Pyongyang, December 5 (KCNA) -- The head of the DPRK delegation, addressing the 14th meeting of the General Conference of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) on Nov. 30, called for enhancing its role.

The organization should be developed more pragmatically and turned into a practical partner capable of meeting the needs of member nations in the fields of industrial development, environment and energy, he said, and went on:

The body should, first of all, more smoothly play the role as the only organization specializing in industrial development within the UN system.

It should give top priority to the cooperation urgently needed for the national economic development of developing countries and make all countries have access to the developed technologies without discrimination.

It should pay due attention to the efforts of developing countries to attain the millennium development goal and offer possible cooperation to them.

It should also work out a new industrial strategy to cope with the financial and economic crises and enhance the role as the organization for implementing cooperation in the environment and energy fields to contribute to developing the global green industry.