Ban and Supachai address financial institutions on need for responsible investment

02 November 09 - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and UNCTAD Secretary-General Supachai Panitchpakdi urged leaders of stock exchanges and financial institutions to better manage and integrate environmental, social and governance issues into their business practices. More >>

UNCTAD, UNEP and UNITAR launch e-learning on organic agriculture

02 November 09 - An online training course on "Successful Organic Production and Export", launched this month by the three United Nations agencies, has attracted worldwide attention with more than 600 applications from 80 countries and territories. More >>

UNCTAD forms partnership on accounting development measurement tool

21 October - At the twenty-sixth session of ISAR, UNCTAD signed an MoU with Leiden University of the Netherlands and Carana Corporation of the United States, focused on building and sustaining quantitative research and measurement tools for determining the general level of accountancy development in countries around the world. More >>

Consultation on financing ICT for development

12 October - The United Nations Group on the Information Society held the first-ever Open Consultations on Meeting the Challenges of Financing ICT for Development. Financing ICT is important in order to bridge the digital divide and for developing countries to connect to the global economy. More >>