How to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals?09 Mar - In his message to the Geneva Press Club, Dr. Mukhisa Kituyi, Secretary-General UNCTAD, said that implementation of the new sustainable development agenda has been slow to start and stressed that engagement must be hastened if we are to keep the promises made in New York in 2015. Helping Peru protect and benefit from its biodiversity08 Mar - UNCTAD held two workshops in Peru last month to look at how the country could use the Nagoya Protocol to ensure it gets a fair share from research and commercial benefits derived from local microorganisms, plants and animals. On Women's Day, UNCTAD takes part in Geneva Gender Debate03 Mar - To mark this year's International Women's Day, UNCTAD Deputy Secretary-General Joakim Reiter will take part in the first annual Geneva Gender Debate organised by the Swiss city's Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies on 8 March, 2016. Database on Iron Ore Statistics Launched01 Mar - As a supplement to the yearly Iron Ore Market Report, the Database provides comprehensive and up-to-date statistical data on developments in the world market for iron ore. The Database will be updated regularly by the UNCTAD Trust Fund on Iron Ore Information. Reforming the IIA Regime - a Stocktaking01 Mar - There is a pressing need for systematic reform of the international investment agreements (IIAs) regime to bring it in line with today's sustainable development imperative. Today the question is not whether or not to reform, but about the what, how and extent of such reform. |
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