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Abu Dhabi has officially been selected to host the 2019 United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (Unido) General Conference, the organisation’s supreme policy-making organ which convenes every two years.
The announcement was made following a vote by 53 member states of Industrial Development Board (IDB) at their 46th annual meeting in Vienna where they convened to review implementation of Unido work programme, approve budgets, and make recommendations to the General Conference on policy matters.
The consensus is a testament to the growing confidence in the UAE’s role in shaping the future of manufacturing, and its development of a robust industrial base as part of a national vision for a diversified, knowledge-based, highly productive and competitive economy. Since becoming a specialised agency in 1985, Unido has never hosted the General Conference in the Middle East.