GENERAL CONFERENCE - 18TH SESSION
3-7 November 2019, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Industry 2030 – Innovate. Connect. Transform our Future.
The eighteenth session of the General Conference took place from 3 to 7 November 2019, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The Conference was held in the Emirates Palace Hotel, West Corniche Road, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Information for Participants
| Symbol | Title | Download PDF |
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| GC.18/INF/1/Rev.1 | Advance information for participants |
Schedule of Work
| Symbol | Title | Download PDF |
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| GC.18/Schedule of work | Tentative proposed schedule of work |
List of Participants
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| GC.18/INF/2/Rev.2 | List of participants |
Documents
To reduce expenditure and minimize the environmental impact through the digitization of conference materials, documents will only be distributed electronically. Therefore, copies of documents will no longer be provided at the conference venue.
| Symbol | Title | Download PDF |
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| GC.18/1 | Provisional agenda | |
| GC.18/1/Add.1 | Annotated provisional agenda | |
| GC.18/2 | Report of the Industrial Development Board on the work of its forty-sixth session (26-28 November 2018) | |
| GC.18/3 | Report of the Industrial Development Board on the work of its forty-seventh session (1-3 July 2019) | |
| GC.18/3/Add.1 | Report of the Industrial Development Board on the work of its forty-seventh session. Addendum Resumed forty-seventh session of 6 September 2019 | |
| GC.18/4 | Forum on industrial development issues | |
| GC.18/5 | Financial Situation of UNIDO | |
| GC.18/6 | UNIDO and the United Nations development system reform, including the new Resident Coordinator System and the field network. Report by the Director General | |
| GC.18/7 | UNIDO, gender equality and the empowerment of women. Report by the Director General | |
| GC.18/8 | UNIDO and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Report by the Director General | |
| GC.18/9 | UNIDO’s Small Island Developing States Strategy, 2019–2025. Report by the Director General | |
| GC.18/10 | Update on the Third Industrial Development Decade for Africa (IDDA III) | |
| GC.18/11 | UNIDO activities related to energy and the environment | |
| GC.18/12 | UNIDO activities related to agribusiness, trade capacity-building and job creation | |
| GC.18/13 | UNIDO activities in support of least developed countries. Report by the Director General | |
| GC.18/14 | Relations with intergovernmental, non-governmental, governmental and other organizations | |
| GC.18/15 | Strategy for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women 2020-2023 | |
| GC.18/16 | Candidatures for the post of External Auditor | |
| GC.18/17 | Report of the Main Committee. Submitted by the Chair of the Main Committee H.E. Ms. Vivian Rose Okeke (Nigeria) |
Conference room papers
Conference room papers will be made available for Permanent Missions on the Extranet.
Statements
Digital records are available on the UNIDO Extranet (login required).
| Symbol | Title | Download PDF |
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| GC.18/Statement | African Group (Namibia) | |
| GC.18/Statement | Algeria | |
| GC.18/Statement | Argentina | |
| GC.18/Statement | Asia-Pacific Group | |
| GC.18/Statement | Bangladesh | |
| GC.18/Statement | Belarus | |
| GC.18/Statement | Brazil - Statement under agenda item 15 UNIDO and Small Islands Developing States | |
| GC.18/Statement | Brazil - Statement under agenda item 17 UNIDO’s Activities on Energy and the Environment | |
| GC.18/Statement | Bulgaria | |
| GC.18/Statement | Burkina Faso | |
| GC.18/Statement | Colombia | |
