VIENNA, June 28 (Xinhua) -- In a board meeting on Tuesday, Li Yong, the Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), was supported by member states to take his second four-year term.
As the only candidate of UNIDO's chief, Li, from China, is to officially take his office by the end of November after the appointment by the general conference of UNIDO.
Li was elected by UNIDO's Industrial Development Board to succeed Kandeh Yumkella as Director General of UNIDO on June 24, 2013.
During his first term, led by Li, with the new mandate of UNIDO, the agency of inclusive and sustainable industrial development (ISID) is working hard to support the developing member states to promote the industrial development, especially in Africa.
ISID was also included in the sustainable development goals (SDGs) of the UN, seen as a great achievement made during his term.
