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Representing the Secretary-General of UNCTAD, Mr. Heiner Flassbeck, will offer substantive views on the role of financial investment in commodity markets, drawing on the organization’s recent findings about the potentially price-distorting effects of speculative financial flows.
As part of the European Union delegation, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) will be attending the UNCTAD XIII conference in Doha later this month.
Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme, Mr. Achim Steiner, says the green economy can help achieve the objective of sustainable development, delivering social, environmental and economic benefits.
Meeting in New Delhi 29 March at their 4th Summit, leaders of the BRICS countries reviewed international developments and underlined their readiness to remain engaged with the world community in addressing challenges to global well-being and stability.
At the invitation of H.E. Vital Moreira, Chair of the European Parliament Committee on International Trade, UNCTAD Secretary-General Supachai Panitchpakdi addressed 29 March in Brussels a Workshop on trade and investment for development organized by the Committee.
Trade and Economic Ministers of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa), meeting in New Delhi 28 March, have called for strengthening of the role of UNCTAD.
Held in conjunction with UNCTAD XIII, World Investment Forum 2012 will discuss policies needed for making investment by multinational companies and sovereign wealth funds work for sustainable development. Participating will be high-level representatives from business, government and international organizations.
In the lead up to UNCTAD XIII, the Wall Street Journal interviewed UNCTAD Secretary-General Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi on his views of the current international economic situation and the ways forward.
The 79-member Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States were briefed recently by the Director of UNCTAD's Trade Division, Mr. Guillermo Valles, on the upcoming UNCTAD XIII conference and its topics.
H.E. Mr. Alassane Ouattara, President of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, assured visiting UNCTAD Secretary-General Supachai Panitchpakdi that he would endeavour to attend UNCTAD XIII in Doha, Qatar next month.
