Message from the Director

摘要

Recently I visited embassies of ten partner countries located in Jakarta, namely, those of Papua New Guinea, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Vietnam, Philippines, Republic of Korea, and Thailand. I met and talked with the ambassadorsand officers there. The primary purpose of my visits was to become acquainted with them and to introduce the CGPRT Centre to the members of the Governing Board of the Centre. It is quite natural to keep good contact with them, because we are located close to Jakarta.I talked with them about the Centre's activities, the 52nd session of ESCAP, current and future programme activities, the way of future collaboration, and so forth. I found that all of the ambassadors were very pleased that we made contact. All of them were enthusiastic to discuss the importance of agriculture in their countries and eager to participate in the Centre's activities.