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Energy price shock continues to affect international markets

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Secretary-General Statements

4 February 2026

Trade and Development Board, 78th executive session

15 October 2025

4th G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting: Session 1 – global macroeconomic stability

25 September 2025

G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting: 80th UN General Assembly side event

23 April 2025

2nd G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting – Session 1: State of the global economy

16 April 2025

P4G Viet Nam Summit - High-level plenary session: Sustainable and people-centered green transition

1 April 2025

United Nations General Assembly high-level meeting on middle income countries

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Meetings

Launch of the Trade and development report 2026: The geoeconomics of development

9 October 2026

Launch of the Trade and development report 2026: The geoeconomics of development

2 December 2025

Launch of the Trade and Development Report 2025: Global economy 'on the brink'

Online and London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

16 – 17 December 2024

Workshop on financing and implementing the green transition: National and regional policy essentials

Bangkok, Thailand

28 November 2024

Multi-year Expert Meeting on Enhancing the Enabling Economic Environment at All Levels in Support of Inclusive and Sustainable Development, and the Promotion of Economic Integration and Cooperation, seventh session

Geneva, Switzerland

4 November 2024

Presentation of the report on the New Collective Quantified Goal on climate finance: Quantitative and qualitative elements

Online

29 October 2024

Launch of the Trade and Development Report 2024

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Trade and Development Report 2026: The geoeconomics of development

15 Sep 2026

Looking Beyond GDP

11 Aug 2026

Navigating commodity price volatility

27 Jul 2026

International trade and development (2026)

30 Jun 2026

Strait of Hormuz disruptions: Beyond reopening - lasting impacts on vulnerable economies

02 Jun 2026

Strait of Hormuz disruptions: The burden of oil price shocks on vulnerable economies

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