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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.
Meeting on accounting standards stresses key role of corporate reporting in promoting investment
8 Nov 2013
UNCTAD’s Secretary-General, government ministers, and other high-level officials stressed today that a sound corporate reporting infrastructure plays a crucial role in promoting investment, financial stability, and development.
UNCTAD hosts GRULAC ambassadorial round table on corporate social responsibility
4 Oct 2013
Eight ambassadors from Latin America gathered to share their countries' experiences with corporate social responsibility (CSR) at the United Nations in Geneva on 26 September 2013. "CSR is an increasingly relevant and core condition of development," Ambassador Balmaceda of Chile said.
Tanzania: New joint project of the Cluster financed by Switzerland
17 Jul 2013
A 3-year project of the United Nations Inter-Agency Cluster on Trade and Productive Capacity on linkages between horticulture small producers and the tourism sector is being prepared in Tanzania, with resources provided by Switzerland (SECO). The operations will start at the beginning of 2014.
UNCTAD and four other agencies hold joint Trade Dimension workshops
10 Jun 2013
Regional workshops on "The Trade Dimension in United Nations Development Assistance Frameworks" have been held in Beirut, Lebanon (15-17 April), and in La Antigua, Guatemala (20-23 May).
UNCTAD in joint work on traceability system for snake skins
12 Mar 2013
UNCTAD and the secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) have held a roundtable meeting, with relevant experts, to prepare a platform for an international traceability system for snake skins.
Mission to Myanmar by United Nations Inter-Agency Cluster on Trade and Productive Capacity
5 Mar 2013
UNCTAD, as coordinator of the United Nations Inter-Agency Cluster on Trade and Productive Capacity, has set up and participated in a five-day mission to Myanmar in cooperation with four other United Nations organizations.