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United Nations General Assembly to vote on debt restructuring principles
9 Sep 2015
In response to Argentina's "vulture funds" crisis and growing concerns about sovereign debt problems elswhere, the United Nations General Assembly tasked UNCTAD with ways to improve sovereign debt restructuring processes.
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.
Debt and Development: The Next 15 years
15 May 2015
At a Short Courses on Key Issues on the International Economic Agenda for Geneva-based Diplomats, held on 15 May 2015, Mr. Dusan ZIVKOVIC made a presentation on Debt and Development: The Next 15 years.
Nobel economist Joseph Stiglitz backs UNCTAD's work on debt workouts
10 Apr 2015
A workshop on a multilateral legal framework for debt restructuring processes took place on March 31st 2015, at Columbia University in New York City.
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.
Islamic developing countries applying to the World Trade Organization get help from Turkey, the Islamic Development Bank and UNCTAD
2 Oct 2014
UNCTAD, the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) and the government of Turkey have been joining forces to assist developing and least developed countries from the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) in their WTO accession negotiations.
Renewed partnership agreement signed between UNCTAD and World Bank's Debt Management Facility
4 Sep 2014
An agreement for the second phase of the World Bank's Debt Management Facility (DMF II) was signed between the bank and UNCTAD 's Debt Management and Financial Analysis (DMFAS) Programme in August.
Workshop scheduled for debt management officials
5 Sep 2013
Developing-country officials who deal with debt issues and strategies are to take part in a regional workshop on asset and liability management being held from 30 September to 3 October.
Greater attention needed to farming sector, experts tell commodities meeting
20 Mar 2013
High prices for basic farm goods and industrial raw materials, with the complex effects that these cause on the economies of numerous poor countries, are not expected to decline any time soon, the Global Commodities Forum has been told.
Strengthening Iraqi trade policy and WTO negotiations
18 Feb 2013
UNCTAD and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) are working as a team to help Iraq set astute trade policy and carry out effective trade negotiations.
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