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Civil society exchanges views on the links between trade and the SDGs
19 Oct 2015
Representatives from civil society shared their views during a roundtable discussion on how to make trade work for the Sustainable Development Goals.
Geneva-based international trade bodies reaffirm united front in support of sustainable development
5 Oct 2015
UNCTAD Secretary-General Mukhisa Kituyi welcomed the heads of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the International Trade Centre (ITC) to discussions at UNCTAD's Trade and Development Board on 21 September.
Debt sustainability takes centre stage at Trade and Development Board
25 Sep 2015
Representatives of member States contributing to discussions at the sixty-second session of the Trade and Development Board praised UNCTAD's work on sovereign debt crises and the search for a new mechanism to deal with them.
Trade and Climate Change Policy Beyond 2015
3 Sep 2015
Trade policies can have an impact on the climate change mitigation efforts of countries, just as policies for addressing climate change can influence trade among countries, says UNCTAD in its latest Policy Brief.
United Nations lays down clear principles in tackling sovereign debt
29 Jul 2015
United Nations responds to sovereign debt crises by adopting principles, with UNCTAD support, that could underlie a new legal framework and regulatory mechanisms.
Second edition of the online course on Non-Tariff Measures
26 May 2015
The second online training course on Non-Tariff Measures’ Collection and Classification will be held from 1 June  to 19 July 19 2015.   85 participants from 55 countries have been selected from more than 240 applications.
Sovereign Debt Workouts - Roadmap and Guide published by UNCTAD
28 Apr 2015
In an effort to help to resolve future sovereign debt crises of the sort that have tested governments from Iceland to Argentina to Greece since the global financial meltdown of 2008, UNCTAD has published a "roadmap" of steps that countries can take before and during debt restructuring.
Civil society experts make recommendations for a sovereign debt restructuring framework
6 Mar 2015
United Nations member States and experts from civil society, academia and the legal profession made recommendations on a framework for sovereign debt restructuring to the General Assembly in New York.
Legal framework for sovereign debt restructuring processes: a first step
25 Feb 2015
Member States, international organizations and financial institutions recently took part in the first working session of the United Nations Ad Hoc Committee on sovereign debt restructuring processes, organized by UNCTAD in New York.