ADB, UN to Convene Roundtable to Assist Our Economic Recovery
The Asian Development Bank and the United Nations will convene a roundtable to discuss immediate steps to helping Fiji’s economic recovery.
United Nations resident coordinator in Fiji Sanaka Samarasinha gave details at the Fiji Commerce and Employers Federation symposium at the Holiday Inn Suva yesterday. The Attorney-General and Minister for
Economy, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, was the keynote speaker at the symposium which was attended by a hundred business leaders from the private sector.
The roundtable discussion organised by the two international institutions would also involve other Pacific Island countries.
The two global organisations will discuss what needs to be put in place right away, “starting now, to reopen borders,” Mr Samarasinha said.
All sectors will be consulted with the involvement of global bodies such as the International Air Transport Association (IATA), World Health Organisation and the National Civil Aviation Organisation, tourism organisations.