Valentin Rybakov meets United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs Wu Hongbo
13.07.2016Deputy Foreign Minister of Belarus Valentin Rybakov continued his visit to the UN headquarters in New York. During his visit Valentin Rybakov met United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs Wu Hongbo.
The interlocutors discussed the issues pertaining to the reform of the UN development system, promotion of the Belarusian initiative to support the family, as well as preparation for the UNECE conference entitled "Laying the foundation in the UNECE region for economic integration and sustainable development towards 2030".
The conference will be held in Minsk in October 2016 to mark the 70th anniversary of the Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). It is expected that participants will discuss ways of cooperation between different models of integration for sustainable development of European region.
Under-Secretary-General agreed with the approaches of Belarus that the UN development system Member States should focus not on the restructuring of the entire system but to focus rather on the strengthening of the existing mechanisms, improving and enhancing their effectiveness while maintaining non-politicized nature of the system and leadership of Member States in choosing the ways and methods of achieving of the sustainable development goals in accordance with national priorities and needs..
The parties agreed to maintain contacts for the promotion of Belarusian initiatives in the context of implementation of the Agenda 2030 for sustainable development.
