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UNCTAD's ministerial conference highlights young people’s power to drive transformation, and how they can play a bigger role in shaping a more sustainable and inclusive future.

The four-day conference in Geneva gathered delegations from 170 countries – a record in UNCTAD’s 60-year history – and adopted the Geneva Consensus and a political declaration, reaffirming the organization’s central role in advancing multilateral cooperation.

The flagship UN platform will scale solutions and partnerships to power sustainable investment globally, ensuring finance fosters inclusive growth and shared prosperity.

The UNCTAD16 conference urges coordinated action and investment in sustainable transport systems as disruptions deepen.

The forum, supported by UNCTAD and UN DESA, marks a breakthrough in efforts to help developing countries tackle debt challenges.

The biennial forum will chart paths to more sustainable and resilient supply chains – a key step to ensuring that global trade fosters prosperity for everyone, everywhere.

At the UNCTAD16 conference, leaders call for fair value chains, local processing and responsible investment to power a just energy transition.

The UNCTAD16 conference highlights investment headwinds, opportunities and the path to the World Investment Forum 2026 in Qatar.

At UNCTAD16, leaders from Africa, Asia and beyond agreed regional cooperation can anchor stability and inclusivity amid a surge in unilateral trade actions.

World leaders at the UNCTAD16 conference call for inclusive digital cooperation, fair access to data and skills and urgent investment to close widening tech divides.