Measures for landlocked developing nations organized in Thailand

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The United Nations Conference Centre (UNCC) in Bangkok has hosted measures for presenting operations and goals of the UB-headquarted International Think Tank for Landlocked Developing Countries (ITTLDC). Co-organized by the Mongolia’s Embassy in the Kingdom of Thailand and the International Think Tank, the measures have been held dedicated to those representatives who participated in the Fifth Meeting of the Asia-Pacific FDI Network held on November 2 in Bangkok, Thailand. The Permanent Representative of Mongolia to the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) Ambassador T.Togsbilguun has made opening remarks at the measures. His remarks have been followed by a speech of Dr Shamshad Akhtar, the ESCAP Executive Secretary and the Under-Secretary-General of the UN. Acting director of the ITTLDC Mr E.Odbayar has given a report on the governmental activities for supporting the ITTLDC, and presented a resolution of the UN General Assembly about backing the Think Tank’s activities. He also reported about reasons of establishing the International Think Tank, its significance, purposes and actions. The measures have brought together some 50 representatives from landlocked developing countries, Ambassadors of Asia-Pacific landlocked countries to Thailand, diplomats; and department heads of the ESCAP.