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Global leaders urge policies and partnerships to harness the fast-growing services economy for sustainable and equitable development.

Fresh insights from UNCTAD's quadrennial conference on how South–South partnerships, a significant driver of economic resilience and growth, can go from strength to strength.

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.