To the strains of Verdi's "Va Pensiero", the U.N. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific opened its annual conference Monday.

在意大利著名作曲家威尔第的音乐声中，联合国亚太经济社会委员会年会星期一在曼谷召开。

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Nagesh Kumar,chief economist at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, says foreign investment will also suffer.

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Noeleen Hayzer,executive secretary of the UN's Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) says climate change remained "the biggest challenge faced by this generation."

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