BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a521fe400994 DTSTART:20221121T080000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20221121T160000Z LOCATION:Geneva\, Switzerland SUMMARY:Trade and Development Commission\, thirteenth session CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:The Trade and Development Commission is a subsidiary body of th e Trade and Development Board and\, as defined in the Bridgetown Covenant (para.121)\, will consider the outcomes of expert meetings and synergies b etween the three pillars (research and analysis\; consensus-building\; and technical assistance) and the work of the subprogrammes of UNCTAD.\n\nThe Commission will conduct policy dialogue on the following issues:\n\nThe r ole of trade in a development-led global energy transition:\n\nThe Trade a nd Development Commission will discuss the main requirements and features of a global energy transition\, and the ways in which developing countries can shape the transition so that it maximizes their development gains.\n\ nThe geography of trade and supply chain reconfiguration: Implications for trade\, global value chains and maritime transport:\n\nThe Trade and Deve lopment Commission will discuss the impacts of the ongoing maritime logist ics crisis on the geography of trade.\n\nThe geography of international tr ade has fundamentally changed over the last decades\, reflecting wide-rang ing factors. It has also been impacted by improvements in transport servic es\, notably maritime shipping\, which moves about 80 per cent of global t rade volume. The volume of seaborne trade per person has doubled during th e last five decades\, and UNCTAD data on port throughput shows how develop ing countries have increased and shifted their participation during this p eriod. Looking at logistics services\, we observe that expenditures on inv entory holding costs have gone down over the decades\, while payments for transport services have increased\, in line with more Just-in-Time deliver ies and improved logistics and trade facilitation services.\n\nThese trend s\, however\, may be changing\, and businesses and policymakers need to re consider some basic assumptions about ever-improving trade logistics servi ces. The Commission will discuss if and how the ongoing supply chain crisi s - including high freight rates\, congestion and disruptions in shipping services - may impact the future of the geography of trade\, maritime tran sport and supply chains.\n\nReports of meetings:\n\n\nMulti-year Expert Me eting on Commodities and Development\nMulti-year Expert Meeting on Trade\, Services and Development\nMulti-year Expert Meeting on Enhancing the Enab ling Economic Environment at All Levels in Support of Inclusive and Sustai nable Development\, and the Promotion of Economic Integration and Cooperat ion\nMulti-year Expert Meeting on Transport\, Trade Logistics and Trade Fa cilitation\nIntergovernmental Group of Experts on Competition Law and Poli cy\nIntergovernmental Group of Experts on Consumer Protection Law and Poli cy\n\n\nParticipation\n\nThe Commission is open to all member States of UN CTAD. Specialized agencies\, intergovernmental bodies and non-governmental organizations (general and special category) are also eligible to partici pate as observers.\n\nRegistration\n\nOnline registration is mandatory for all those wishing to attend the session and is required in order to be in cluded in the list of participants.\n\nLogistics\n\nThe session will be he ld with physical participation\, in room XVII of the Palais des Nations\, and remote participation\, through a simultaneous interpretation platform in the six official languages of the United Nations.\n\nA link to the form al virtual meeting will be sent to registered participants\, at the email address used for registration\, one day in advance of the start of the ses sion.\n<\;p>\;The Trade and Development Commission is a subsidiary bod y of the Trade and Development Board and\, as defined in the Bridgetown Co venant (para.121)\, will consider the outcomes of expert meetings and syne rgies between the three pillars (research and analysis\; consensus-buildin g\; and technical assistance) and the work of the subprogrammes of UNCTAD. <\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;The Commission will conduct policy dialogue on the following issues:<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;h4>\;<\;strong>\;The role of trade in a development-led global energy transition:<\;/strong>\;&l t\;/h4>\;\n\n<\;p>\;The Trade and Development Commission will discus s the main requirements and features of a global energy transition\, and t he ways in which developing countries can shape the transition so that it maximizes their development gains.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;h4>\;<\;strong& gt\;The geography of trade and supply chain reconfiguration: Implications for trade\, global value chains and maritime transport:<\;/strong>\;&l t\;/h4>\;\n\n<\;p>\;The Trade and Development Commission will discus s the impacts of the ongoing maritime logistics crisis on the geography of trade.