UNCTAD XIV Ppreparatory Committee (Second Meeting)

01 décembre 2015

11:00 hrs., Room XXVI, Palais des Nations

Geneva

, Suisse

As announced on 5 November 2015, the second Preparatory Committee for UNCTAD XIV will be held on Tuesday, 1 December 2015 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in room XXVI of the Palais des Nations.

On this occasion, the Working Party on the Strategic Framework and the programme Budget will be suspended for the morning session and will resume in the same room at 3 p.m.

As outlined in the roadmap for UNCTAD XIV presented by the Chair of the Preparatory Committee, His Excellency Ambassador D'Alotto, regional groups will be invited to make statements presenting their respective positions and position papers on the theme and subthemes of UNCTAD XIV.

Member States wishing to do so will also be invited to make statements thereafter.

(signed)

Alessandra Vellucci
Secretary of the Trade and Development Board

26 November 2015

Roadmap for UNCTAD XIV

(as announced at the twenty-ninth special session of the Trade and Development Board on 26 November 2015)

Dates	Milestones
2 October 2015	First meeting of the PrepCom Regional Groups and member States to provide preview of issues they would wish to address in the UNCTAD XIV outcome
1 December 2015 (am)	Second meeting of the PrepCom Presentation of position papers by regional groups
18 January 2016	Third meeting of the PrepCom Presentation of the "Zero Draft"
Mid-January to mid-February 2016	Review of the "Zero Draft" by regional groups and member States in preparation for the fourth meeting of the PrepCom
15 February 2016	Fourth meeting of the PrepCom Establishment of working groups with Friends of the Chair Start of the first reading of the "Zero Draft"
15 February to mid-June 2016	Negotiations of the draft outcome
13-14 June 2016	Special session of the Trade and Development Board
27 June 2016	Fifth session of the PrepCom (last changes to text)
17-22 July 2016	UNCTAD XIV (Nairobi, Kenya)

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