On participation of Mr. Yury Ambrazevich, Permanent Representative of Belarus in Geneva, in the 10th session of the UNCTAD Investment, Enterprise and Development Commission
07.12.2018On December 3-6, 2018 the delegation of Belarus headed by Mr. Yury Ambrazevich, Permanent Representative of Belarus in Geneva, took part in the 10th session of the UNCTAD Investment, Enterprise and Development Commission.
During the discussion on investments for Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) the representative of Belarus underscored the important role of UNCTAD in the sphere of investment for all groups of its membership. He commended the UNCTAD for successful organization of World Investment Forum in October 2018. The Belarusian delegation took an active part in the Forum.
In addition to the Belarusian initiative to create a Group of Friends on investments in the SDGs on the basis of UNCTAD, voiced at the Forum, Mr. Yury Ambrazevich has presented proposals on the Group’s work in order to hold the first meeting of the Group in the first half of 2019.
The proposals of Belarus were supported by the participants of the meeting. In the written agreed outcomes the UNCTAD Secretariat was instructed to take concrete steps in order to organize the Group’s work.