Trade and Regional Integration
- Fri May 16 2008
'June or bust' for WTO talks
Another attempt to rouse countries to finish the main elements of a deal at the World Trade Organisation may elicit cries of déjà vu. But this time the deadlines may be for real.
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Trade and Regional Integration
- Fri May 02 2008
NGOs against a WTO ministerial in May by Martin Khor (doc version)
About forty civil society organizations attending the UNCTAD XII have issued a joint statement calling on the WTO members not to proceed with a mini-Ministerial meeting in May but instead to put the Doha negotiations "on the back burner" until a new US Administration and Congress are established.
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Trade and Regional Integration
- Wed Apr 30 2008
The Accra Declaration (pdf)
On 25 April 2008 at the close of UNCTAD XII, the 193 Member States of UNCTAD adopted by consensus a short ministerial declaration entitled the Accra Declaration.
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Trade and Regional Integration
- Mon Apr 28 2008
Supachai pledges UNCTAD as voice of developing countries
UNCTAD XII closed on 25 April on a rather upbeat note with the adoption of a brief political Accra Declaration and a detailed Accra Accord, which gives policy analysis on four sub-themes and directions for the work of UNCTAD in these areas for the next four years.
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Trade and Regional Integration
- Fri Apr 25 2008
Civil society groups call for Commission on Globalisation
Civil society groups have called for the establishment of a new commission on Globalisation and Development Strategies within the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
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Gender
/Trade and Regional Integration
- Thu Apr 24 2008
UNCTAD hears gender inequality becoming worse - and better
The only way that the poor, particularly women, will benefit from all the efforts that the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has put into improving global trade is to ensure that power inequalities are redressed.
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Trade and Regional Integration
- Thu Apr 24 2008
Six major challenges ahead for UNCTAD
Dr. Yash Tandon, Executive Director of the South Centre delivered his statement "Towards National and Collective Self Reliance of the South" at the General Debate of the Twelfth Session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD-XII).
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Social Development
/Trade and Regional Integration
- Thu Apr 24 2008
Civil society calls for action on food and finance crises
Civil society groups have called for UNCTAD to take strong action to address the food, finance and economic justice crises.
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Social Development
/Trade and Regional Integration
- Wed Apr 23 2008
Cotonou Declaration (French version, Word file)
Download the 'Cotonou Declaration' of NGOs at UNCTAD XII.
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Social Development
/Trade and Regional Integration
- Wed Apr 23 2008
Civil Society Forum Declaration to UNCTAD XII (Word)
The Civil Society Forum, meeting on the occasion of UNCTAD XII (20-25 April 2008), took place in Accra, Ghana from 17 to 19 April 2008 (Word version).
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