OREANDA-NEWS. July 31, 2008. Belarus welcomes the UN assistance and partnership initiatives, Prime Minister of Belarus said at a meeting with new UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative in Belarus Mr. Antonius Bernardus Broek.

Mr Antonius Broek presented Sergei Sidorsky the letters of credence from UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon who accredited him as UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative in Belarus. He assured the Prime Minister of Belarus that he will do his best to make the cooperation with Belarus dynamic, innovative, fruitful.

In turn, Sergei Sidorsky said: “We are happy that the UN has sent an experienced, skilled professional to Belarus.” Belarus, one of the UN founders, will pay close attention to improving the United Nations country programmes, he said. One of Belarus’ priorities is to promote a UN flexible response system to the changing needs of the countries – aid recipients.

The Belarusian Prime Minister said that he had constructive, trustworthy relations with the outgoing UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative in Belarus, Cihan Sultanoglu. “Under her leadership the UN Office in Belarus acted as a reliable partner of the Belarusian government in promoting economic reforms, strengthening international technical aid for most important programmes including the international technical cooperation programme 2006-2010,” he said.

“We hope our cooperation will be strengthened further,” Sergei Sidorsky said.

The IMF is upgrading its forecast for Belarus’ economic growth, UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative in Belarus Mr. Antonius Broek said at a meeting with Prime Minister of Belarus.

Mr Antonius Broek congratulated Sergei Sidorsky “on the wonderful indices of Belarus’ economic development.”

“Even the IMF lifts its forecast for Belarus’ economic growth,” he said.

Mr Antonius Broek said that the UNCTAD closely cooperates with the Republic of Belarus in investment policy and assistance to the WTO accession. “Yesterday we confirmed our readiness to continue working in this direction, develop a plan of action to raise the investment attractiveness of Belarus, to promote sustainable economic growth,” Mr Antonius Broek said.