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Release of Second Report of UNCTAD Panel of Eminent Persons

MEETINGS AND EVENTS

The International Coordination Meeting of the UNCTAD/TrainForTrade Port Training Programme of the English-speaking Network to be held in Belfast, UK	03-04 Jul 2013
Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Competition Law and Policy, thirteenth session	08-12 Jul 2013
Launch of the Economic Development in Africa Report 2013	11 Jul 2013
Regional Course on Key Issues on the International Economic Agenda for Africa (27th Course)	15 Jul-02 Aug 2013

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News

Three Angolan provinces host training workshops on sustainable tourism

23 May -

Eighty government officials and private tourism operators have received instruction by UNCTAD on how to practise sustainable tourism that contributes to economic development.

Panel of Eminent Persons proposes several initiatives to strengthen UNCTAD's development impact

23 May -

A "Development Observatory of Global Economic and Financial Governance" should be established with UNCTAD as custodian to safeguard the interests of poor countries as reforms to the global economic and financial systems are carried out, a high-level panel has recommended.

Global Services Forum to focus on sector vital to developing-country economies

23 May -

Research and trends in the global economy indicate that developing countries cannot develop without expanding and deepening their services sectors - spheres of economic activity that range from energy, to telecommunications, to such knowledge- and skills-based work as engineering and computer programming.

Second Report of the UNCTAD Panel of Eminent Persons to be released

17 May -

A special event to mark the release of the Second Report of the UNCTAD Secretary-General's Panel of Eminent Persons, entitled "Addressing Key Economic Issues to Advance Sustainable Development: Ideas for Actions", will take place on 21 May 2013, from 15:30-17:30, in room XXVI of the Palais des Nations.