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A meeting was held between the Secretary General of the IJSG
and the Ambassadors/Representatives of the potential member
countries to UN in New York on 17 August 2010. The
purpose of the meeting was to introduce IJSG, its role and
research activities for the development of Jute, Kenaf and
other Allied Fibres. The meeting also focused on important
issues of jute and jute economy, environmental and poverty
alleviation aspects vis a vis the issue of membership of the
Group.
The IJSG Council at its different Sessions emphasised on
persuasion of the potential countries through appropriate
diplomatic channels and appealing to them to join the Group
as member. Therefore, the IJSG Secretariat requested the
Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India to the
United Nations H.E. Hardeep Singh Puri to organise the
meeting as the IJSG’s member country.
At the outset, H.E. Hardeep Singh Puri explained the
background and the importance of the meeting. He proposed
IJSG to participate in ECOSOC meeting at UNHQ in 2012 or
before the year IJSG renegotiation to be held at UNCTAD in
Geneva and display their research activities and products
which he thought to be effective in persuading the potential
member countries to become members to IJSG. Thereafter Mr.
Sudripta Roy, the IJSG Secretary General explained the
mandate of the Group, current scenario and prospects of the
natural fibres in the world market and detailed down the
importance of joining IJSG as full members. He also
mentioned that the goal of the IJSG clearly matches with
Millennium Development Goals (MDG) of the UN regarding
sustainable development, reversing the loss of environmental
resources, empowerment of women etc. Subsequently views
were exchanged and most of the representatives participated
in the discussion. They showed keen interest in the
activities of the IJSG and agreed to take up the issue of
the membership to their respective governments.
The meeting was attended by the delegates of the Permanent
Representatives from Australia, Brazil, China, Costa Rica,
Indonesia, Japan, Myanmar, New Zealand, Russian Federation,
Serbia, South Africa, Thailand, Vietnam and USA which
included Ambassadors of Bhutan, Nepal, Philippines, Sri
Lanka and Vietnam as well as member countries
representatives like Ambassadors – PR and Deputy PR of
India, Permanent Representatives of EU and Switzerland
together with representatives from Austria, Bangladesh,
France, Italy, Netherlands and Spain .
Mr. Md. Faruque Hossain, Finance and Administrative Officer
and Mr. Dewan Sayeedul Hassan, Media and Information Officer
of the IJSG were also present in the meeting.
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