وقال إن الغرض الرئيسي من الأنشطة التشغيلية للأونكتاد هو مساعدة البلدان المستفيدة في جهودها الرامية إلى الاندماج في الاقتصاد العالمي.
The thrust of UNCTAD's operational activities was to assist beneficiary countries in their efforts to integrate into the world economy, and they therefore focused on human and institutional capacity building, while not losing sight of immediate needs and requirements for technical assistance for which short-term interventions were required.