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UNCTAD's Entrepreneurship Policy Framework presented in Brasilia

26 Jun -

UNCTAD's Entrepreneurship Policy Framework was featured in an International Seminar in Brasilia this past June. The Seminar focused on developing and providing feedback on Brazil's National Public Policy on Entrepreneurship.

South-South export rebounded faster than world trade after the 2008 crisis

26 Jun -

South-South trade has grown dramatically in the past decade. It claims about a quarter of the value of world trade, says UNCTAD´s new South-South Trade Monitor.

UNCTAD to follow up request by G20 Leaders for continued work on trade and investment protectionism, global value chains, and commodity price volatility

26 Jun -

G20 Leaders who gathered in Los Cabos, Mexico on 18-19 June 2012 expressed deep concern over rising instances of protectionism around the world, recognized the need to enhance participation of developing countries in global value chains, and underscored the importance to global economic recovery of maintaining stability in international commodity markets.

UNCTAD S-G joins in welcoming UN S-G's Zero Hunger Challenge

25 Jun -

At the recently concluded Rio+20 sustainable development summit, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on leaders, business, civil society and individuals to step up efforts to end hunger, and launched a Zero Hunger Challenge. UNCTAD Secretary-General Supachai Panitchpakdi has joined in welcoming and endorsing the challenge.

UNCTAD and WIPO to establish regular consultation mechanism

25 Jun -

Recalling the references on technology and intellectual property contained in the Doha Mandate adopted at the conclusion of the UNCTAD XIII ministerial conference in Doha, Qatar on 26 April, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has proposed the establishment of a regular consultation mechanism between the two organizations at the level of Deputy Secretary-General and Deputy Director General to strengthen consultation and coordination on issues of mutual interest.

UNCTAD extrabudgetary contributions peak in 2011

25 Jun -

At the request of member States the UNCTAD secretariat has published the contributions to the UNCTAD Trust Fund from 2005 to 2011, showing a significant increase of developing and transition countries' contributions.

UNCTAD S-G contributes to book on Green Growth and Travelism for Rio+20

22 Jun -

The mainstreaming of tourism into national development and economic policymaking through a comprehensive national tourism strategy should include the involvement of all stakeholders, including local communities and the local private sector, says Dr Supachai Panitchpakdi in a chapter entitled "Sustainable tourism development - a partnership between the public and the private sectors".

Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Review issued on Dominican Republic

21 Jun -

UNCTAD review recommends that the Dominican Republic expand efforts to encourage innovation activity in domestic businesses, as that is where the greatest payoff in jobs and economic growth can be realized.

Strong trade content in Rio+20 outcome document welcomed by speakers at UNCTAD panel

21 Jun -

Immediately prior to the opening of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, UNCTAD co-organized with the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), a panel discussion on the trade dimension in the follow-up to the Rio+20 summit at the RioCentro Exhibition and Convention Center in the morning of 20 June.

No one size fits all, says bio-fuels panel at Rio+20

20 Jun -

On the eve of the official opening of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development -- Rio+20, a panel discussion was organized by UNCTAD on exploring new sustainable and socially inclusive biofuels experiences in developing and least developed countries at the Brazilian Military Institute of Engineering (IME) in Rio de Janeiro on 19 June.

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