NewsWhore
05-04-2012, 04:40 PM
For the first time in its history, the Dominican Republic has been chosen as a member of the United Nations Statistics Commission for the period 2013-2016, after receiving the highest level of votes amongst the candidates from Latin America and the Caribbean.
Speaking at a press conference at the National Palace, National Statistics Office (ONE) director Pablo Tactuk said that it was a result of the proactive role that the country had taken. Since the DR took over the presidency of the Americas Statistics Conference for 2009-2011, ONE has organized several successful regional and continental meetings.
He went on to say that they had also succeeded in including the non-Spanish speaking countries and that this recognition from the statistical world would give them the opportunity for greater participation and for improving their work standards.
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Speaking at a press conference at the National Palace, National Statistics Office (ONE) director Pablo Tactuk said that it was a result of the proactive role that the country had taken. Since the DR took over the presidency of the Americas Statistics Conference for 2009-2011, ONE has organized several successful regional and continental meetings.
He went on to say that they had also succeeded in including the non-Spanish speaking countries and that this recognition from the statistical world would give them the opportunity for greater participation and for improving their work standards.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#3)