of the United
Nations to eliminate poverty.
Hui told deputy secretary-general of the UN and Executive Secretary of ESCAP
Kim Hak-Su during their meeting that such cooperation will also benefit economic
and social development of China and the Asia-Pacific region.
Kim is here attending a session of the Asian and Pacific Center for
Agricultural Engineering and Machinery (APCAEM), the first UN organization based
in China.
Kim Hak-Su thanked China for its consistent support for the work of ESCAP. He
said the APCAEM will help contribute to poverty elimination in the Asia-Pacific
region.
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