(Shenzhen APEC) Deputy Secretary-General for Policy Affairs of the United Nations: He hopes that the outcomes of the APEC meeting will boost relevant UN agendas

China News Service, Beijing, November 9 (Reporter Zhou Xin) The 33rd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ Informal Meeting will be held in Shenzhen from November 18 to 19. Recently, in an interview with China News Service and other media, Ryder, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Policy Affairs, expressed the hope that the Shenzhen APEC meeting can produce positive results and help the United Nations make progress on the broader global agenda.

This year is the third time that China has served as the host of APEC for the first time in 12 years. China has identified "Building an Asia-Pacific Community and Promoting Common Prosperity" as the theme of the conference and proposed three priority areas of "openness, innovation and cooperation".

Talking about the location of this conference, Ryder said that he had visited Shenzhen and the city showed vigorous development vitality and grand development pattern. The local efforts to promote openness and innovation are in line with the theme of this conference and are impressive.

"We have high expectations for this meeting and hope it will produce positive results and help the United Nations make progress on the broader global agenda," Ryder said.

Ryder believes that as the world becomes increasingly multipolar, countries rely on different multilateral platforms to collaborate, whether it is APEC, the BRICS cooperation mechanism, or the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, all playing an important role. These platforms complement, not replace, the work of the United Nations. The Shenzhen APEC meeting provides a platform for dialogue and exchange among major global economies.

"We very much hope that APEC can bring together cooperation forces from different regions and members with different levels of development to find ways to advance the sustainable development goals - which is our (United Nations) global agenda," Ryder said. (over)