1. UNECE - UNESCAP1st Expert Group Meeting on developing Euro-Asian transport linkages9-11 March 2004, Almaty

2. UIC GLOBAL CORRIDORSVipin SHARMADirector World Division, UIC

3. UIC as an organisation • UN efforts in sustainable development and environment protection • UIC global corridors

4. UIC the only cooperation organisation for railways at world level 171 members from all 5 continents

5. 1922 number and origin of members 51 members from 29 countries in Europe and Asia main spheres of international cooperation technical standards, operations UIC a universal vocation - sustained growth 2004 171 members from 85 countries of all 5 continents all railway business sectors

6. Affiliate Active UIC members Associate

7. Towards sustainable development with UN • Milestones : • Stockholm Conference 1972 (on “Human Environment”) UNEP • The Rio Earth Summit 1992 (on “Environment and Development”) • The Global Compact 2000 (Human rights, labour, environment) • UN Millenium Development Goals 2000 (among others on poverty, education, maternal mortality and environmental sustainability) • World Summit in Johannesburg 2002 (on sustainable development) • Kyoto protocol (200?) (on CO2-emission reduction)

8. Towards sustainable development with UN Issues at the UN Agenda (source: www.un.org): - Africa - Environment - The Millenium Goals - Agriculture - Family - Question of Palestine - AIDS - Food - Peace & Security - Atomic Energy - Governance - Population - Children - Health - Refugees - Climate Change - Human rights - Science and Technology - Culture - Human settlements - Social Development - Decolonization - Indigenous people - Outer space - Demining - Information, Communication, technology - Statistics - Development Cooperation - Intellectual property - Sustainable Development - Persons with Disabilities - International Finance - Terrorism - Drugs & Crime - Iraq - Trade & Development - Education - Labour - Volunteerism - Energy - International Law - Water - Law of the Sea & Antartica - Women - Leaset developed countries - Youth TRANSPORT

9. Towards sustainable development with UN • Sustainable development and transport : • Transport is essential for today's society • Today’s transport sector is very harmful to health, safety and environment • I.e. transport causes 20% of the global CO2-emissions*, and it is at the same time one of the sectors where CO2- emissions increase the most. • Mobility and economical growth are walking hand in hand. • We cannot stop the process, but we need to plan and develop a more sustainable mobility • Sustainable transport systems are needed and they have to be based on railways as the backbone • UN should place TRANSPORT higher at its agenda ! • *International Energy Agency

10. Towards sustainable mobility with UIC How UIC can contribute: From UIC Sustainable Mobility Strategy: “UIC and the railways will provide society with thoroughly considered railway transport solutions based on economic, social and environmental sound conditions adapted to the needs of society for sustainable transport and mobility” (Assembly of Active members, 2001)

11. Towards sustainable development with UIC • How UIC can contribute: • Rail systems - whether passenger and freight - • contribute to sustainable development by having • a high efficiency concerning capacity, energy, space, and time • Railways offer a more environmental friendly mode of transport, i.e the CO2 advantage of railways alone offer a way to achieve the Kyoto Protocol aims • The railway sector worldwide has undergone a greening during the last decade showing commitment and actions towards sustainable development • The high standard of rail safety sparing life and many accidents is still improving

12. Towards sustainable development with UIC

13. Global economy and its impact on transport business • Euro-Asia transport links: key to global supply chain

14. International trade and related transport business* • 2001: value of international trade>12 trillion USD • 1991-2001: overall growth in physical movement of goods + 76% • 1991-2001: annual growth in containerisation + 8% • 2001: value of international transport business exceed> 900 billion USD *: WTO statistics and derivations

15. Asia in World Container Trade World Total 59 m TEU (1999) 123 m TEU (2011) Average growth p.a. 6.3% Asia 5.3 m 6.8 m 12.9 m 13.1 m N. America Europe 7.6% 5.7% 12.5 m 7.6% 30.1 m 7.7% 5.1% 4.2 m 4.6 m Asia 10.3 m 8.3 m United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

16. UIC EFFORT IN SEEKING PARTNERSHIPS

18. N.E.W. Project - intermodal trial run (2004)Organization CUSTOMERS (some base customers) Sub forwarders Project team Project network SINOTRANS Main forwarder/NVO VR-Finland Rail Coordinator (future JV) Eimskip Ocean feeder Eimskip Ocean Liner PRE CARRIAGE ON CARRIAGE ON CARRIAGE PRE CARRIAGE RAIL 1 China RAIL 2 Kazakhst. RAIL 3 Russia RAIL 4 Finland RAIL 5 Norway- Sweden PORT 1 Narvik PORT 2 Iceland PORT 3+ NAEC

19. AREAS NEEDING COLLECTIVE EFFORTS • Network of international container depots • Technical barriers • Border crossings

20. International Freight Corridors

21. 3.2. The location and function of the 18 container depots (nodes) Plan to construct 18 national and regional container nodes (center) in the (provincial) capitals or big ports with multiple international port and inland deport functions. 7 of them(Ulumuqi,Lanzhou, Xian, Zhengzhou,Qingdao, Shanghai and Tianjin) will be located along the N.E.W.Corridor Harbin Shenyang Urumuqi Beijing Dalian Tianjin Qindao Lanzhou Zhengzhou Shanghai Xian Chengdu Ningbo Wuhan Chongqing Guangzhou Kunming Running the container block trains among the container nodes will facility the traffic along N.E.W.Corridor Shenzhen

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