Below you will find a selection of information about the Ministerial Meeting and the 70th Annual Session of the Inland Transport Committee; from background information to Newsletters and Press releases.

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Speeches and Presentations
Marek Belka - UNECE - Opening Statement Ministerial Meeting (English)
Barry Cable- UNESCAP - Speech (English)
Harriet Schmidt on behalf of Under-Secretary-General Cheick Sidi Diarra- UNOHRLLS - Speech (English)
Zoltan Kazatsay - European Commission - Speech (English)
UNECE Transport Division - Eva Molnar (English - 1.18 Mb)

Azerbaijan - Speech (English)
Azerbaijan - Speech (Russian)
Azerbaijan - Presentation (English - 2.49 Mb)
Belarus - Speech (Russian)
Belarus - Presentation (Russian - 1.66 Mb)
Iran - Speech (English - 1.20 Mb)
Kazakhstan - Speech (Russian)
Kazakhstan - Presentation (English)
Mongolia - Speech (English)
Romania - Speech (English - 1.42 Mb)
Russia - Speech (Russian - 2.27 Mb)
Turkey - Speech (English - 1.97 Mb)
Uzbekistan - Speech (Russian - 1.39 Mb)
Uzbekistan - Presentation (English - 1.17 Mb)

Leonidas Chrysanthopoulos - BSEC - Speech (English)
Alain Rathery - ITF (ECMT)- Speech (French)
Janus LACNY - IRU - Speech (English)
IRU - Presentation (English - 1.04 Mb)
José Capel Ferrer - UIC - Speech (English)

Video recording of speeches
- Marek Belka - UNECE - Opening Statement Ministerial Meeting
- Barry Cable - UNESCAP
- Harriet Schmidt on behalf of Under-Secretary-General Cheick Sidi Diarra - UNOHRLLS
- Zoltan Kazatsay - European Commission
- Eva Molnar, UNECE Transport Division

- Afghanistan (Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation)
- Azerbaijan (Minister of Transport)
- Belarus (Minister of Transport and Communications)
- China (Senior Advisor of Ministry of Railways)
- Iran (Minister of Roads and Transport)
- Kazakhstan (Vice-Minister of Transport and Communications)
- Mongolia (Minister of Transport and Road Management)
- Russia (Director, Ministry of Transport)
- Turkey (Head of Foreign Relations Department, Ministry of Transport and
    Communications)
- Ukraine (Minister of Transport and Communications)
- Uzbekistan (Head of Automobile and River Transport Agency)

- Bernard SNOY - OSCE
- Leonidas Chrysanthopoulos - BSEC
- Alain Rathery - ITF (ECMT)
- Janus LACNY - IRU
- José Capel Ferrer - UIC

Short Films
Asian Highway Truck Caravan - IRU

Programme and Joint Statement
Ministerial Meeting Programme
Joint Statement on Future Development of Euro-Asian Transport Links )

Press Releases
- 29 January 2008 Transport Ministers to meet on Euro-Asian transport links during the 70th Session of the UNECE Inland Transport Committee 
- 15 February 2008 Euro-Asian Economic Boom facing Transport Risks

Newsletters
Newsletter No. 1 - 16 January 2008 Newsletter No. 2 - 30 January 2008
Newsletter No. 3 - 11 February 2008
Newsletter No. 4 - 22 February 2008

Promotional Materials and Publications
Ministerial Flyer (English)
Ministerial Flyer (Russian)
Joint Study on Developing Euro-Asian Transport Linkages

Background Documents on the EATL Project
ECE/TRANS/WP.5/2007/2
ECE/TRANS/WP.5/2008/12e (English)
ECE/TRANS/WP.5/2008/12r (Russian)