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27 September 2012Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) commits to promoting sustainabilityAt the Rio+20 ‘Earth Summit’ in June, UNCTAD Secretary-General Supachai Panitchpakdi issued an open invitation to stock exchanges around the world to commit to promoting sustainable investment. The Board of Directors of BSE has welcomed this idea and signed the Sustainable Stock Exchanges voluntary commitment. 23 September 2012Shift African investment towards industry, South African Minister recommendsAfrica has a bright future for attracting investment, but must use the opportunity to boost industry and improve infrastructure, H.E. Mr. Rob Davies, Minister of Trade and Industry of South Africa told the UNCTAD Trade and Development Board today during the Board's discussions under its agenda item on "Investment for Development." 20 September 2012EMPRETEC Latin America Forum takes off in PanamaThe first official meeting of the EMPRETEC Latin America Forum was hosted by EMPRETEC Panama in Panama City last week, following a regional training workshop that brought together EMPRETEC directors and trainers from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Panama, Peru and Venezuela to share experiences and discuss new developments. 19 September 2012UNCTAD report calls for improved access to medicines in context of local pharmaceutical productionAn UNCTAD report now made available on the website suggests that a coherent framework linking local pharmaceutical production to greater access from the onset within countries is urgently called for to harness the full potential of local production capacities. Improvement in access to medicines in the context of local production should not be incidental but should be an explicit goal, the report says. 11 September 2012UNCTAD new investment policy framework gathers support“We should try to learn from the Investment Policy Framework for Sustainable Development”, said H.E. Sun Zhenyu, former Ambassador and Permanent Representative of China to the WTO at the launch of the Chinese edition of the UNCTAD World Investment Report 2012 in Xiamen, China over the weekend. Page 18 of 27, items
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