Gaborone, Botswana

On the same day, Botswana Association for Peaceful Reunification of China and Charity Association of Chinese in Botswana, Botswana Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, and Gaborone Chinese Assistance Center hosted the 2018 Social Gathering of Overseas Chinese in Botswana in Gaborone.

Discussions on investment issues with representatives of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) were held on two occasions in Brussels and Gaborone.

A national workshop on competition policy for competition experts was held by UNCTAD and the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of Botswana on 5 and 6 February 2004 in Gaborone.

Hu Zhongwen, the president of Botswana Chinese General Chamber of Commerce and the director of Gaborone Chinese Assistance Center, said that the overseas Chinese in Botswana upheld the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation, and achieved their life dreams while contributing to the prosperity in Botswana, so they were respected by the local people.

(d) The holding in Gaborone from 20 to 24 August 2001 of the preparatory meeting for the Inter Congolese Dialogue and the signature by all the parties concerned of a declaration of commitment providing for the release of all prisoners of conscience, the free movement of goods and persons and the protection of the civilian populations

12. Also notes with appreciation the conclusions of the three year review of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme and the recommendations adopted by the plenary meeting of the Kimberley Process held in Gaborone and notes that the timely implementation of these recommendations will strengthen and consolidate the Process, and therefore encourages the timely implementation of those recommendations

(c) The UNODC Regional Office for Southern Africa informed participants at a subregional training seminar on anti corruption held in Gaborone about activities of the International Anti Corruption Day, while in Pretoria the regional representative addressed a gathering of stakeholders at which he highlighted the impact of corruption and the work of UNODC in combating that scourge

The Executive Secretary of the CBD, in close collaboration with the Executive Secretaries of the UNCCD and the UNFCCC and in consultation with the Secretariat of the Global Environment Facility (GEF), convened a Regional Workshop for Africa on Synergies in implementing the Programmes of Work on Dry and Sub humid Lands and Agricultural Biodiversity, in Gaborone, Botswana.

Appreciating in this regard the decision taken by the plenary meeting of the Kimberley Process, held in Gaborone from 6 to 9 November 2006, based on calls from participants, civil society and the World Diamond Council urging stronger internal control standards for participants, together with measures offering clearer guidance on implementing effective controls from mine to export, stronger government oversight of the diamond industry, and spot checks of industry compliance,

(b) Also welcomes the progress made towards the collection and submission of statistical reports on the production of and trade in rough diamonds, encourages all of the Kimberley Process participants to enhance the quality of data, and to this end applauds the decision of the plenary meeting held in Gaborone to release Kimberley Process summary data on trade and production, by value and volume, and certificate counts for 2004 and 2005 data