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;The geography of international trade has fundamentally changed over the last decades\, reflecting wide-ranging fac tors. It has also been impacted by improvements in transport services\, no tably maritime shipping\, which moves about 80 per cent of global trade vo lume. The volume of seaborne trade per person has doubled during the last five decades\, and UNCTAD data on port throughput shows how developing cou ntries have increased and shifted their participation during this period. Looking at logistics services\, we observe that expenditures on inventory holding costs have gone down over the decades\, while payments for transpo rt services have increased\, in line with more Just-in-Time deliveries and improved logistics and trade facilitation services.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p >\;These trends\, however\, may be changing\, and businesses and policym akers need to reconsider some basic assumptions about ever-improving trade logistics services. The Commission will discuss if and how the ongoing su pply chain crisis - including high freight rates\, congestion and disrupti ons in shipping services - may impact the future of the geography of trade \, maritime transport and supply chains.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;h4>\;<\;s trong>\;Reports of meetings:<\;/strong>\;<\;/h4>\;\n\n<\;ul> \;\n<\;li>\;Multi-year Expert Meeting on Commodities and Development&l t\;/li>\;\n<\;li>\;Multi-year Expert Meeting on Trade\, Services and Development<\;/li>\;\n<\;li>\;Multi-year Expert Meeting on Enhanc ing the Enabling Economic Environment at All Levels in Support of Inclusiv e and Sustainable Development\, and the Promotion of Economic Integration and Cooperation<\;/li>\;\n<\;li>\;Multi-year Expert Meeting on Tra nsport\, Trade Logistics and Trade Facilitation<\;/li>\;\n<\;li>\; Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Competition Law and Policy<\;/li&g t\;\n<\;li>\;Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Consumer Protection Law and Policy<\;/li>\;\n<\;/ul>\;\n\n<\;h4>\;<\;strong>\ ;Participation<\;/strong>\;<\;/h4>\;\n\n<\;p>\;The Commission is open to all member States of UNCTAD. Specialized agencies\, intergovern mental bodies and non-governmental organizations (general and special cate gory) are also eligible to participate as observers.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;h 4>\;<\;strong>\;Registration<\;/strong>\;<\;/h4>\;\n\n<\;p >\;Online registration is mandatory for all those wishing to attend the session and is required in order to be included in the list of participant s.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;h4>\;<\;strong>\;Logistics<\;/strong>\;&l t\;/h4>\;\n\n<\;p>\;The session will be held with physical participa tion\, in room XVII of the Palais des Nations\, and remote participation\, through a simultaneous interpretation platform in the six official langua ges of the United Nations.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;A link to the formal virtual meeting will be sent to registered participants\, at the email add ress used for registration\, one day in advance of the start of the sessio n.<\;/p>\;\n\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting /trade-and-development-commission-thirteenth-session DTSTAMP:20260711T105012Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a521fe4009b8 DTSTART:20221122T080000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20221122T160000Z LOCATION:Geneva\, Switzerland SUMMARY:Trade and Development Commission\, thirteenth session CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:The Trade and Development Commission is a subsidiary body of th e Trade and Development Board and\, as defined in the Bridgetown Covenant (para.121)\, will consider the outcomes of expert meetings and synergies b etween the three pillars (research and analysis\; consensus-building\; and technical assistance) and the work of the subprogrammes of UNCTAD.\n\nThe Commission will conduct policy dialogue on the following issues:\n\nThe r ole of trade in a development-led global energy transition:\n\nThe Trade a nd Development Commission will discuss the main requirements and features of a global energy transition\, and the ways in which developing countries can shape the transition so that it maximizes their development gains.\n\ nThe geography of trade and supply chain reconfiguration: Implications for trade\, global value chains and maritime transport:\n\nThe Trade and Deve lopment Commission will discuss the impacts of the ongoing maritime logist ics crisis on the geography of trade.\n\nThe geography of international tr ade has fundamentally changed over the last decades\, reflecting wide-rang ing factors. It has also been impacted by improvements in transport servic es\, notably maritime shipping\, which moves about 80 per cent of global t rade volume. The volume of seaborne trade per person has doubled during th e last five decades\, and UNCTAD data on port throughput shows how develop ing countries have increased and shifted their participation during this p eriod. Looking at logistics services\, we observe that expenditures on inv entory holding costs have gone down over the decades\, while payments for transport services have increased\, in line with more Just-in-Time deliver ies and improved logistics and trade facilitation services.