Trade and Development Board, 76th executive session

The Trade and Development Board oversees the activities of the organization. It meets in Geneva up to three times a year in executive sessions to deal with urgent policy issues, as well as management and institutional matters.

Key agenda items

• UNCTAD contribution to the implementation of the Doha Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries

  The Board will consider the report on the activities carried out by UNCTAD between the second quarter of 2023 and the second quarter of 2024, in support of the implementation of the Doha Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries, in a context of worsening climate impacts, slowing global economic activity, rising costs of food and energy and tightening international financing conditions.

  The report provides a non-exhaustive list of examples of how UNCTAD is delivering results in the least developed countries.

  The report is structured along the three pillars of UNCTAD work, research and policy analysis, intergovernmental consensus-building and technical cooperation, and includes lessons learned as well as policy recommendations for the way forward.

• Preparatory process for the sixteenth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

  The secretariat will bring to the attention of member States for their consideration elements in connection with the preparatory process for the sixteenth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.

• Report of the Working Party on the Programme Plan and Programme Performance

  The report of the Working Party on the Programme Plan and Programme Performance on its eighty-eighth session will be before the Board for its consideration.

Participation

The session is open to all member States of Trade and Development Board.

Other participants (i.e. representatives of members of UNCTAD that are not members of the Board, and representatives of specialized agencies, non-governmental organizations and intergovernmental bodies wishing to attend as observers) are also eligible to participate in the session as observers and should register online using the link provided.

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 in room XVII of the Palais des Nations. Those who cannot attend the meeting in person will be able to listen to the live audio stream in the six official languages of the United Nations.

The link to listen live will be sent to registered participants, at the email address used for registration, one day in advance of the start of the session.