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Discussion Forum links trade and food security, job creation, women’s empowerment
11 Dec 2013
Three-day debate found that trade affects – and is affected by – such issues as food security, job creation, poverty levels, productive capacity and the status of women.
2nd Biotrade Congress to focus on potential of biodiversity products for forest preservation
9 Dec 2013
Experts meeting in Geneva will discuss how the sale and trade of goods sustainably harvested from forests, if expanded, may preserve stands of timber as carbon "sinks" and thus mitigate climate change.
Switzerland provides further financing to ‘Cluster’ initiative on tourism and agriculture
15 Nov 2013
Switzerland has announced funding contributions for projects that are designed to help local small-scale farmers sell their produce to tourist hotels.
UNCTAD contributes to African session on consumer protection
30 Sep 2013
UNCTAD has helped to organize an annual conference on consumer protection law enforcement in Africa.
UNCTAD among key players at Myanmar Business and Development Week
23 Sep 2013
UNCTAD, as coordinator of the United Nations Inter-Agency Cluster on Trade and Productive Capacity, is among the key collaborating agencies at a Myanmar business and trade event.
UNCTAD participates in the Seventh Edition of the Central American Competition Forum
10 Sep 2013
UNCTAD presents viewpoint on moving forward with the enactment of a Regional Competition Law in Central America at the 7th Central American Competition Forum.
Secretary-General meets with President of Seychelles
20 Jun 2013
UNCTAD Secretary-General Supachai Panitchpakdi has met with Seychelles President James Michel, and has handed over an independent review of the country's competition and consumer protection legislation.
The rise of regionalism in international investment policymaking: consolidation or complexity?
13 Jun 2013
In its third IIA Issues Note for 2013, UNCTAD analyses the rise of international investment agreement (IIA) regionalism, and asks whether this brings consolidation or an additional layer of complexity.
Meeting between UNCTAD and the new President of the PROCOMPETENCIA of the Dominican Republic
27 May 2013
UNCTAD and the newly appointed President of the PROCOMPETENCIA of the Dominican Republic, Mrs. Michelle Cohen, met to discuss the strengthening of the relationship between the two organisations.
UNCTAD puts forward reform options for investor-State dispute settlement system
27 May 2013
UNCTAD is calling for collective efforts to assess options for reform of the current system of investor-State dispute settlement.
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