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The eighth session of the Commission on Enterprise, Business Facilitation and Development (originally scheduled from 8 to 11 December 2003) has been rescheduled and will now take place from 12 to 15 January 2004 at the Palais des Nations, Geneva. It will open at 10 a.m. on Monday, 12 January 2004. Documents concerning this session of the Commission and other UNCTAD meetings can be found on the UNCTAD website (www.unctad.org).
The provisional agenda for the eighth session of the Commission will be circulated as document TD/B/COM.3/57. At its eighth session, the Commission will consider three substantive items and the reports of related expert meetings. The first substantive item (item 3) deals with improving the competitiveness of SMEs through enhancing productive capacity. The second substantive item (item 4) deals with efficient transport and trade facilitation to improve participation by developing countries in international trade. The third substantive item (item 5) covers electronic commerce strategies for development.
Membership of the Commission is open to all States members of UNCTAD. States members of UNCTAD wishing to attend the session are requested to provide the Secretary General of UNCTAD with the credentials of their representatives and the names of their alternate representatives and advisers by 19 December 2003. States which are not members of the Commission are entitled to be represented by observers. Other participants (i.e. the specialized agencies and intergovernmental bodies, as well as non-governmental organizations in the General and Special Categories wishing to participate as observers) are requested to indicate the names of their representatives by the same date.
Upon arrival, participants are requested, before entering the Palais des Nations, to collect their badge at the UN Security Service, Villa Les Feuillantines, 13 Avenue de la Paix (close to the main entrance to the Palais on the Place des Nations, on the opposite side of the road). The Security Service is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (non-stop). It is advisable to arrive by 9 a.m. to complete procedures and reach the session in good time. Walking from Villa Les Feuillantines to the E-Building (Bātiment E) of the Palais takes about 10 minutes. Participants are advised to carry a passport or similar identification document with them.
Communications concerning representation should be sent to the UNCTAD secretariat, Intergovernmental Support Service, Palais des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 10; fax: + 41(0)22 917 0056; e-mail: correspondence@unctad.org
All enquiries should be addressed to the substantive officers concerned:
item 3 - tel: +41(0)22 917 5802; fax: +41(0)22 917 0122; e-mail: lorraine.ruffing@unctad.org
item 4 - tel: +41(0)22 917 2038; fax: +41(0)22 917 2045; e-mail: peter.faust@unctad.org
item 5 - tel: +41(0)22 917 2042; fax: +41(0)22 917 0050; e-mail: yusuf.kalindaga@unctad.org
(signed)
Rubens Ricupero
Secretary-General of UNCTAD
14 November 2003
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