ESCAP-involved seminar on development cooperation to open in Myanmar

YANGON, Dec. 15 (Xinhua/GNA) -- A seminar on development cooperation, jointly organized by Myanmar and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), is due to open in Nay Pyi Taw later on Tuesday.

The second seminar of its kind, sponsored by Myanmar Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation and Ministry of National Planning and Economic Development as well as the ESCAP, is to be attended by visiting UN Under Secretary-General and ESCAP Executive Secretary Dr. Noeleen Heyzer and respective Myanmar ministers Major-General Htay Oo and U Soe Tha as well as officials of the ministries, official media report said Tuesday.

Heyzer, who arrived in Myanmar on Sunday, was received by Myanmar Prime Minister General Thein Sein in the new capital Monday, said the New Light of Myanmar.

According to other reports, invited by the ESCAP, Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz, who is also a former chief economist at the World Bank, will also attend the forum on the country's rural development policy highlighting strategy on development and poverty alleviation.

GNA