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Dr. Shamshad Akhtar, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific sends fiftieth anniversary message to UNCTAD.
Dmitry Medvedev, Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, warmly congratulates UNCTAD for its role in integrating developing countries into the global economy
UNCTAD's policy research and technical assistance capabilities are of "critical relevance and value" both to developing countries and UN partners says UNDP Administrator and Chair of the UN Development Group
Minister of Industry and Commerce Michael Bimha says inequality between nations makes UNCTAD's mission more relevant than ever as he passes on 50th anniversary congratulations.
UNCTAD is helping Ecuador to develop national “green sectors” that will expand exports and employment, while promoting sustainable development, in the first stage of a new programme on green export potential and policies.
UNCTAD’s Competition and Consumer Policies branch outlined the organization’s work on e-commerce and the progress made in revising the UN guidelines on consumer protection at an International Consumer Protection Enforcement Network (ICPEN) event in Panama, 20-23 May 2014.
The Universal Postal Union (UPU) offers its best wishes to UNCTAD on the occasion of its 50th anniversary, and looks forward to further shared efforts in finding innovative development solutions.
"We cannot all be rich but we also cannot mostly be poor"
"Inequality around the world causes all forms of vulnerability".
"It is of crucial importance… not only to turn the tide on inequality, which will be a very long term process, but also to find ways to confine its harmful effects on development"
