The thirty-sixth special session of the Board is convened in order to advance the organizational and substantive preparations for the sixteenth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.
Organization of the work of the sixteenth session of the Conference:
- Selection, by drawing lots, of the country that will head the seating pattern at the sixteenth session of the Conference.
- Outstanding organizational matters.
Substantive preparations for the sixteenth session of the Conference:
Report of the Preparatory Committee.
At its seventy-first session, the Board established an open-ended preparatory committee for the sixteenth session of the Conference, to be chaired by the President of the Board.
It is expected that the Trade and Development Board will hear the report of the Chair of the Preparatory Committee and transmit the pre-Conference negotiating text to the Conference.
Institutional, organizational, administrative and related matters:
- Preparations for the review, by the sixteenth session of the Conference, of the lists of States annexed to General Assembly resolution 1995 (XIX).
- Designation of intergovernmental bodies for the purposes of rule 76 of the rules of procedure of the Board.
- Designation of non-governmental organizations for the purposes of rule 77 of the rules of procedure of the Board.
Participation and registration
Registration should be completed online and is required in order to be included in the list of participants.
Logistics
The session will be held with physical participation at the Palais des Nations.
Participants will receive a digital badge consisting of their photo, a quick response (QR) code and the name and date of the meeting. The digital badge will be sent to each participant by email once they have been accredited by the meeting organizer and should be downloaded to a mobile telephone or other mobile device.
