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23 Mar 2023 - Global trade slows, but ‘green goods’ grow
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Geneva, Switzerland16 Mar 2023 - UNCTAD calls for coherent policy action to enable developing countries to benefit from green technologies
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Geneva, Switzerland03 Mar 2023 - UNCTAD calls for urgent global action to support the world’s 46 least developed countries
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UNCTAD Secretary-General
Rebeca Grynspan of Costa Rica is the first woman and Central American to serve as UNCTAD’s secretary-general.
Ms. Grynspan is a renowned advocate of human development, who has helped to focus the world’s attention on relevant issues such as the reduction of inequality and poverty, gender equality, South-South cooperation as a tool for development, and the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, among others.
A former vice president of Costa Rica, Ms. Grynspan joins UNCTAD from the Ibero-American Conference where she also led the organization as secretary-general.