Consultation held on Aid for Trade in Arab region14 Jun - UNCTAD organized a consultation last week with the Head of the Islamic Trade and Finance Corporation (ITFC) and representatives of the League of Arab States to discuss a new programme to boost trade and reduce unemployment in the Arab region. UNCTAD S-G to participate in G-20 Finance Ministers seminar at Rio+2011 Jun - In conjunction with the UN Conference on Sustainable Development -- Rio+20, the Ministry of Finance of Brazil will be organising a G-20 Ministerial seminar on A Green and Inclusive Economy: The Finance Ministers' Perspective on 21 June at the Riocentro Complex to offer perspectives of Finance Ministries on implementation, national strategies and structural change in the promotion of sustainable development through a green and inclusive economy. Sustainable Stock Exchanges 2012 Global Dialogue to be held in Rio de Janeiro10 Jun - The United Nations Global Compact Office, the UN-backed Principles for Responsible Investment, the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative, and UNCTAD are working jointly to organize the Sustainable Stock Exchanges 2012 Global Dialogue on 18 June in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in the lead-up to the Rio+20 UN Earth Summit. President of Tunisia meets with Secretary-General07 Jun - Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki met today with UNCTAD Secretary-General Supachai Panitchpakdi to discuss what UNCTAD can do to help Tunisia in its transition to democracy, particularly in the areas of promotion of foreign direct investment and enterprise development. UNCTAD to conduct STIP review for Oman05 Jun - At the request of the government of the Sultanate of Oman, confirmed recently in a letter from H.E. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Oman in Geneva, UNCTAD will be conducting a Science, Technology and Innovation Policy (STIP) review for Oman this year.
Civil Society seeking closer collaboration with UNCTAD04 Jun - In a letter dated 31 May, civil society organizations which participated at the UNCTAD XIII conference in Doha in April expressed their desire to continue the "fruitful collaboration" and to engage with UNCTAD in a variety of joint endeavours in the future.
UNCTAD Secretary-General in Hong Kong, China, for inaugural Asia-Global Dialogue 201231 May - The challenges of lifting people out of poverty through inclusive development, putting finance back in the bottle and making the leap to a low-carbon future are all very closely interconnected, UNCTAD Secretary-General Supachai Panitchpakdi told the inaugural Asia-Global Dialogue 2012 being held in Hong Kong, China, from 31 May to 2 June. |
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