\n\nThese trend s\, however\, may be changing\, and businesses and policymakers need to re consider some basic assumptions about ever-improving trade logistics servi ces. The Commission will discuss if and how the ongoing supply chain crisi s - including high freight rates\, congestion and disruptions in shipping services - may impact the future of the geography of trade\, maritime tran sport and supply chains.\n\nReports of meetings:\n\n\nMulti-year Expert Me eting on Commodities and Development\nMulti-year Expert Meeting on Trade\, Services and Development\nMulti-year Expert Meeting on Enhancing the Enab ling Economic Environment at All Levels in Support of Inclusive and Sustai nable Development\, and the Promotion of Economic Integration and Cooperat ion\nMulti-year Expert Meeting on Transport\, Trade Logistics and Trade Fa cilitation\nIntergovernmental Group of Experts on Competition Law and Poli cy\nIntergovernmental Group of Experts on Consumer Protection Law and Poli cy\n\n\nParticipation\n\nThe Commission is open to all member States of UN CTAD. Specialized agencies\, intergovernmental bodies and non-governmental organizations (general and special category) are also eligible to partici pate as observers.\n\nRegistration\n\nOnline registration is mandatory for all those wishing to attend the session and is required in order to be in cluded in the list of participants.\n\nLogistics\n\nThe session will be he ld with physical participation\, in room XVII of the Palais des Nations\, and remote participation\, through a simultaneous interpretation platform in the six official languages of the United Nations.\n\nA link to the form al virtual meeting will be sent to registered participants\, at the email address used for registration\, one day in advance of the start of the ses sion.\n<\;p>\;The Trade and Development Commission is a subsidiary bod y of the Trade and Development Board and\, as defined in the Bridgetown Co venant (para.121)\, will consider the outcomes of expert meetings and syne rgies between the three pillars (research and analysis\; consensus-buildin g\; and technical assistance) and the work of the subprogrammes of UNCTAD. <\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;The Commission will conduct policy dialogue on the following issues:<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;h4>\;<\;strong>\;The role of trade in a development-led global energy transition:<\;/strong>\;&l t\;/h4>\;\n\n<\;p>\;The Trade and Development Commission will discus s the main requirements and features of a global energy transition\, and t he ways in which developing countries can shape the transition so that it maximizes their development gains.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;h4>\;<\;strong& gt\;The geography of trade and supply chain reconfiguration: Implications for trade\, global value chains and maritime transport:<\;/strong>\;&l t\;/h4>\;\n\n<\;p>\;The Trade and Development Commission will discus s the impacts of the ongoing maritime logistics crisis on the geography of trade.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;The geography of international trade has fundamentally changed over the last decades\, reflecting wide-ranging fac tors. It has also been impacted by improvements in transport services\, no tably maritime shipping\, which moves about 80 per cent of global trade vo lume. The volume of seaborne trade per person has doubled during the last five decades\, and UNCTAD data on port throughput shows how developing cou ntries have increased and shifted their participation during this period. Looking at logistics services\, we observe that expenditures on inventory holding costs have gone down over the decades\, while payments for transpo rt services have increased\, in line with more Just-in-Time deliveries and improved logistics and trade facilitation services.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p >\;These trends\, however\, may be changing\, and businesses and policym akers need to reconsider some basic assumptions about ever-improving trade logistics services. The Commission will discuss if and how the ongoing su pply chain crisis - including high freight rates\, congestion and disrupti ons in shipping services - may impact the future of the geography of trade \, maritime transport and supply chains.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;h4>\;<\;s trong>\;Reports of meetings:<\;/strong>\;<\;/h4>\;\n\n<\;ul> \;\n<\;li>\;Multi-year Expert Meeting on Commodities and Development&l t\;/li>\;\n<\;li>\;Multi-year Expert Meeting on Trade\, Services and Development<\;/li>\;\n<\;li>\;Multi-year Expert Meeting on Enhanc ing the Enabling Economic Environment at All Levels in Support of Inclusiv e and Sustainable Development\, and the Promotion of Economic Integration and Cooperation<\;/li>\;\n<\;li>\;Multi-year Expert Meeting on Tra nsport\, Trade Logistics and Trade Facilitation<\;/li>\;\n<\;li>\; Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Competition Law and Policy<\;/li&g t\;\n<\;li>\;Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Consumer Protection Law and Policy<\;/li>\;\n<\;/ul>\;\n\n<\;h4>\;<\;strong>\ ;Participation<\;/strong>\;<\;/h4>\;\n\n<\;p>\;The Commission is open to all member States of UNCTAD. Specialized agencies\, intergovern mental bodies and non-governmental organizations (general and special cate gory) are also eligible to participate as observers.