United Nations, March 23 -- The Second High-Level UN Conference on South-South Cooperation, known as BAPA+40, concluded in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with a political declaration agreed by more than 160 Member States renewing the global commitment in the promotion and investment in this type of collaboration between countries.
"The Conference has brought the necessary momentum and provided us with a roadmap for South-South and triangular cooperation," said Achim Steiner, the Administrator of the UN Development Program UNDP and Secretary-General of the Conference, during the closing ceremony.
"If we reflect on the changes that have taken place in the global economy, in development, in human well-being since the signing of first BAPA 40 years...