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Hungary hosted this year’s World Export Development Forum with over 600 delegates from 60 countries
For the first time in the Central European region Hungary hosted the World Export Development Forum (WEDF), the flagship event of the Geneva-based International Trade Centre (ITC). One of the world’s leading trade conference was held with the participation of over 600 business leaders, policymakers and officials from trade and investment support institutions and international organizations from 60 countries.
Budapest the Brain City
The poster to be used worldwide to celebrate World Standards Day on 14 October 2017, with the theme “Standards make cities smarter” uses Budapest as inspiration to “a combination of interwoven lines in the brain as a recognizable symbol of intelligence, and a dense city map”. .....
Hungary leads consensual Resolution on Independence of Judiciary
From 6 to 23 June 2017 the Human Rights Council (HRC) addressed a wide range of human rights issues across the globe. Hungary has supported, co-sponsored and voted in favour of a high number of resolutions and joint statements concerning a variety of topics.......
Human rights must not be used as a means of applying pressure
“One of the UN’s most important duties is to protect human rights, and one of its most important institutions is the Human Rights Council (EJC), but it is very important that no country should be able to use human rights as a means of applying pressure on another country”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó declared in his speech at the 34th session of the Council in Geneva on Tuesday. ...
World Export Development Forum 2017 Budapest
The World Export Development Forum (WEDF), the flagship event of the Geneva-based International Trade Centre (ITC), will be held in Budapest, Hungary, on 25-26 October 2017, hosted by Hungary’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.