The sixth session of the Committee on Transport took place on 12 and 13 October 2020 as a hybrid meeting due to on-going COVID-19 related travel restrictions in many countries in the Asia-Pacific region.

The Committee session discussed matters of strategic importance to regional transport development, regional cooperation and the formulation of regional policies to advance sustainable transport and connectivity in line with existing regional and global mandates such as the Regional Actional Programme for Sustainable Transport Connectivity in Asia and the Pacific, Phase I (2017-2021), related ESCAP resolutions and the Decade of Action for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, among others. The Committee also deliberated on the key objectives and directions of the new Regional Action Programme for 2022-2026 and provided guidance on the preparations for the Ministerial Conference on Transport, to be held in 2021. The Committee also provided member States and associate members of ESCAP with a forum to exchange views and discuss policies to meet the objectives of economic, environmental and social sustainability for the transport sector.