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;h 4>\;<\;strong>\;Registration<\;/strong>\;<\;/h4>\;\n\n<\;p >\;Online registration is mandatory for all those wishing to attend the session and is required in order to be included in the list of participant s.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;h4>\;<\;strong>\;Logistics<\;/strong>\;&l t\;/h4>\;\n\n<\;p>\;The session will be held with physical participa tion\, in room XVII of the Palais des Nations\, and remote participation\, through a simultaneous interpretation platform in the six official langua ges of the United Nations.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;A link to the formal virtual meeting will be sent to registered participants\, at the email add ress used for registration\, one day in advance of the start of the sessio n.<\;/p>\;\n\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting /trade-and-development-commission-thirteenth-session DTSTAMP:20260711T105012Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a521fe4009bf DTSTART:20221123T080000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20221123T160000Z LOCATION:Geneva\, Switzerland SUMMARY:Trade and Development Commission\, thirteenth session CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:The Trade and Development Commission is a subsidiary body of th e Trade and Development Board and\, as defined in the Bridgetown Covenant (para.121)\, will consider the outcomes of expert meetings and synergies b etween the three pillars (research and analysis\; consensus-building\; and technical assistance) and the work of the subprogrammes of UNCTAD.\n\nThe Commission will conduct policy dialogue on the following issues:\n\nThe r ole of trade in a development-led global energy transition:\n\nThe Trade a nd Development Commission will discuss the main requirements and features of a global energy transition\, and the ways in which developing countries can shape the transition so that it maximizes their development gains.\n\ nThe geography of trade and supply chain reconfiguration: Implications for trade\, global value chains and maritime transport:\n\nThe Trade and Deve lopment Commission will discuss the impacts of the ongoing maritime logist ics crisis on the geography of trade.\n\nThe geography of international tr ade has fundamentally changed over the last decades\, reflecting wide-rang ing factors. It has also been impacted by improvements in transport servic es\, notably maritime shipping\, which moves about 80 per cent of global t rade volume. The volume of seaborne trade per person has doubled during th e last five decades\, and UNCTAD data on port throughput shows how develop ing countries have increased and shifted their participation during this p eriod. Looking at logistics services\, we observe that expenditures on inv entory holding costs have gone down over the decades\, while payments for transport services have increased\, in line with more Just-in-Time deliver ies and improved logistics and trade facilitation services.\n\nThese trend s\, however\, may be changing\, and businesses and policymakers need to re consider some basic assumptions about ever-improving trade logistics servi ces. The Commission will discuss if and how the ongoing supply chain crisi s - including high freight rates\, congestion and disruptions in shipping services - may impact the future of the geography of trade\, maritime tran sport and supply chains.\n\nReports of meetings:\n\n\nMulti-year Expert Me eting on Commodities and Development\nMulti-year Expert Meeting on Trade\, Services and Development\nMulti-year Expert Meeting on Enhancing the Enab ling Economic Environment at All Levels in Support of Inclusive and Sustai nable Development\, and the Promotion of Economic Integration and Cooperat ion\nMulti-year Expert Meeting on Transport\, Trade Logistics and Trade Fa cilitation\nIntergovernmental Group of Experts on Competition Law and Poli cy\nIntergovernmental Group of Experts on Consumer Protection Law and Poli cy\n\n\nParticipation\n\nThe Commission is open to all member States of UN CTAD. Specialized agencies\, intergovernmental bodies and non-governmental organizations (general and special category) are also eligible to partici pate as observers.\n\nRegistration\n\nOnline registration is mandatory for all those wishing to attend the session and is required in order to be in cluded in the list of participants.\n\nLogistics\n\nThe session will be he ld with physical participation\, in room XVII of the Palais des Nations\, and remote participation\, through a simultaneous interpretation platform in the six official languages of the United Nations.\n\nA link to the form al virtual meeting will be sent to registered participants\, at the email address used for registration\, one day in advance of the start of the ses sion.