UN-ESCAP’s Contribution to Transit Transport of Landlocked and

Transit Developing Countries

Roundtable “Regional Dimension for Transit Transport Cooperation”

High-level Plenary Meeting of UN General Assembly for Midterm-Review of the Almaty Programme of Action

3 October 2008New York

UNESCAPAddressing regional transit issues

Working toward an international integrated

intermodal transport and logistics system

Regional policy dialogue and direction

• Ministerial Meetings on Transport

Regional connectivity

• Infrastructure network formulation and financing

Regional facilitation

• Integrated approaches to transport/trade

• Measuring progress

Coordination among relevant agencies/ministries

North-East Asia 2002

South East and South Asia 1993

Central Asia 1995

Intergovernmental Agreement (2005)

141,000 km, 32 countriesFormulation of the Asian Highway

Integrating Landlocked Countries

Intermodal interfaces

Dry ports(stations of international importance)

The relay between transport corridors and communities

- International trading centres

- Interfaces between modes

- Interfaces between agencies

Regional transit facilitation

Promoting International Conventions - resolution 48/11

Assistance in formulating agreements (ASEAN/GMS/SCO)

Assisting subregional transit systems (ECO)

Streamlining charges on transit transport (GMS)

Establishing transport/trade Facilitation Committees

Transshipment

(5.5 min. per box)

3 hrs. 30 min.

10 hrs. 50 min.Kazakstan:China: 7 hrs. 15 min.

Border-crossing(Overall – Customs + railways)

Transit speed / day

China:

Kazakhstan:

788 km

751 km

Average speed29.2 km/h

Lianyungang (0 km)

7 days 6 hours

1,000 km2,000 km

5,000 km

Day 6

5,020 km

32.8 km/h

Day 5

Day 4

Dostyk (4,182 km)

Alashankou (4,170 km)

18 hrs 05 min.

Almaty (5,020 km)

3,000 km4,000 km

Day 3

Day 7

Day 2

Day 1

6,000 km

31.8 km/h

5 days 7 hours

Time at border

Distance Tim

e

(694 km / day)

Lianyungang – Almaty (April 2004)

10 hrs (current)

(Sept 2008)

Future dimensions of regional transit transport cooperation

More frequent policy dialogue and direction Forum of Asian Ministers of Transport

Building on successful best practices

• Measuring progress

Creating inland growth centres• Efficiency and economies of scale

Inclusive approaches to transit transport

Thank you

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