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Civil society: UNCTAD has a role to play in mainstreaming sustainability criteria into freight transport systems
5 Nov 2015
Speakers from civil society shared their views on the key messages and takeaways from this year's Expert Meeting on Transport, Trade Logistics and Trade Facilitation, which focused on making freight transport more sustainable.
Civil society exchanges views on the links between trade and the SDGs
19 Oct 2015
Representatives from civil society shared their views during a roundtable discussion on how to make trade work for the Sustainable Development Goals.
Growing international demand for BioTrade products: opportunities and challenges
8 Oct 2015
Market potential for BioTrade goods is estimated at 141 billion USD, but complex standards and other non-tariff barriers prevent many small producers from taking advantage of market opportunities.
Policy, not technical challenges, is the real hurdle for smallholder farmers, says Civil Society
5 Oct 2015
Smallholder farmers could help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, but governments and international organizations need to engage with them more actively, said a network of smallholder farmers.
Two important milestones reached in the road to UNCTAD XIV
5 Oct 2015
The Trade and Development Board approved the theme and subthemes and established the Preparatory Committee for UNCTAD XIV
Emerging debt crises pose a threat to the new global development agenda, follow-up to UN resolution needed
5 Oct 2015
A round table discussion warns of new debt crises and the challenges these will pose to the Sustainable Development Goals if the world does not agree on a new, more effective legal mechanism to restructure sovereign debt. Civil society urges UNCTAD to continue its work on the issue.
Reforms of International Investment Agreements should promote sustainable development goals
1 Oct 2015
Speakers at the UNCTAD 62nd Trade and Development Board said that international investment agreements must preserve States' abilities to adopt policies that support the SDGs. A better balance between the rights and obligations of investors and host States are needed, as are improved arbitration mechanisms.
UNCTAD Secretary-General presents action lines for post-2015 era
24 Sep 2015
Dr. Mukhisa Kituyi opened the 62nd Trade and Development Board by presenting the four "action lines" he believes could form the basis for UNCTAD's contribution to the post-2015 agenda.
Civil society say UNCTAD's approach to development is as relevant as ever
24 Sep 2015
Third World Network calls for a renewed mandate for UNCTAD and a strong participation of civil society in the debates leading up to UNCTAD XIV.
Secretary-General 'much enriched' by meeting with civil society groups to discuss UNCTAD's next ministerial conference
14 May 2015
In the run-up to the Fourteenth Session of the United Nations Conference of Trade and Development (14-18 March 2016) in Lima, Peru, UNCTAD Secretary-General Mukhisa Kituyi held discussions with representatives of civil society groups.
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