REAgenda Item 1 Intergovernmental Agreement on Asian Highway

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Committee on Managing Globalization 3rd Session,
12 14 September 2006, Bangkok
Introduction to Agenda Item 6 a) Preparations
for the Ministerial Conference on Transport
andb) Sustainable Development of Tourism
Barry Cable Coordinator, Theme Group on Managing
Globalization
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Ministerial Conference Expected Outcomes
Item 6(a) Preparations for Ministerial Conference

• Document E/ESCAP/CMG(3/I)/4 refers
• Ministerial Declaration on Transport, including a
  regional action programme for phase I (2007-2011)
• Ministerial Declaration on improving road safety
  in Asia and the Pacific
• initial draft is contained in CMG(3/I)/INF.1
• Signing Ceremony for Trans-Asian Railway
  Agreement
• The Conference will also consider
  institutionalizing more regular and frequent
  meetings of Asian Ministers of Transport

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Progress Since Inter-Governmental Meeting on
Sustainable Tourism
Item 6(b)Sustainable Development of Tourism

• Document E/ESCAP/CMG(3/I)/5 refers
• The primary outputs to date are
• 17th meeting of the Working Group on the GMS
  Tourism Sector (28-30 March 2006)
• Seminar on Tourism and Meetings, Incentives,
  Conventions and Exhibitions Education and
  Training in Asia and the Pacific (23-24 May 2006)
• 13th meeting of the Executive Committee of APETIT
  (24-25 May 2006)
• Preparations for the study on the role of tourism
  in socio-economic development.
• Delegates are invited to inform the Committee of
  their major initiatives related to the five theme
  areas of the Plan of Action for Sustainable
  Tourism Development in Asia and the Pacific,
  phase II (2006-2012)
• The Committee may also wish to provide further
  guidance on future courses of action to be taken
  by the secretariat related to the Regional Action
  Programme for Sustainable Tourism Development.