The
Committee on Transport was established pursuant to ESCWA
resolution 213 (XIX) issued May 1997. The Committee is made up of
representatives of the ESCWA member States and is entrusted to
assume the following tasks:
Participate
in the establishment and formulation of priorities for
programmes of work and medium-term plans in the field of
transport;
Monitor
developments in the field of transport in ESCWA member States;
Monitor
progress achieved in the activities of the ESCWA secretariat
in the field of transport;
Ensure
the participation of member States in international and
regional conferences and coordinate member States efforts related to the implementation of resolutions and
recommendations.
Report on the
Eighth Session
of the Committee on Transport