UNCTAD S-G congratulates new head of UN-ECA14 Aug - Dr. Carlos Lopes, Executive Director of the U.N. Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) based in Geneva will be taking up his new position as Executive Secretary of the U.N. Economic Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa on 1 September. UNCTAD Secretary-General Supachai Panitchpakdi has sent Dr. Lopes a letter of congratulations Pakistan volunteers for peer review of competition regime10 Aug - October 2012 marks the fifth anniversary of the promulgation of Pakistan’s Competition Law. The Chairperson of the Competition Commission of Pakistan, Ms. Rahat Kaunain Hassan, has requested UNCTAD to undertake a peer review of Pakistan's competition law and policy. Lao PDR on target to complete WTO accession process in 201209 Aug - The Lao People's Democratic Republic, a land-locked LDC, is set to complete its WTO accession process by the end of this year. "The Lao PDR has come a long way this past decade ... we have made a herculean effort," said Dr. Nam Vinhaket, Minister of Industry and Commerce. SADC moving forward on model bilateral investment treaty template06 Aug - Investment policy makers and investment treaty negotiators from the 15-member Southern African Development Community (SADC) convened in Pretoria, South Africa recently to engage in clause by clause in-depth discussions of the draft SADC Model Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) Template and Commentary. |
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