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United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
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IDB President Letter to ECOSOC President

Excellency,

I have the honour to refer to your letter of 11 December 2020, inviting the Industrial Development Board of UNIDO to provide an input to the United Nations High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) to be held under the auspices of ECO SOC from 6 to 15 July 2021.

In my capacity as President of the Board, I held extensive consultations with the Member States of UNIDO and a draft text was considered and discussed. Regretfully, in the course of these consultations, a number of irreconcilable differences developed, and despite all efforts, no consensus could be reached on a final compromise proposal. I am therefore not in a position to submit an input from the Board to this year's HLPF.

I nonetheless wish you fruitful discussions and a successful outcome of the 2021 Forum and would like to assure you of the continued support ofUNIDO and its Industrial Development Board.

Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration.

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