BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a58c233bdf92 DTSTART:20190718T070000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20190718T150000Z LOCATION:Geneva\, Suisse SUMMARY:Launch of TRACIT report on the Impact of Illicit Trade on the Susta inable Development Goals CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:UNCTAD will host the Transnational Alliance to Combat Illicit T rade (TRACIT)\, to launch the Alliance’s new report\, entitled Mapping t he Impact of Illicit Trade on the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The re port investigates illicit trade in 12 key sectors that participate signifi cantly in international trade and maps these against the 17 United Nations SDGs. These sectors include agri-foods\, alcohol\, fisheries\, forestry\, petroleum\, pharmaceuticals\, precious metals and gemstones\, pesticides\ , tobacco\, and wildlife\, as well as trafficking in persons and counterfe iting and piracy. Findings show that illicit trading activities significan tly compromise achievement of the SDGs by crowding out legitimate economic activity\, depriving governments of revenues for investment in vital publ ic services\, dislocating hundreds of thousands of legitimate jobs and cau sing irreversible damage to ecosystems and human lives. Presentation of th e report will be followed by a dialogue involving a wide range of stakehol ders\, including member States and representatives from IGOs\, NGOs and th e private sector. Delegates will be encouraged to share their own experien ces as they relate to the issues raised by the report. <\;p>\;UNCTAD w ill host the Transnational Alliance to Combat Illicit Trade (TRACIT)\, to launch the Alliance’s new report\, entitled Mapping the Impact of Illici t Trade on the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The report investigates i llicit trade in 12 key sectors that participate significantly in internati onal trade and maps these against the 17 United Nations SDGs. These sector s include agri-foods\, alcohol\, fisheries\, forestry\, petroleum\, pharma ceuticals\, precious metals and gemstones\, pesticides\, tobacco\, and wil dlife\, as well as trafficking in persons and counterfeiting and piracy. F indings show that illicit trading activities significantly compromise achi evement of the SDGs by crowding out legitimate economic activity\, deprivi ng governments of revenues for investment in vital public services\, dislo cating hundreds of thousands of legitimate jobs and causing irreversible d amage to ecosystems and human lives. <\;/p>\;<\;p>\;Presentation o f the report will be followed by a dialogue involving a wide range of stak eholders\, including member States and representatives from IGOs\, NGOs an d the private sector. Delegates will be encouraged to share their own expe riences as they relate to the issues raised by the report. <\;/p>\;\n\ nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/launch-tracit-repo rt-impact-illicit-trade-sustainable-development-goals DTSTAMP:20260716T113619Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR