Matters requiring action by the Board in the follow-up to the fourteenth session of the Conference

The Trade and Development Board,

Reaffirming the Nairobi Maafikiano[1] adopted at the fourteenth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development in Nairobi,

Recalling paragraph 94 of the Nairobi Maafikiano, which calls for the revitalization of the existing intergovernmental machinery of UNCTAD to better support the implementation of the 2030 Agenda,

1. Decides to establish an open-ended Consultative Group of the Whole, which shall be open to the participation of all member States; the Group will meet in three informal, open-ended meetings on the following dates:

   (a) 28 February 2018

   (b) 22 March 2018

   (c) 10 April 2018
    

2. Meetings will be chaired by the President of the Trade and Development Board or by a facilitator appointed by him; the secretariat will support the meeting and act as an adviser to the Consultative Group of the Whole;
    
3. The Consultative Group of the Whole shall identify ways and means to revitalize the existing intergovernmental machinery of UNCTAD; 
    
4. The Consultative Group of the Whole shall present recommendations resulting from the discussions to the sixty-fifth session of the Trade and Development Board in June 2018 for its consideration and appropriate decision.

[1] TD/519/Add.2.