UNCTAD XI CONCLUDES WITH ADOPTION OF ‘SAO PAULO CONSENSUS’ FOCUSING

ON POVERTY REDUCTION IN LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES

Possessing ‘Power of Ideas, Commitment’, UNCTAD Seeks ‘World

Without Divisions, without Walls, without Separations’, Ricupero Says

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

UN TRADE CONFERENCE LAUNCHES 'VIRTUAL INSTITUTE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT'

Thematic Sessions Address Issues Related

To Partnership, Communications Technology, Transport Facilities

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

UNCTAD INTERACTIVE SESSIONS FOCUS ON ASSURING GAINS FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

FROM INTERNATIONAL TRADING SYSTEM

Participants Explore Policy Options, Strategies to Support Competitiveness

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

UNCTAD INTERACTIVE SESSIONS EXPLORE LINKS BETWEEN TRADE AND POVERTY,

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND CAPITAL ACCUMULATION

Foreign Minister of Brazil Elected President of Current Session

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

UNCTAD PARTICIPANTS CONSIDER WAYS TO BOOST PRODUCTIVE CAPACITIES

OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, MAKE SMALL BUSINESSES MORE COMPETITIVE

Challenge Is to Attract outside Investment,

Retain It, Generate Benefits for Development

(Received from a UN Information Officer)

UN CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT OPENS ELEVENTH SESSION IN SAO PAOLO,

HIGHLIGHTING IMPORTANCE OF TRADE AMONG DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Speakers Include Presidents of Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay;

Prime Minister of Thailand, UN Secretary-General, General Assembly President

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MINISTERIAL MEETING OF UN CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT

TO TAKE PLACE IN Sao PAuLO 13 – 18 June

To Focus on Harnessing Power of Trade for Development, Poverty Reduction

NEW UNCTAD PUBLICATION EXAMINES TRADE, ENVIRONMENT

ISSUES FROM DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVE

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 14 May (UNCTAD) -- What is the link between wastewater treatment, organic bananas and the ban on international trade in ivory?

Each of them plays a key role in the sustainable development process and is part of the link between trade, environment and sustainable development.

no massive diversion of foreign direct investment seen

 

on eve of european union enlargement

(Reissued as received.)

UNCTAD’S EIGHTH AFRICAN OIL TRADE AND FINANCE CONFERENCE OPENS IN MARRAKECH

(Reissued as received.)

     GENEVA, 28 April (UNCTAD) – The eighth African Oil and Gas Trade and Finance Conference of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) -- the continent’s largest annual energy event -- opened yesterday in Marrakech, Morocco.