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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:6a58ad57a0c31
DTSTART:20190415T100000Z
SEQUENCE:0
TRANSP:OPAQUE
DTEND:20190415T100000Z
LOCATION:Geneva\, Switzerland
SUMMARY:Multi-year Expert Meeting on Commodities and Development\, eleventh
  session
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:The Nairobi Maafikiano calls upon UNCTAD to “strengthen the c
 apacity of commodity-dependent and net food-importing developing countries
  to reduce the short-term negative effects of price volatility\, through i
 nstruments for market risk management” (paragraph 76 (p)). Hence\, the m
 eeting will provide a forum for sharing country experiences in addressing 
 the impacts of commodity price risk as well as weather-based risk particul
 arly in commodity-dependent developing countries.\n\nBetter risk managemen
 t is expected to stabilize and even increase incomes of commodity producer
 s\, helping them to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.\n\n
 The meeting will identify policies that these countries may pursue to maxi
 mize development benefits from commodity production and trade. It will als
 o evaluate the major risks facing the commodity sector in developing count
 ries\, with a view to identifying the challenges posed by the impact of la
 rge variations in commodity prices and commodity production on economic pe
 rformance in these countries.\n\nParticipants will discuss policy options 
 for managing risk in the commodity sector of commodity-dependent developin
 g countries.\n\nParticipation\n\nThe meeting is open to all member States 
 of UNCTAD. Representatives of other organizations\, including specialized 
 agencies\, intergovernmental bodies and non-governmental organizations in 
 the general and special categories\, as well as academia and the private s
 ector\, may participate as observers.\n\nContributed Papers\n\nExperts are
  encouraged to prepare and submit to the meeting brief papers (of about fi
 ve pages) related to one or more of the issues contained in the provisiona
 l agenda and to their country’s experience.\n&lt\;p&gt\;The Nairobi Maaf
 ikiano calls upon UNCTAD to “&lt\;em&gt\;strengthen the capacity of comm
 odity-dependent and net food-importing developing countries to reduce the 
 short-term negative effects of price volatility\, through instruments for 
 market risk management&lt\;/em&gt\;” (paragraph 76 (p)). Hence\, the mee
 ting will provide a forum for sharing country experiences in addressing th
 e impacts of commodity price risk as well as weather-based risk particular
 ly in commodity-dependent developing countries.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;
 Better risk management is expected to stabilize and even increase incomes 
 of commodity producers\, helping them to achieve the Sustainable Developme
 nt Goals by 2030.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;The meeting will identify poli
 cies that these countries may pursue to maximize development benefits from
  commodity production and trade. It will also evaluate the major risks fac
 ing the commodity sector in developing countries\, with a view to identify
 ing the challenges posed by the impact of large variations in commodity pr
 ices and commodity production on economic performance in these countries.&
 lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;Participants will discuss policy options for man
 aging risk in the commodity sector of commodity-dependent developing count
 ries.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;&lt\;strong&gt\;Participation&lt\;/strong&
 gt\;&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;The meeting is open to all member States of
  UNCTAD. Representatives of other organizations\, including specialized ag
 encies\, intergovernmental bodies and non-governmental organizations in th
 e general and special categories\, as well as academia and the private sec
 tor\, may participate as observers.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;&lt\;strong&
 gt\;Contributed Papers&lt\;/strong&gt\;&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;Experts 
 are encouraged to prepare and submit to the meeting brief papers (of about
  five pages) related to one or more of the issues contained in the provisi
 onal agenda and to their country’s experience.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n\nView mee
 ting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/multi-year-expert-meeting-c
 ommodities-and-development-eleventh-session
DTSTAMP:20260716T100719Z
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:6a58ad57a0c74
DTSTART:20190416T100000Z
SEQUENCE:0
TRANSP:OPAQUE
DTEND:20190416T100000Z
LOCATION:Geneva\, Switzerland
SUMMARY:Multi-year Expert Meeting on Commodities and Development\, eleventh
  session
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:The Nairobi Maafikiano calls upon UNCTAD to “strengthen the c
 apacity of commodity-dependent and net food-importing developing countries
  to reduce the short-term negative effects of price volatility\, through i
 nstruments for market risk management” (paragraph 76 (p)). Hence\, the m
 eeting will provide a forum for sharing country experiences in addressing 
 the impacts of commodity price risk as well as weather-based risk particul
 arly in commodity-dependent developing countries.\n\nBetter risk managemen
 t is expected to stabilize and even increase incomes of commodity producer
 s\, helping them to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.\n\n
 The meeting will identify policies that these countries may pursue to maxi
 mize development benefits from commodity production and trade. It will als
 o evaluate the major risks facing the commodity sector in developing count
 ries\, with a view to identifying the challenges posed by the impact of la
 rge variations in commodity prices and commodity production on economic pe
 rformance in these countries.\n\nParticipants will discuss policy options 
 for managing risk in the commodity sector of commodity-dependent developin
 g countries.\n\nParticipation\n\nThe meeting is open to all member States 
 of UNCTAD. Representatives of other organizations\, including specialized 
 agencies\, intergovernmental bodies and non-governmental organizations in 
 the general and special categories\, as well as academia and the private s
 ector\, may participate as observers.\n\nContributed Papers\n\nExperts are
  encouraged to prepare and submit to the meeting brief papers (of about fi
 ve pages) related to one or more of the issues contained in the provisiona
 l agenda and to their country’s experience.\n&lt\;p&gt\;The Nairobi Maaf
 ikiano calls upon UNCTAD to “&lt\;em&gt\;strengthen the capacity of comm
 odity-dependent and net food-importing developing countries to reduce the 
 short-term negative effects of price volatility\, through instruments for 
 market risk management&lt\;/em&gt\;” (paragraph 76 (p)). Hence\, the mee
 ting will provide a forum for sharing country experiences in addressing th
 e impacts of commodity price risk as well as weather-based risk particular
 ly in commodity-dependent developing countries.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;
 Better risk management is expected to stabilize and even increase incomes 
 of commodity producers\, helping them to achieve the Sustainable Developme
 nt Goals by 2030.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;The meeting will identify poli
 cies that these countries may pursue to maximize development benefits from
  commodity production and trade. It will also evaluate the major risks fac
 ing the commodity sector in developing countries\, with a view to identify
 ing the challenges posed by the impact of large variations in commodity pr
 ices and commodity production on economic performance in these countries.&
 lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;Participants will discuss policy options for man
 aging risk in the commodity sector of commodity-dependent developing count
 ries.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;&lt\;strong&gt\;Participation&lt\;/strong&
 gt\;&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;The meeting is open to all member States of
  UNCTAD. Representatives of other organizations\, including specialized ag
 encies\, intergovernmental bodies and non-governmental organizations in th
 e general and special categories\, as well as academia and the private sec
 tor\, may participate as observers.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;&lt\;strong&
 gt\;Contributed Papers&lt\;/strong&gt\;&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;Experts 
 are encouraged to prepare and submit to the meeting brief papers (of about
  five pages) related to one or more of the issues contained in the provisi
 onal agenda and to their country’s experience.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n\nView mee
 ting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/multi-year-expert-meeting-c
 ommodities-and-development-eleventh-session
DTSTAMP:20260716T100719Z
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