The Trade and Development Commission is a subsidiary body of the Trade and Development Board. The role of the commissions, as defined in paragraph 121 of the Bridgetown Covenant (TD/541/Add.2), is to consider the outcomes of expert meetings and the synergies between the three pillars and the work of the subprogrammes of UNCTAD, as well as to conduct policy dialogue on one or two selected issues.
The Geneva Consensus (TD/561/Add.2) mandates the commissions to perform the important function of integrating the substantive inputs received from their respective subsidiary expert bodies, including the intergovernmental groups of experts, into policy-oriented outcomes for the consideration of these outcomes at a political level by the Trade and Development Board.
Reports of the expert meetings
- Multi-year Expert Meeting on Commodities and Development
- Multi-year Expert Meeting on Trade, Services and Development
- Multi-year Expert Meeting on Transport, Trade Logistics and Trade Facilitation
- Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Financing for Development
- Intergovernmental Group of Experts on E-commerce and the Digital Economy
Participation
The Commission is open to all member States of UNCTAD. Specialized agencies, intergovernmental bodies and non-governmental organizations (general and special category) are also eligible to participate as observers.
Registration
Online registration is mandatory for all those wishing to attend the session 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. 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.
