The general conference of the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) on Saturday adopted a Bangladesh-tabled resolution on sustainable supply chain management unanimously in Vienna.
This was the only resolution adopted by the 20th General Conference, the foreign ministry said.
Heads of government, ministers and high-level delegations from 172 member states of UNIDO are participating this week-long conference.
The global supply chain experienced a massive disruption due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the Ukraine war.
This resolution would allow UNIDO to help countries and economies to promote supply chain resilience and thus prepare them for any such future situation, the foreign ministry said.
"The resolution will also foster the necessary dialogue among relevant stakeholders and delivering concrete actions to ensure the sustainability, resilience, and productivity of global and regional supply chains, with a specific emphasis on supporting producer countries and suppliers."
This resolution will enable UNIDO in capacity building to ensure their fair participation in the supply chain, by equitable profit sharing among all the stakeholders which will contribute to secure fair price, skill and knowledge transfer, access to market and technology, and productivity to the participating firms from the developing countries.
There were two other resolutions, a resolution on gender equality submitted by Mexico and Norway and another one on environmental sustainability and circular economy submitted by Armenia, which could not be adopted due to the acute differences in positions and views among the member states, the foreign ministry said.
