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DTSTART:20190718T070000Z
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LOCATION:Geneva\, Switzerland
SUMMARY:Dialogue on Illicit Trade and the Sustainable Development Goals
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Cross-border trade has expanded significantly in the last few d
 ecades\, underwriting rising living standards across the globe.\n\nHowever
 \, this rapid growth in trade has been accompanied by significant growth i
 n illicit trade\, with various estimates by trade councils\, business ass
 ociations and think-tanks quantifying the size of global illicit trade be
 tween $650 billion and nearly $3 trillion annually.\n\nGiven this phenome
 non\, UNCTAD will organize\, in collaboration with the Transnational Allia
 nce to Combat Illicit Trade (TRACIT)\, a forum to discuss the role of i
 llicit trade in inhibiting positive development outcomes and in particular
 \, the implications for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goa
 ls.\n\nThe event will see the launch of TRACIT&#039\;s new report\, Map
 ping the Impact of Illicit Trade on the UN Sustainable Development Goals\,
  which investigates illicit trade in 12 key sectors that participate signi
 ficantly in international trade and maps these against the 17 United Natio
 ns SDGs.\n\nThese sectors include agri-foods\, alcohol\, fisheries\, fores
 try\, petroleum\, pharmaceuticals\, precious metals and gemstones\, pestic
 ides\, tobacco\, and wildlife\, as well as trafficking in persons and coun
 terfeiting and piracy.\n\nFindings show that illicit trading activities si
 gnificantly compromise achievement of the SDGs by crowding out legitimate 
 economic activity\, depriving governments of revenues for investment in vi
 tal public services\, dislocating hundreds of thousands of legitimate jobs
  and causing irreversible damage to ecosystems and human lives.\n\nPresent
 ation of the report will be followed by a dialogue involving a wide range 
 of stakeholders\, including member States and representatives from IGOs\, 
 NGOs and the private sector.\n\nDelegates will be encouraged to share thei
 r own experiences as they relate to the issues raised by the report.\n&lt\
 ;p&gt\;Cross-border trade has expanded significantly in the last few decad
 es\, underwriting rising living standards across the globe.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\
 n&lt\;p&gt\;However\, this rapid growth in trade has been accompanied by s
 ignificant growth in illicit trade\, with&amp\;nbsp\;various estimates by 
 trade councils\, business associations and think-tanks&amp\;nbsp\;quantify
 ing the size of global illicit trade between $650 billion and nearly $3 tr
 illion annually.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;Given&amp\;nbsp\;this phenomeno
 n\, UNCTAD will organize\, in collaboration with the Transnational Allianc
 e to Combat Illicit Trade (TRACIT)\, a&amp\;nbsp\;forum to discuss the&amp
 \;nbsp\;role of&amp\;nbsp\;illicit trade in inhibiting positive developmen
 t outcomes and in particular\, the implications for the achievement of the
  Sustainable Development Goals.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;The&amp\;nbsp\;e
 vent will&amp\;nbsp\;see the&amp\;nbsp\;launch of TRACIT&#039\;s new repor
 t\, Mapping the Impact of Illicit Trade on the UN Sustainable Development 
 Goals\, which investigates illicit trade in 12 key sectors that participat
 e significantly in international trade and maps these against the 17 Unite
 d Nations SDGs.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;These sectors include agri-foods
 \, alcohol\, fisheries\, forestry\, petroleum\, pharmaceuticals\, precious
  metals and gemstones\, pesticides\, tobacco\, and wildlife\, as well as t
 rafficking in persons and counterfeiting and piracy.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p
 &gt\;Findings show that illicit trading activities significantly compromis
 e achievement of the SDGs by crowding out legitimate economic activity\, d
 epriving governments of revenues for investment in vital public services\,
  dislocating hundreds of thousands of legitimate jobs and causing irrevers
 ible damage to ecosystems and human lives.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;Prese
 ntation of the report will be followed by a dialogue involving a wide rang
 e of stakeholders\, including member States and representatives from IGOs\
 , NGOs and the private sector.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;Delegates will be
  encouraged to share their own experiences as they relate to the issues ra
 ised by the report.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://u
 nctad.org/meeting/dialogue-illicit-trade-and-sustainable-development-goals
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