Delegates take part in a session of the Regional Forum on Trade Facilitation and SMEs in Times of Crisis. The three day forum which began on May 20, 2009, was organized by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT), the World Bank (WB) and the Asia-Pacific Research and Training Network on Trade (ARTNet). [CnDG]

Mr. John S. Wilson (right), lead economist at the Development Economic Research Group of the World Bank, delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of the Regional Forum on Trade Facilitation and SMEs in Times of Crisis. The Forum, organized by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT), World Bank (WB) and Asia-Pacific Research and Training Network on Trade (ARTNet), opened on May 20, 2009 and will last for three days. [CnDG]