\n<\;p>\;The Trade and Development Commission is a subsidiary bod y of the Trade and Development Board and\, as defined in the Bridgetown Co venant (para.121)\, will consider the outcomes of expert meetings and syne rgies between the three pillars (research and analysis\; consensus-buildin g\; and technical assistance) and the work of the subprogrammes of UNCTAD. <\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;The Commission will conduct policy dialogue on the following issues:<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;h4>\;<\;strong>\;The role of trade in a development-led global energy transition:<\;/strong>\;&l t\;/h4>\;\n\n<\;p>\;The Trade and Development Commission will discus s the main requirements and features of a global energy transition\, and t he ways in which developing countries can shape the transition so that it maximizes their development gains.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;h4>\;<\;strong& gt\;The geography of trade and supply chain reconfiguration: Implications for trade\, global value chains and maritime transport:<\;/strong>\;&l t\;/h4>\;\n\n<\;p>\;The Trade and Development Commission will discus s the impacts of the ongoing maritime logistics crisis on the geography of trade.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;The geography of international trade has fundamentally changed over the last decades\, reflecting wide-ranging fac tors. It has also been impacted by improvements in transport services\, no tably maritime shipping\, which moves about 80 per cent of global trade vo lume. The volume of seaborne trade per person has doubled during the last five decades\, and UNCTAD data on port throughput shows how developing cou ntries have increased and shifted their participation during this period. Looking at logistics services\, we observe that expenditures on inventory holding costs have gone down over the decades\, while payments for transpo rt services have increased\, in line with more Just-in-Time deliveries and improved logistics and trade facilitation services.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p >\;These trends\, however\, may be changing\, and businesses and policym akers need to reconsider some basic assumptions about ever-improving trade logistics services. The Commission will discuss if and how the ongoing su pply chain crisis - including high freight rates\, congestion and disrupti ons in shipping services - may impact the future of the geography of trade \, maritime transport and supply chains.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;h4>\;<\;s trong>\;Reports of meetings:<\;/strong>\;<\;/h4>\;\n\n<\;ul> \;\n<\;li>\;Multi-year Expert Meeting on Commodities and Development&l t\;/li>\;\n<\;li>\;Multi-year Expert Meeting on Trade\, Services and Development<\;/li>\;\n<\;li>\;Multi-year Expert Meeting on Enhanc ing the Enabling Economic Environment at All Levels in Support of Inclusiv e and Sustainable Development\, and the Promotion of Economic Integration and Cooperation<\;/li>\;\n<\;li>\;Multi-year Expert Meeting on Tra nsport\, Trade Logistics and Trade Facilitation<\;/li>\;\n<\;li>\; Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Competition Law and Policy<\;/li&g t\;\n<\;li>\;Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Consumer Protection Law and Policy<\;/li>\;\n<\;/ul>\;\n\n<\;h4>\;<\;strong>\ ;Participation<\;/strong>\;<\;/h4>\;\n\n<\;p>\;The Commission is open to all member States of UNCTAD. Specialized agencies\, intergovern mental bodies and non-governmental organizations (general and special cate gory) are also eligible to participate as observers.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;h 4>\;<\;strong>\;Registration<\;/strong>\;<\;/h4>\;\n\n<\;p >\;Online registration is mandatory for all those wishing to attend the session and is required in order to be included in the list of participant s.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;h4>\;<\;strong>\;Logistics<\;/strong>\;&l t\;/h4>\;\n\n<\;p>\;The session will be held with physical participa tion\, in room XVII of the Palais des Nations\, and remote participation\, through a simultaneous interpretation platform in the six official langua ges of the United Nations.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;A link to the formal virtual meeting will be sent to registered participants\, at the email add ress used for registration\, one day in advance of the start of the sessio n.<\;/p>\;\n\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting /trade-and-development-commission-thirteenth-session DTSTAMP:20260711T105012Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a521fe4009c4 DTSTART:20221124T080000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20221124T160000Z LOCATION:Geneva\, Switzerland SUMMARY:Trade and Development Commission\, thirteenth session CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:The Trade and Development Commission is a subsidiary body of th e Trade and Development Board and\, as defined in the Bridgetown Covenant (para.121)\, will consider the outcomes of expert meetings and synergies b etween the three pillars (research and analysis\; consensus-building\; and technical assistance) and the work of the subprogrammes of UNCTAD.\n\nThe Commission will conduct policy dialogue on the following issues:\n\nThe r ole of trade in a development-led global energy transition:\n\nThe Trade a nd Development Commission will discuss the main requirements and features of a global energy transition\, and the ways in which developing countries can shape the transition so that it maximizes their development gains.