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Secretario General

Dr. Mukhisa Kituyi, de Kenya, séptimo Secretario General de la UNCTAD desde el 1 de septiembre de 2013, acumula una amplia trayectoria en puestos electivos, como profesor y como titular de altos cargos gubernamentales.

Goza asimismo de una vasta experiencia en las negociaciones comerciales, así como en el ámbito de la economía y la diplomacia internacional dentro y fuera de África.

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22 agosto 2012Chinese firms urged to avoid past mistakes of Western multinationals in Africa

Delivering the keynote address at the opening ceremony of the 2012 China Overseas Investment Summit in Hong Kong yesterday, UNCTAD Secretary-General Supachai Panitchpakdi urged Chinese business leaders to avoid the mistakes made by Western multinationals in Africa, and to take corporate social responsibility seriously.

16 agosto 2012Need for new domestic sources of growth, moving up global value chain, and coherent trading systems stressed by UNCTAD S-G

Delivering the keynote address at an academic seminar on the new era of global trade and investment organised by the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce in Bangkok, Thailand today, UNCTAD Secretary-General Supachai Panitchpakdi pointed to a number of challenges for developing countries in the current international economic situation.

13 agosto 2012UNCTAD S-G congratulates new head of UN-ECA

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

16 julio 2012Turkey launches graduate scholarship programme for LDCs

As part of the implementation of the Istanbul Programme of Action adopted by the Fourth UN conference on LDCs held in Istanbul, Turkey, in May 2011 the Government of Turkey has launched the "Graduate Scholarship Programme for the Least Developed Countries".

10 julio 2012Emerging South can bring more balanced, stable world economy, says UNCTAD

In remarks presented to the 19th General Meeting of Shareholders of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) currently taking place in Beijing, China, UNCTAD Secretary-General Supachai Panitchpakdi expressed cautious optimism about an emerging South but warned of continued vulnerabilities.

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