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UNIDO
United Nations Industrial Development Organization
President: Ana Mercado Garduño
Chair: Diego Ortiz Martínez, Emiliano Bautista Sosa, Diego Alan Pelayo Castillo, Delia Camila Flores Mendoza, Kirsten Luna Valladolid.
Topic A) Measures to reduce air pollution as a consequence of the release of toxic substances in the region of South America focusing on the scarcity of sustainable pharmaceutical industrialization
Topic B) Actions to prevent unemployment due to economic crisis in agribusiness value chains located in Africa, emphasizing in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania and the Republic of South Africa
Background and faculties
Taking place in Vienna, Austria during 1966, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) was established. The organization became a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) in 1966 by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) with the aim of promoting and accelerating sustainable industrial development. The specialized agency promotes technologic, scientific and economic growth in a sustainable ecological way in developing countries following the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s). These goals were constituted with the assistance of UNIDO to create possible and congruent objectives for the 2030 Agenda that will be treated in the following 10 years. UNIDO evaluates each one of its 171 Member States in order to elaborate policies, strategies, international and regional cooperation to boost their country's finances to improve the quality of life of its inhabitants.
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization focuses its faculties on promoting economical, environmentally friendly industrialization and competitive employment by:
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Cooperate with other agencies of the United Nations, as well as encouraging cooperation among countries to provide financial assistance, training in industrial technology, energy, proper use of natural resources and the environment;
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Promote green and inclusive international growth to encourage economic growth through the creation of international policies and programs that promote global prosperity and economies in transition;
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Create institutions and administrative systems for technology transfer and innovation in underdeveloped countries, as well as the application of treaties with focus on the environment;
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Encourage economical, environmentally friendly industrialization and competitive employment by acting as a global forum for providing technical assistance to implement policies, technological technological advances and green industries.
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