 | 25 avril 08
Against the backdrop of surging food prices and global economic uncertainties, UNCTAD XII ended with adoption of comprehensive conclusions aimed at reinforcing international efforts to extend gains from globalization to the millions being left behind
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 | 24 avril 08
The globe's 49 poorest countries and the international community should change their policies to allow these countries to reduce poverty and reach better standards of living, a high-level panel at the UNCTAD XII ministerial conference said Thursday.
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 | 23 avril 08
Trade between developing countries, known as South-South trade, reached US$2 trillion in 2006, three times the total of 1995.
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 | 23 avril 08
Yesterday more than 150 delegates from developed and developing countries attended the side-event on competition policy featuring COMPAL - a show case program of technical assistance in UNCTAD.
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 | 23 avril 08
Des experts sur la parité, des spécialistes du commerce et des décideurs politiques demandent l’adoption de politiques en faveur des populations marginalisées.
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 | 22 avril 08
Strategies are needed to help small-scale farmers cope with – and capitalize on – the growing range of standards and codes applied to agricultural products, a panel of experts concluded.
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 | 22 avril 08
It is best to design country-specific plans for attracting foreign investment and translating it into durable economic growth, a panel recommended.
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 | 22 avril 08
With economic globalization challenging much of our traditional wisdom, this brief synopsis of data and information offers some explanations for new and emerging economic trends.
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 | 21 avril 08
The first annual UNCTAD Women in Business Award went to Sana Zaal Burgan, founder of a firm that caters to international "medical tourism" clients seeking treatment in Jordan.
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 | 21 avril 08
African economies, which have grown impressively in recent years, should be linked still more closely to world markets, the President of Ghana told the UNCTAD XII conference.
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 | 21 avril 08
UNCTAD XII should reach a comprehensive agreement that will help the world's poor and the world's poorest countries benefit from globalization, UNCTAD's Secretary-General said Monday.
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 | 21 avril 08
It is crucial to draw investment from dynamic developing country economies to the world’s poorest nations, UNCTAD Secretary-General Supachai Panitchpakdi said.
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 | 21 avril 08
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, chaired the launching of the Interagency Cluster on Trade and Productive Capacity at the opening day of UNCTAD XII.
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 | 20 avril 08
Soaring food prices, climate change and the lag in achieving development goals mean more free trade, not less, is needed to boost the economies of the poorest countries, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said during the opening of UNCTAD XII.
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| 20 avril 08
Mr. Supachai cautioned against “knee-jerk” responses in coping with the global food shortages and skyrocketing commodity prices now threatening to put even the most basic necessities beyond the reach of the world’s poorest people.
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 | 20 avril 08
The first multi-agency study to present the United Nations system-wide perspective on this topic.
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 | 19 avril 08
Investment promotion agencies for Mauritius, Afghanistan, and Latvia received awards Saturday for helping their governments craft policies to stimulate foreign investment and economic development.
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 | 18 avril 08
Africa has witnessed strong growth in foreign direct investment (FDI) in recent years, with inflows rising to US$36 billion in 2006 from $2.4 billion in 1985 and likely to remain at about $36 billion in 2007.
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 | 18 avril 08
The flag-raising ceremony took place on 17 April at AICC the with the presence of the Trade Minister of Ghana, Mr. Joe Baidoe-Ansah, the Special Adviser to the Secretary-General Mr. Kobsak Chutikul and the Secretary of the Conference Ms. Jo E. Butler
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 | 15 avril 08
During the final plenary meeting of the Preparatory Committee for UNCTAD XII, UNCTAD Secretariat briefed member States about the stage of the preparations of the Conference Centre and logistical arrangements.
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 | 8 avril 08
La publication vise à aider les pays les moins avancés (PMA) au cours de leur préparation à la douzième session de la Conférence en mettant en évidence leurs difficultés, perspectives et capacités en matière de développement.
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 | 28 mars 08
United Nations staff and Member States were provided with information on UNCTAD XII and on its host country, Ghana, at an exhibition and special presentation at UN Headquarters.
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 | 28 mars 08
Developing countries can contribute to the ongoing Doha Round of world trade talks by drafting South-South RTAs that "help rather than hinder" the multilateral trading system embodied in the WTO, UNCTAD Secretary-General told a meeting in Tokyo.
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| 18 mars 08
Les turbulences économiques et financières des derniers mois ont jeté un éclairage nouveau sur la signification des termes «mondialisation » et «interdépendance».
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 | 18 mars 08
La douzième session de la Conférence, qui doit se tenir au Ghana le mois prochain, arrive à «un moment où le monde est dans une période d’incertitude et où les craintes de récession sont crédibles», selon le Secrétaire général de la CNUCED.
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 | 3 mars 08
Le Secrétaire général de l’ONU a déclaré à la réunion de la CNUCED que les fruits du développement devaient aussi profiter au «milliard de personnes les plus pauvres».
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 | 28 février 08
UNCTAD Secretary-General Supachai Panitchpakdi met this week in India with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and addressed a meeting on "Moving towards gender sensitization of trade policy".
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 | 25 février 08
Le Secrétaire général de la CNUCED, Supachai Panitchpakdi, interviendra lors de deux réunions consacrées aux pays les moins avancés qui se tiendront au cours des deux prochaines semaines.
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| 19 février 08
UNCTAD Secretary-General Supachai Panitchpakdi is visiting Mali and Mauritania this week to discuss preparations for UNCTAD XII (Accra, 20-25 April 2008) with government officials and pursue UNCTAD´s technical cooperation on investment.
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 | 23 janvier 08
Des milliers de personnalités du monde entier vont converger vers Accra au Ghana où se tiendra la douzième session de la conférence sur le commerce et le développement, la CNUCED XII, du 20 au 25 avril 2008.
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 | 19 décembre 07
L´accord avec le pays hôte de la douzième session de la Conférence (CNUCED XII) a été signé au Ministère ghanéen du commerce et de l´industrie. En signant cet accord, le Gouvernement ghanéen a réaffirmé combien il tenait à veiller au succès de l´organisation de la Conférence.
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