Ammar affirms Tunisia’s willingness to continue cooperation with UNIDO to establish more balanced and just international system

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad Nabil Ammar affirmed Tunisia's willingness to continue cooperation with the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) to achieve its noble goals, out of conviction of its fundamental role in establishing a more balanced and just international system that enhances peace and security in the world, according to a Foreign Ministry press release. In his address through a prerecorded video, to representatives of member States, including Heads of State and Government, Foreign Affairs Ministers and high-level UN officials taking part in the high-level segment of the 20th General Conference (GC.20) of UNIDO, held at the United Nations headquarters in Vienna, Austria, November 27-December 1, Ammar commended the cooperation projects with the organisation, aimed at boosting economic and social development through job creation, raising income levels, upgrading infrastructure, supporting competitiveness of local products, technology transfer, pr omotion of smart industries, innovation, green economy and renewable energy, while preserving a healthy and sustainable environment. The FM expressed on the occasion, gratitude to the Director-General and the Secretariat of UNIDO, as well as all member States, for their cooperation that has contributed to Tunisia's success as Chair of the 19th session of the UNIDO General Conference from 2021 to 2023. Ammar pointed out that while the conference is held under Under the overarching theme «Fair Globalization: Innovative Solutions for the Industry of Tomorrow,» over two million Palestinian citizens in occupied Gaza, half of whom are women and children, suffer under a brutal Zionist aggression that deprives infants, children, sick and elderly people of the most basic necessities of a decent life, destroying their homes, schools, places of worship, and even hospitals. He further underlined that the war crimes and genocide committed by the occupying entity in Palestine stand in a blatant violation of all internat ional treaties and principles of international and humanitarian law. Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse

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