Greetings - Barry Cable

Greetings to the Participants in the Caravan Beijing-Berlin-Brussels

Barry Cable Director, Transport and Tourism Division UNESCAP, Bangkok

I am delighted to learn that a pilot container transport Caravan is being organized from Beijing to Brussels during the 3rd IRU Euro-Asian Conference.

The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) has been collaborating closely with member countries and our sister organization the Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) to promote interregional transport links between Europe and Asia.

The Asian Highway Network and E-roads form an important part of this linkages. I am therefore delighted that the Caravan will follow many of the Asian Highway routes to Europe and demonstrate the great potential for Land Transport operations.

On behalf of UNESCAP, I would like to congratulate the concerned countries and the IRU for organising the event.