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LOCATION:New York\, United States of America
SUMMARY:Informal interactive dialogue on commodity markets
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DESCRIPTION:What&#039\;s next for commodity markets?\n\nCommodity dependenc
 e remains a major challenge for sustainable development and the achievemen
 t of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Commodity dependence is ass
 ociated with numerous challenges and negative socio-economic outcomes rang
 ing from lower human and social development\, slow productivity growth\, i
 ncome volatility\, macroeconomic instability\, Dutch disease\, and politic
 al instability.\n\nAt the same time\, the number of commodity-dependent de
 veloping countries (CDDCs) increased from 81 in 2008-2009 to 87 in 2018-19
 .1 With a share of 83 per cent\, commodity dependence is particularly prev
 alent among Least Developed Countries (LDCs). It is therefore crucial for 
 CDDCs to identify pathways away from commodity dependence and towards a mo
 re diversified production and export structure.\n\nThe United Nations Gene
 ral Assembly (UNGA)\, in its resolution 76/194\, invited the President of 
 the General Assembly to hold a one-day informal interactive dialogue of th
 e Assembly during the first half of 2022\, “to review world commodity tr
 ends and prospects\, and possible strategies for economic and export diver
 sification\, as well as value addition for sustainable development\, parti
 cularly in commodity-dependent developing countries\, with the aim of shar
 ing experiences and lessons learned”.\n\nObjectives\n\nThe event will ta
 ke the form of an informal interactive dialogue on 31 March 2022\, and wil
 l consist of an opening segment\, followed by presentations on COVID-19 an
 d trends in commodity markets\, two interactive panels and a closing segme
 nt.\n\nThe panelists will include renowned experts\, high-level government
  officials and representatives from the private sector\, non-governmental 
 organizations and international financial institutions\, among others. In 
 addition to Member States and Observers of the General Assembly\, the meet
 ing will be open to the United Nations system and relevant stakeholders.\n
 \nThis one-day event will:\n\n\nReview recent trends and prospects in glob
 al commodities markets in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and the rec
 overy process\,\nDiscuss strategies for economic structural transformation
  and economic and export diversification\, with a specific focus on energy
  access as an enabler\,\nDiscuss the role of technology in economic and ex
 port diversification.\n\n\n \n\nMore on this event\n\n \n&lt\;h3 class=&
 quot\;text-align-center\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/
 node/36881
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