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14 Nov 2025
New course helping countries harness trade for climate action
13 Nov 2025
GDP and CO2 emissions: Record temperatures heighten urgency to break the link
04 Nov 2025
Reforming global finance for climate-resilient development
31 Oct 2025
Global foreign investment falls 3% in first half of 2025, hitting industry and infrastructure
30 Oct 2025
From disruption to diversification: How can least developed countries strengthen resilience to tariff shocks?
23 Oct 2025
Services key to inclusive transformation, UNCTAD16 hears
23 Oct 2025
UNCTAD16: Stronger South-South cooperation in trade and investment key to shared prosperity
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Meetings and events
6 – 21 November 2025
UN Trade and Development at the COP30 United Nations Climate Change Conference
17 – 21 November 2025
Workshop on the capacity building for the Burundi NTFC on the implementation of the WTO TFA
17 November 2025
Commission on Science and Technology for Development, 2025-2026 Inter-sessional Panel
17 November 2025
CSTD ISP Side Event: Strengthening STI Parks in National Innovation System, Entrepreneurship nurturing and cluster building
18 – 21 November 2025
eTrade for Women Masterclass for South-East Asia and the Pacific
18 – 19 November 2025
Fourth meeting of the UN CSTD multi-stakeholder working group on data governance at all levels
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Secretary-General statements
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.