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Moving beyond commodity dependence

Acting Secretary-General Moreno speaks at a high-level meeting on critical minerals held at UN Headquarters in New York on 14 July.

Putting development at the heart of critical minerals

Commodity dependence: Country profiles

GSTP COP 34

Committee of Participants – Global System of Trade Preferences

The State of Commodity Dependence

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The State of Commodity Dependence

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A miner in Potosi, Bolivia.

Moving beyond commodity dependence

Acting Secretary-General Moreno speaks at a high-level meeting on critical minerals held at UN Headquarters in New York on 14 July.

Putting development at the heart of critical minerals

Commodity dependence: Country profiles

GSTP COP 34

Committee of Participants – Global System of Trade Preferences

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World Investment Report 2026: International investment in a turbulent era

World Investment Report 2026: International investment in a turbulent era

Cover for Strait of Hormuz Disruptions: Beyond reopening - lasting impacts on vulnerable economies

Strait of Hormuz Disruptions: Beyond reopening - lasting impacts on vulnerable economies

Cover for Global trade update (June 2026): The shifting dynamics of critical minerals trade

Global trade update (June 2026): The shifting dynamics of critical minerals trade

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Financing development: External flows of financial capital to developing countries and their cost

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Technology and Innovation Report 2025: Inclusive artificial intelligence for development

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Data stories

Bar chart showing Must vulnerable economies are exposed to oil and food price shocks

Hormuz disruptions: Most vulnerable economies are exposed to oil and food price shocks

Graph showing prices of oil and refined oil products have risen sharply

Vulnerable economies face the heaviest burden from oil shocks

A graph showing that clean technologies will account for a larger share of critical mineral demand

Critical minerals are reshaping global trade as demand surges

bar chart showing that AI-related hardware boosted import growth in 2025

AI-driven trade boom masks broader slowdown

a map showing that most countries still face higher export costs from non-tariff measures

Beyond tariffs: Most countries still face higher export costs from non-tariff measures

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Acting Secretary-General Moreno speaks at a high-level meeting on critical minerals held at UN Headquarters in New York on 14 July.

16 Jul 2026

Critical minerals must drive development, not repeat extractive models

16 Jul 2026

After nearly three decades, South–South trade agreement nears entry into force

14 Jul 2026

New dashboard helps countries chart a path beyond commodity dependence

13 Jul 2026

UN Principles on Consumer Product Safety officially launched as world reaffirms commitment to fair and competitive markets

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Videos

Strait of Hormuz Disruptions: The burden of oil price shocks on vulnerable economies

Borrowers' Platform: Toward a fairer global financial system

WTO MC14: UNCTAD calls for bolstering the multilateral trading system and investment in developing countries

Meetings and events

6 – 17 July 2026

Fifty-third regional course on key issues on the international economic agenda

Skopje, North Macedonia

13 – 17 July 2026

TrainForTrade Modern Port Management Course, Jury of Cycle 2, and Launch of Cycle 3 in Nouakchott, Mauritania

Nouakchott, Mauritania

20 July 2026

Committee of participants of the Global System of Trade Preferences among developing countries, 34th session

Geneva, Switzerland

22 July 2026

Specialized Training for NTFCs 2026 - Module 5 on Introduction to the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement

Online

28 – 30 July 2026

TrainForTrade Modern Port Management Course: Module 2 on the organization of a port system

Veracruz, Mexico

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Secretary-General

Rebeca Grynspan, Secretary-General of UNCTAD from 13 September 2021

Geneva, Switzerland

Rebeca Grynspan

Rebeca Grynspan of Costa Rica was appointed the eighth Secretary-General of UNCTAD on 13 September 2021. She is the first woman to hold this position in the history of the organization.

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Statements

14 July 2026

UN High-Level Meeting on Critical Energy Transition Minerals

New York City, United States of America

8 July 2026

23rd Session of the Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Competition Law and Policy — Opening remarks

Geneva, Switzerland

6 July 2026

Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Consumer Protection Law and Policy — Ninth session

Geneva, Switzerland

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