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Mongolia thanks UNCTAD for its technical assistance in industrial and agricultural reform

Foreign Minister notes recent cooperation on Mongolia’s Investment Policy Review on the occasion of UNCTAD’s fiftieth anniversary.

Closer ties to industry and increased collaboration and networking for the development of the Creative Industries in Istanbul

UNCTAD participated at the YEKON Creative Istanbul Ateliers, an intellectual platform that aims to bring together different sectors in the ecosystem of creative industries in Turkey. The event was held on 16-17 April and was supported by the Istanbul Development Agency.

China’s commerce minister praises UNCTAD’s ‘invaluable role’ during the last 50 years

Gao Hucheng, Minister of Commerce of the People's Republic of China, says China will continue to strengthen its cooperation with UNCTAD in sharing development experience.

Fiftieth anniversary gives UNCTAD chance to reflect on upcoming development agenda

Fifty years to the day after it concluded its first historic meeting in Geneva, UNCTAD opens a week of anniversary events on 16 June.

Economic and Social Commission for Asia-Pacific lauds UNCTAD’s role in the ‘remarkable transformation’ of the region in the last fifty years

Dr. Shamshad Akhtar, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific sends fiftieth anniversary message to UNCTAD.

UNCTAD welcomes London Stock Exchange to Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative

The London Stock Exchange Group announced that it will partner with the United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges initiative, joining nine other exchanges in the US, Europe, Africa and Asia to promote sustainable business practices among publicly listed companies worldwide.

Helen Clark, head of the United Nations Development Programme, praises UNCTAD's work on the occasion of its 50th anniversary

UNCTAD's policy research and technical assistance capabilities are of "critical relevance and value" both to developing countries and UN partners says UNDP Administrator and Chair of the UN Development Group

On its 50th anniversary, Russian Prime Minister recognizes UNCTAD’s assistance to economies in transition

Dmitry Medvedev, Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, warmly congratulates UNCTAD for its role in integrating developing countries into the global economy

UNCTAD Experts Outline Trends in E-commerce and consumer protection at Panama meeting

UNCTAD’s Competition and Consumer Policies branch outlined the organization’s work on e-commerce and the progress made in revising the UN guidelines on consumer protection at an International Consumer Protection Enforcement Network (ICPEN) event in Panama, 20-23 May 2014.

Ecuador becomes first country to undergo innovative UNCTAD programme to assess ‘green export’ potential

UNCTAD is helping Ecuador to develop national “green sectors” that will expand exports and employment, while promoting sustainable development, in the first stage of a new programme on green export potential and policies.