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INTERNATIONAL PEPPER COMMUNITY BILATERAL MEETING WITH THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF UNESCAP
On the sidelines of the 80th Session of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific which was organized at the United Nation Conference Center Bangkok, Thailand on 22 – 26 April 2024, the International Pepper Community (IPC) had a bilateral meeting with the Under-Secretary-General of United Nation and the Executive Secretary of the United Nations-Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), Her Excellency Madam Arminda Alisjahbana on 26 April 2024.

The Executive Secretary of UNESCAP was accompanied by the Deputy Executive Secretary for Partnership and Coordination, Mr. Hirohito Toda, the Director of Trade, Investment and Innovation Division, Madam Rupa Chanda and her other staffs. During the bilateral meeting, the Executive Director, Madam Firna Azura Ekaputri Haji Marzuki and officers of the International Pepper Community updated UNESCAP on the work and programmes as well as the future direction of the Community and latest development of the global pepper industry.

The bilateral meeting also discussed the area in which UNESCAP and IPC could collaborate and work together. The Executive Secretary of UNESCAP, Madam Arminda Alisjahbana also encouraged IPC Secretariat to work on getting Brazil back to become the member of IPC as it would secure more than 70% share of global pepper production from all member countries of the IPC. Furthermore, ESCAP and IPC also discussed on future collaboration on trade facilitation and business process analysis for IPC Member Countries for the betterment of the industry.

Previous Publications
- The 47th Annual Sessions and Meetings of the IPC, 12-14 November 2019, Vung Tau City Viet Nam
- INDONESIAN PEPPER DAY 2019
- IPC Indonesian Farmers App Workshop East Lampung, September 10, 2019.
- The 25th Meeting of the IPC Committee on Quality
- The 5th Meeting of the IPC Committee on Marketing
- IPC Technical Training
- 8<sup>th</sup> Meeting of the IPC Committee on R & D
- Registrations Open Now - International Pepper Conference 2019
- VIETNAM IPC FARMERS APP LAUNCH 04-APR-2019
- IPC INDONESIAN FARMERS APP WORKSHOP 2019
- IPC Cooperation with Indian Institute of Spice Research
- IPC - AISEF Indian Pepper App Launched
- Strategis for Greater Growth and Development of the Pepper Industry in Malaysia
- Transformation Through Collaboration
- The 24th Meeting of IPC Committee on Quality
- IPC-AISEF sign off agreement of IPC Farmers App in India, July 2018
- IPC Farmers App Launching Ceremony
- The IPC Farmers App Launching in Indonesia and India in July and August
- Indian Pepper Value Addition
- Inviting Expression Of Interest (EOI) to participate in the IPC Farmer's App
- The Executive Director attended the 3rd International Spice Conference, 4th - 7th February 2018, Jaipur, India.
- The President Maithripala Sirisena inaugurated the 45th Session of the IPC.
- President Maithripala Sirisena presented the IPC Awards 2016.
- Pesticide Residue Training, 26-27th September 2017, Kuching, Malaysia
- India and Indonesia organized Pepper Day in October 2017