\n\ nThe geography of trade and supply chain reconfiguration: Implications for trade\, global value chains and maritime transport:\n\nThe Trade and Deve lopment Commission will discuss the impacts of the ongoing maritime logist ics crisis on the geography of trade.\n\nThe geography of international tr ade has fundamentally changed over the last decades\, reflecting wide-rang ing factors. It has also been impacted by improvements in transport servic es\, notably maritime shipping\, which moves about 80 per cent of global t rade volume. The volume of seaborne trade per person has doubled during th e last five decades\, and UNCTAD data on port throughput shows how develop ing countries have increased and shifted their participation during this p eriod. Looking at logistics services\, we observe that expenditures on inv entory holding costs have gone down over the decades\, while payments for transport services have increased\, in line with more Just-in-Time deliver ies and improved logistics and trade facilitation services.\n\nThese trend s\, however\, may be changing\, and businesses and policymakers need to re consider some basic assumptions about ever-improving trade logistics servi ces. The Commission will discuss if and how the ongoing supply chain crisi s - including high freight rates\, congestion and disruptions in shipping services - may impact the future of the geography of trade\, maritime tran sport and supply chains.\n\nReports of meetings:\n\n\nMulti-year Expert Me eting on Commodities and Development\nMulti-year Expert Meeting on Trade\, Services and Development\nMulti-year Expert Meeting on Enhancing the Enab ling Economic Environment at All Levels in Support of Inclusive and Sustai nable Development\, and the Promotion of Economic Integration and Cooperat ion\nMulti-year Expert Meeting on Transport\, Trade Logistics and Trade Fa cilitation\nIntergovernmental Group of Experts on Competition Law and Poli cy\nIntergovernmental Group of Experts on Consumer Protection Law and Poli cy\n\n\nParticipation\n\nThe Commission is open to all member States of UN CTAD. Specialized agencies\, intergovernmental bodies and non-governmental organizations (general and special category) are also eligible to partici pate as observers.\n\nRegistration\n\nOnline registration is mandatory for all those wishing to attend the session and is required in order to be in cluded in the list of participants.\n\nLogistics\n\nThe session will be he ld with physical participation\, in room XVII of the Palais des Nations\, and remote participation\, through a simultaneous interpretation platform in the six official languages of the United Nations.\n\nA link to the form al virtual meeting will be sent to registered participants\, at the email address used for registration\, one day in advance of the start of the ses sion.\n<\;p>\;The Trade and Development Commission is a subsidiary bod y of the Trade and Development Board and\, as defined in the Bridgetown Co venant (para.121)\, will consider the outcomes of expert meetings and syne rgies between the three pillars (research and analysis\; consensus-buildin g\; and technical assistance) and the work of the subprogrammes of UNCTAD. <\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;The Commission will conduct policy dialogue on the following issues:<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;h4>\;<\;strong>\;The role of trade in a development-led global energy transition:<\;/strong>\;&l t\;/h4>\;\n\n<\;p>\;The Trade and Development Commission will discus s the main requirements and features of a global energy transition\, and t he ways in which developing countries can shape the transition so that it maximizes their development gains.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;h4>\;<\;strong& gt\;The geography of trade and supply chain reconfiguration: Implications for trade\, global value chains and maritime transport:<\;/strong>\;&l t\;/h4>\;\n\n<\;p>\;The Trade and Development Commission will discus s the impacts of the ongoing maritime logistics crisis on the geography of trade.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;The geography of international trade has fundamentally changed over the last decades\, reflecting wide-ranging fac tors. It has also been impacted by improvements in transport services\, no tably maritime shipping\, which moves about 80 per cent of global trade vo lume. The volume of seaborne trade per person has doubled during the last five decades\, and UNCTAD data on port throughput shows how developing cou ntries have increased and shifted their participation during this period. Looking at logistics services\, we observe that expenditures on inventory holding costs have gone down over the decades\, while payments for transpo rt services have increased\, in line with more Just-in-Time deliveries and improved logistics and trade facilitation services.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p >\;These trends\, however\, may be changing\, and businesses and policym akers need to reconsider some basic assumptions about ever-improving trade logistics services. The Commission will discuss if and how the ongoing su pply chain crisis - including high freight rates\, congestion and disrupti ons in shipping services - may impact the future of the geography of trade \, maritime transport and supply chains.