| GC.18/Statement | Costa Rica | |
| GC.18/Statement | Cuba | |
| GC.18/Statement | Cyprus - Statement under agenda item 6a- Elections to organs (Industrial Development Board) | |
| GC.18/Statement | Côte d'Ivoire | |
| GC.18/Statement | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | |
| GC.18/Statement | Dominica Republic | |
| GC.18/Statement | Egypt | |
| GC.18/Statement | Ethiopia | |
| GC.18/Statement | European Union | |
| GC.18/Statement | Finland | |
| GC.18/Statement | Germany | |
| GC.18/Statement | Ghana | |
| GC.18/Statement | Group of 77 and China | |
| GC.18/Statement | Hungary | |
| GC.18/Statement | India | |
| GC.18/Statement | Indonesia | |
| GC.18/Statement | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | |
| GC.18/Statement | Iran (Islamic Republic of) - Explanation of position on the Abu Dhabi Declaration | |
| GC.18/Statement | Iran (Islamic Republic of) - Item 21 Reservation on the Personal matters including the UNIDO staff Pension Committee | |
| GC.18/Statement | Iran (Islamic Republic of) - Position on Annual Report of Director General on activities of the UNIDO | |
| GC.18/Statement | Iran (Islamic Republic of) - Position under agenda item 13 United Nations Development System Reform | |
| GC.18/Statement | Iran (Islamic Republic of) - Position under agenda item 14 UNIDO, gender equality and the empowerment of women | |
| GC.18/Statement | Iran (Islamic Republic of) - Reservation on the Credentials of Representatives to the Conference | |
| GC.18/Statement | Iraq | |
| GC.18/Statement | Ireland | |
| GC.18/Statement | Italy | |
| GC.18/Statement | Japan | |
| GC.18/Statement | Kenya | |
| GC.18/Statement | Kuwait | |
| GC.18/Statement | Kyrgyzstan | |
| GC.18/Statement | League of Arab States (Egypt) | |
| GC.18/Statement | Mali | |
| GC.18/Statement | Malta | |
| GC.18/Statement | Mexico | |
| GC.18/Statement | Mongolia | |
| GC.18/Statement | Morocco | |
| GC.18/Statement | Myanmar | |
| GC.18/Statement | Namibia | |
| GC.18/Statement | Nepal | |
| GC.18/Statement | Nigeria | |
| GC.18/Statement | Norway | |
| GC.18/Statement | Oman | |
| GC.18/Statement | Opening statement by Mr. LI Yong Director General of UNIDO (as delivered) | |
| GC.18/Statement | Pakistan | |
| GC.18/Statement | Peru | |
| GC.18/Statement | Philippines | |
| GC.18/Statement | Poland | |
| GC.18/Statement | President of the IDB, H.E. Mr. Senen Florensa Palau (Spain) - Item 4 | |
| GC.18/Statement | Republic of Korea | |
| GC.18/Statement | Russian Federation | |
| GC.18/Statement | Saudi Arabia | |
| GC.18/Statement | Senegal | |
| GC.18/Statement | Slovenia | |
| GC.18/Statement | South Africa | |
| GC.18/Statement | Spain | |
| GC.18/Statement | Statement by H. E. Mr. ANDRY RAJOELINA President of Madagascar | |
| GC.18/Statement | Statement by H. E. Mr. Issoufou Mahamadou President of Niger | |
| GC.18/Statement | Statement by H. E. Mr. Suhail Al Mazrouei incoming President and Host Country | |
| GC.18/Statement | State of Palestine | |
| GC.18/Statement | State of Palestine - Position under item 21 on the nominations to the UNIDO staff Pension Committee | |
| GC.18/Statement | State of Palestine - Reservation on the Credentials of Representatives to the Conference | |
| GC.18/Statement | Sudan | |
| GC.18/Statement | Sweden | |
| GC.18/Statement | Switzerland | |
| GC.18/Statement | Syrian Arab Republic | |
| GC.18/Statement | Thailand | |
| GC.18/Statement | Tunisia | |
| GC.18/Statement | Turkey | |
| GC.18/Statement | Turkey - Statement under agenda item 6a- Elections to organs (Industrial Development Board) | |
| GC.18/Statement | Ukraine - Statement under agenda item 6. Elections to organs (b) Programme and Budget Committee | |
| GC.18/Statement | United Republic of Tanzania | |
| GC.18/Statement | Uruguay | |
| GC.18/Statement | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) |