United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

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Meetings

• The UNCTAD Conference - held every 4 years;
• UNCTAD XIII will be held in Doha
  Doha
  
  Doha is the capital city of Qatar. With a population of 400,051 according to the 2005 census, it is located in the Ad Dawhah municipality on the Persian Gulf....
  , Qatar
  Qatar
  
  Qatar , officially the State of Qatar , is an Arab emirate in Southwest Asia, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the larger Arabian Peninsula....
   in 2012
• UNCTAD XII was held in Accra
  Accra
  
  Accra is the capital city, and most populous city of Ghana, a nation on the coast of the western region of Africa. The city also doubles as the capital of the Greater Accra Region, and of the Accra Metropolis District with which it is coterminous....
  , Ghana
  Ghana
  
  The Republic of Ghana is a country in West Africa. It borders C?te d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south....
   in 21-25 April 2008
• UNCTAD XI was held in São Paulo
  São Paulo
  
  S?o Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, and along with Tokyo, Seoul and Mexico City is among the four largest metropolitan regions of the world....
  , Brazil
  Brazil
  
  Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the List of countries by population country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world....
   in 13-18 June 2004
• UNCTAD X was held in Bangkok
  Bangkok
  
  The city of Bangkok is the Capital , largest urban area and primary city of Thailand. Known in Thai language as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or Krung Thep for short, it was a small trading post at the mouth of the Chao Phraya River during the Ayutthaya Kingdom and came to the forefront of Thailand when it was given the status as the...
  , Thailand
  Thailand
  
  The Kingdom of Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Laos and Myanmar, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Myanmar....
   in 12-19 February 2000
• UNCTAD IX was held in Midrand
  Midrand, Gauteng
  
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  , South Africa
  South Africa
  
  The Republic of South Africa, also known by Official names of South Africa, is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa....
   in 27 April – 11 May 1996
• UNCTAD VIII was held in Cartagena
  Cartagena, Colombia
  
  Cartagena de Indias , is a port city on the northern coast of Colombia and capital of Bol?var Department. The metropolitan area has a population of 1,240,000, and the city proper 1,090,000 ....
  , Colombia
  Colombia
  
  Colombia , officially the Republic of Colombia , is a country in north-western South America. Colombia is bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the north west by Panama; and to the west by the Pacific Ocean....
   in 8-25 February 1992

• The UNCTAD Trade and Development Board - the Board manages the work of UNCTAD in between two Conferences and meets up to three times every year;
• Four UNCTAD Commissions and one Working Party - these meet more often than the Board in order to take up policy, programme and budgetary issues;
• Expert Meetings - the Commissions will convene expert meetings on selected topics in order to provide substantive and expert input for Commission policy discussions.

Reports

• The Trade and Development Report
• The Trade and Environment Review
• The World Investment Report
• The Economic Development in Africa Report
• The Least Developed Countries Report
• UNCTAD Statistics
• The Information Economy Report
• The Review of Maritime Transport
• The International Accounting and Reporting Issues Annual Review

Panel of Eminent Persons

Eminent Persons

• Fernando Henrique Cardoso
  Fernando Henrique Cardoso
  
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   (Chairman), former President of Brazil
  Brazil
  
  Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the List of countries by population country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world....
  
• Gro Harlem Brundtland
  Gro Harlem Brundtland
  
  is a Norway politician, diplomat, and physician, and an international leader in sustainable development and public health. She is a former Prime Minister of Norway, and has served as the Director General of the World Health Organization....
  , former Director General of the World Health Organization
  World Health Organization
  
  The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health....
   and former Prime Minister of Norway
  Norway
  
  Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
  
• Jagdish Bhagwati
  Jagdish Bhagwati
  
  Jagdish Natwarlal Bhagwati is a economics known for his advocacy of free trade. He is a University Professor at Columbia University....
  , Professor of Economics and Law at Columbia University
  Columbia University
  
  Columbia University in the City of New York , is a private university in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. Columbia's main campus lies in the Morningside Heights, Manhattan neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan, in New York City....
  
• Joaquim Chissano
  Joaquim Chissano
  
  Joaquim Alberto Chissano served as the second Heads of state of Mozambique for nineteen years from 6 November 1986 until 2 February 2005. Since stepping down as president, Chissano has become an statesman and is called upon by international bodies, such as the United Nations, to be an Diplomacy or negotiation....
  , former President of Mozambique
  Mozambique
  
  Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest....
  
• Tarja Halonen
  Tarja Halonen
  
  Tarja Kaarina Halonen is the current President of Finland. She began her first six-year term of office in 2000 and was re-elected on January 29, 2006....
  , President of Finland
  Finland
  
  Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
  
• Yongtu Long, Secretary-General of Boao Forum for Asia
  Boao Forum for Asia
  
  Boao Forum for Asia , abbreviated as BFA, is a non-governmental, not-for-profit international organization modelled after the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland....
  , former Vice Minister of Trade and Economic Cooperation
  Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China
  
  The Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China , formerly Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Co-operation is an executive agency of the State Council of the People's Republic of China....
  , and Chief Trade Representative of China
  People's Republic of China
  
  The People's Republic of China , commonly known as China, is the largest country in East Asia and the List of countries by population in the world with over 1.3 billion people, approximately a fifth of the world's population....
  
• Benjamin Mkapa
  Benjamin Mkapa
  
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  , former President of Tanzania
  Tanzania
  
  Tanzania , officially the United Republic of Tanzania , is a country in East Africa that is bordered by Kenya and Uganda on the north, Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the west, and Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique on the south....
  
• Lawrence Summers
  Lawrence Summers
  
  Lawrence Henry "Larry" Summers is an American economist and the head of the White House's National Economic Council for President Barack Obama....
  , former President of Harvard University
  Harvard University
  
  Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States, and a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1636 by the colonial Massachusetts legislature, Harvard is the Colonial Colleges institution of higher learning in the United States....
  , former Chief Economist
  World Bank Chief Economist
  
  The position of World Bank Chief Economist is one of the most influential in economics. The full title is Senior Vice President, Development Economics, and Chief Economist....
   of the World Bank
  World Bank
  
  The World Bank is a bank that provides financial and technical assistance to developing countries for development programs with the stated goal of reducing poverty....
  , former Secretary of the Treasury
  United States Secretary of the Treasury
  
  The United States Secretary of the Treasury is the head of the United States Department of the Treasury, concerned with finance and monetary matters, and, until 2003, some issues of national security and defense....
   of the United States
  United States
  
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Other

Complete List of Secretaries-General and Officers-in-Charge

See also

• International trade
  International trade
  
  International trade is exchange of Capital , goods, and services across international borders or territories. In most countries, it represents a significant share of gross domestic product ....
  
• Foreign direct investment
  Foreign direct investment
  
  Foreign direct investment in its classic form is defined as a company from one country making a physical investment into building a factory in another country....
  
• List of countries by received FDI
  List of countries by received FDI
  
  This article includes a list of countries of the world sorted by received Foreign direct investment stock, the level of accumulated FDI in a country....
  

External links

Bibliography

• Paul Berthoud, , 2008, worked with UNCTAD and offers testimony from the .