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;h4>\;<\;s trong>\;Reports of meetings:<\;/strong>\;<\;/h4>\;\n\n<\;ul> \;\n<\;li>\;Multi-year Expert Meeting on Commodities and Development&l t\;/li>\;\n<\;li>\;Multi-year Expert Meeting on Trade\, Services and Development<\;/li>\;\n<\;li>\;Multi-year Expert Meeting on Enhanc ing the Enabling Economic Environment at All Levels in Support of Inclusiv e and Sustainable Development\, and the Promotion of Economic Integration and Cooperation<\;/li>\;\n<\;li>\;Multi-year Expert Meeting on Tra nsport\, Trade Logistics and Trade Facilitation<\;/li>\;\n<\;li>\; Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Competition Law and Policy<\;/li&g t\;\n<\;li>\;Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Consumer Protection Law and Policy<\;/li>\;\n<\;/ul>\;\n\n<\;h4>\;<\;strong>\ ;Participation<\;/strong>\;<\;/h4>\;\n\n<\;p>\;The Commission is open to all member States of UNCTAD. Specialized agencies\, intergovern mental bodies and non-governmental organizations (general and special cate gory) are also eligible to participate as observers.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;h 4>\;<\;strong>\;Registration<\;/strong>\;<\;/h4>\;\n\n<\;p >\;Online registration is mandatory for all those wishing to attend the session and is required in order to be included in the list of participant s.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;h4>\;<\;strong>\;Logistics<\;/strong>\;&l t\;/h4>\;\n\n<\;p>\;The session will be held with physical participa tion\, in room XVII of the Palais des Nations\, and remote participation\, through a simultaneous interpretation platform in the six official langua ges of the United Nations.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;A link to the formal virtual meeting will be sent to registered participants\, at the email add ress used for registration\, one day in advance of the start of the sessio n.<\;/p>\;\n\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting /trade-and-development-commission-thirteenth-session DTSTAMP:20260711T105012Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a521fe4009ca DTSTART:20221125T080000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20221125T160000Z LOCATION:Geneva\, Switzerland SUMMARY:Trade and Development Commission\, thirteenth session CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:The Trade and Development Commission is a subsidiary body of th e Trade and Development Board and\, as defined in the Bridgetown Covenant (para.121)\, will consider the outcomes of expert meetings and synergies b etween the three pillars (research and analysis\; consensus-building\; and technical assistance) and the work of the subprogrammes of UNCTAD.\n\nThe Commission will conduct policy dialogue on the following issues:\n\nThe r ole of trade in a development-led global energy transition:\n\nThe Trade a nd Development Commission will discuss the main requirements and features of a global energy transition\, and the ways in which developing countries can shape the transition so that it maximizes their development gains.\n\ nThe geography of trade and supply chain reconfiguration: Implications for trade\, global value chains and maritime transport:\n\nThe Trade and Deve lopment Commission will discuss the impacts of the ongoing maritime logist ics crisis on the geography of trade.\n\nThe geography of international tr ade has fundamentally changed over the last decades\, reflecting wide-rang ing factors. It has also been impacted by improvements in transport servic es\, notably maritime shipping\, which moves about 80 per cent of global t rade volume. The volume of seaborne trade per person has doubled during th e last five decades\, and UNCTAD data on port throughput shows how develop ing countries have increased and shifted their participation during this p eriod. Looking at logistics services\, we observe that expenditures on inv entory holding costs have gone down over the decades\, while payments for transport services have increased\, in line with more Just-in-Time deliver ies and improved logistics and trade facilitation services.\n\nThese trend s\, however\, may be changing\, and businesses and policymakers need to re consider some basic assumptions about ever-improving trade logistics servi ces. The Commission will discuss if and how the ongoing supply chain crisi s - including high freight rates\, congestion and disruptions in shipping services - may impact the future of the geography of trade\, maritime tran sport and supply chains.\n\nReports of meetings:\n\n\nMulti-year Expert Me eting on Commodities and Development\nMulti-year Expert Meeting on Trade\, Services and Development\nMulti-year Expert Meeting on Enhancing the Enab ling Economic Environment at All Levels in Support of Inclusive and Sustai nable Development\, and the Promotion of Economic Integration and Cooperat ion\nMulti-year Expert Meeting on Transport\, Trade Logistics and Trade Fa cilitation\nIntergovernmental Group of Experts on Competition Law and Poli cy\nIntergovernmental Group of Experts on Consumer Protection Law and Poli cy\n\n\nParticipation\n\nThe Commission is open to all member States of UN CTAD. Specialized agencies\, intergovernmental bodies and non-governmental organizations (general and special category) are also eligible to partici pate as observers.