BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6af5e13223ba6 DTSTART:20160418T010000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20160418T010000Z LOCATION:Geneva\, Switzerland SUMMARY:New International Framework for the Protection of Consumers Online CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:New International Framework for the Protection of Consumers Onl ineorganized by UNCTAD and OECDThis event is part of UNCTAD'\;s E-Comm erce WeekOn 22 December 2015 the General Assembly adopted the revised Unit ed Nations Guidelines for Consumer Protection in resolution 70/186\, and d ecided to establish an intergovernmental group of experts on consumer prot ection law and policy under the auspices of UNCTAD\, making it the global hub on consumer protection.The Guidelines contain a specific chapter on e- commerce\, showing the unanimous interest from Member States in establishi ng optimal legal and institutional frameworks. Additionally\, on 24 March\ , the OECD Council adopted the OECD'\;s revised Recommendation on Cons umer Protection in Ecommerce\, which provides modernised standards address ing a number of developments in ecommerce since the Recommendation was fir st adopted in 1999.This session will look into the new international frame work for consumer protection in the digital environment\, and the expectat ions and priorities international organizations and other international bo dies should address in fulfilling their respective mandate.Moderator:Mr. G uillermo Vallès\, Director\, Division on International Trade in Goods and Services\, and Commodities\, UNCTADPanelists:Cécile Barayre\, Economic A ffairs Officer\, ICT Analysis Section\, UNCTADBrigitte Acoca\, Policy Anal yist\, OECDAmanda Long\, Director General\, Consumers InternationalJuliana Pereira da Silva\, Secretaria Nacional do Consumidor\, Brazil (remote par ticipation)Melinda Claybough\, Counsel for International Consumer Protecti on in the Federal Trade Commission'\;s Office of International Affairs \, US Federal Trade Commission<\;p class="\;text-align-center\n\nVie w meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/new-international-fram ework-protection-consumers-online DTSTAMP:20261112T155426Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR