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The sixth session of the Committee on Transport will be held at the United Nations Conference Centre in Bangkok from 12 to 13 November 2020. The Committee session will be held virtually via videoconference. Bangkok-based representatives from member States and international organizations are welcome to participate in person at the United Nations Conference Centre.

The Committee will discuss matters of strategic importance to regional transport development, regional cooperation and the formulation of regional policies to advance sustainable transport and connectivity in line with existing regional and global mandates such as the Regional Actional Programme for Sustainable Transport Connectivity in Asia and the Pacific, Phase I (2017-2021), related ESCAP resolutions and the Decade of Action for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, among others. The Committee is also expected to deliberate on the key objectives and directions of the new Regional Action Programme for 2022-2026 and provide guidance on the preparations for the Ministerial Conference on Transport, to be held in 2021. The Committee will also provide member States and associate members of ESCAP with a forum to exchange views and discuss policies to meet the objectives of economic, environmental and social sustainability for the transport sector.

In view of the technical and time limitations associated with virtual meetings, the secretariat will hold a series of informal virtual consultations in advance of the Committee to be held from 27 to 29 October 2020. More information and the link for registrations can be found here.

The aim of the consultations is to provide members, associate members, observer countries, international organizations and other stakeholders invited to the Committee the opportunity to comment on the documents and discuss the substantive considerations in advance to allow optimal use of time during the Committee itself. The outcomes of the consultations will be summarized and presented during the Committee for its consideration.

12 Nov 2020
09:00
10:00
Registration
10:00
10:15
Agenda Item 1: Opening of the session

(a) Opening statements

10:15
10:30
Agenda Item 1: Opening of the session

(b) Election of officers
(c) Adoption of the agenda

10:30
11:30
Agenda Item 2: Review of the implementation of the Regional Action Programme for Sustainable Transport Connectivity in Asia and the Pacific, phase I (2017–2021)
11:30
12:00
Agend Item 3: Cross-cutting issues in transport

(a) Transport connectivity for efficient and resilient supply chains

12:00
14:00
Lunch Break
14:00
14:30
Agenda Item 3: Cross-cutting issues in transport

(a) Transport connectivity for efficient and resilient supply chains (continued)

14:30
15:30
Agenda Item 3: Cross-cutting issues in transport

(b) Environmentally sustainable transport systems and services

15:30
16:00
Agenda Item 3: Cross-cutting issues in transport

(c) Safe and inclusive transport and mobility

15 Nov 2020
09:00
10:00
Registration
10:00
10:45
Agenda Item 3: Cross-cutting issues in transport

(c) Safe and inclusive transport and mobility (continued)

10:45
11:45
Agenda Item 4: Accelerating transformative action in transport for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals
11:45
12:00
Agenda Item 5: Other matters
12:00
14:00
Lunch break (distribution of draft report at 13:00 pm in all languages)
14:00
15:30
Agenda Item 6: Adoption of the report of the Committee on its sixth session
15:30
16:00
Closing of the Committee on Transport

Bangkok, Thailand

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Country statements
Agenda item 2. Review of the implementation of the Regional Action Programme for Sustainable Transport Connectivity in Asia and the Pacific, phase I (2017–2021)
4. Accelerating transformative action in transport for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals

Agenda Item 1: Opening of the session

Annotated provisional agenda

ESCAP/CTR/2020/L.1/Rev.1

[中文] [English]  [Français] [русский]

Agenda Item 2: Review of the implementation of the Regional Action Programme for Sustainable Transport Connectivity in Asia and the Pacific, phase I (2017–2021)

Review of the implementation of the Regional Action Programme for Sustainable Transport Connectivity in Asia and the Pacific, phase I (2017–2021)

ESCAP/CTR/2020/1

[中文] [English]  [Français] [русский]

Activities implemented under the Regional Action Programme for Sustainable Transport Connectivity in Asia and the Pacific, phase I (2017–2021)

ESCAP/CTR/2020/INF/1

[English] 

Agenda Item 3: Cross-cutting issues in transport

(a) Transport connectivity for efficient and resilient supply chains

ESCAP/CTR/2020/2

[中文] [English] [Français] [русский]

Guidelines developed by the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation on measures to ensure the anti-epidemic safety of transport operations

ESCAP/CTR/2020/INF/3

[English] 

(b) Environmentally sustainable transport systems and services

ESCAP/CTR/2020/3

[中文] [English] [Français] [русский]

(c) Safe and inclusive transport and mobility

ESCAP/CTR/2020/4

[中文] [English] [Français] [русский]

Accelerating transformative action in transport for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals

ESCAP/CTR/2020/5

[中文] [English] [Français] [русский]

Preparations made by the secretariat for the fourth Ministerial Conference on Transport (2021)

ESCAP/CTR/2020/INF/2

[English] 

Report of the Committee on its sixth session

ESCAP/CTR/2020/6

[中文]  [English]  [Français]   [русский] 

Guide to participation

Secretariat presentation - Agenda item 2

Secretariat presentation - Agenda item 3a

Secretariat presentation - Agenda item 3b

Secretariat presentation - Agenda item 3c

Secretariat presentation - Agenda item 4

Presentation - Bangladesh

Presentation - AITD

Delegates Assessment

The list of participants can be downloaded here.

for more information, please contact

Transport Division +66 2288 1234 [email protected]