\n\nRegistration\n\nOnline registration is mandatory for all those wishing to attend the session and is required in order to be in cluded in the list of participants.\n\nLogistics\n\nThe session will be he ld with physical participation\, in room XVII of the Palais des Nations\, and remote participation\, through a simultaneous interpretation platform in the six official languages of the United Nations.\n\nA link to the form al virtual meeting will be sent to registered participants\, at the email address used for registration\, one day in advance of the start of the ses sion.\n<\;p>\;The Trade and Development Commission is a subsidiary bod y of the Trade and Development Board and\, as defined in the Bridgetown Co venant (para.121)\, will consider the outcomes of expert meetings and syne rgies between the three pillars (research and analysis\; consensus-buildin g\; and technical assistance) and the work of the subprogrammes of UNCTAD. <\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;The Commission will conduct policy dialogue on the following issues:<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;h4>\;<\;strong>\;The role of trade in a development-led global energy transition:<\;/strong>\;&l t\;/h4>\;\n\n<\;p>\;The Trade and Development Commission will discus s the main requirements and features of a global energy transition\, and t he ways in which developing countries can shape the transition so that it maximizes their development gains.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;h4>\;<\;strong& gt\;The geography of trade and supply chain reconfiguration: Implications for trade\, global value chains and maritime transport:<\;/strong>\;&l t\;/h4>\;\n\n<\;p>\;The Trade and Development Commission will discus s the impacts of the ongoing maritime logistics crisis on the geography of trade.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;The geography of international trade has fundamentally changed over the last decades\, reflecting wide-ranging fac tors. It has also been impacted by improvements in transport services\, no tably maritime shipping\, which moves about 80 per cent of global trade vo lume. The volume of seaborne trade per person has doubled during the last five decades\, and UNCTAD data on port throughput shows how developing cou ntries have increased and shifted their participation during this period. Looking at logistics services\, we observe that expenditures on inventory holding costs have gone down over the decades\, while payments for transpo rt services have increased\, in line with more Just-in-Time deliveries and improved logistics and trade facilitation services.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p >\;These trends\, however\, may be changing\, and businesses and policym akers need to reconsider some basic assumptions about ever-improving trade logistics services. The Commission will discuss if and how the ongoing su pply chain crisis - including high freight rates\, congestion and disrupti ons in shipping services - may impact the future of the geography of trade \, maritime transport and supply chains.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;h4>\;<\;s trong>\;Reports of meetings:<\;/strong>\;<\;/h4>\;\n\n<\;ul> \;\n<\;li>\;Multi-year Expert Meeting on Commodities and Development&l t\;/li>\;\n<\;li>\;Multi-year Expert Meeting on Trade\, Services and Development<\;/li>\;\n<\;li>\;Multi-year Expert Meeting on Enhanc ing the Enabling Economic Environment at All Levels in Support of Inclusiv e and Sustainable Development\, and the Promotion of Economic Integration and Cooperation<\;/li>\;\n<\;li>\;Multi-year Expert Meeting on Tra nsport\, Trade Logistics and Trade Facilitation<\;/li>\;\n<\;li>\; Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Competition Law and Policy<\;/li&g t\;\n<\;li>\;Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Consumer Protection Law and Policy<\;/li>\;\n<\;/ul>\;\n\n<\;h4>\;<\;strong>\ ;Participation<\;/strong>\;<\;/h4>\;\n\n<\;p>\;The Commission is open to all member States of UNCTAD. Specialized agencies\, intergovern mental bodies and non-governmental organizations (general and special cate gory) are also eligible to participate as observers.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;h 4>\;<\;strong>\;Registration<\;/strong>\;<\;/h4>\;\n\n<\;p >\;Online registration is mandatory for all those wishing to attend the session and is required in order to be included in the list of participant s.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;h4>\;<\;strong>\;Logistics<\;/strong>\;&l t\;/h4>\;\n\n<\;p>\;The session will be held with physical participa tion\, in room XVII of the Palais des Nations\, and remote participation\, through a simultaneous interpretation platform in the six official langua ges of the United Nations.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;A link to the formal virtual meeting will be sent to registered participants\, at the email add ress used for registration\, one day in advance of the start of the sessio n.<\;/p>\;\n\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting /trade-and-development-commission-thirteenth-session DTSTAMP:20260711T105012Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR