UNCTAD [to 8 March 2014]
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UNCTAD-ITC Partnership on Trade faciliation
Jointly issued by UNCTAD and ITC
Geneva, Switzerland, (04 March 2014)
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the International Trade Centre (ITC) are joining forces to assist developing countries in the implementation of the recent WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement. The two agencies have today signed a Memorandum of Understanding reaffirming this collaboration.
‘The Trade Facilitation Agreement is a real opportunity for developing countries, but only if they can put its provisions into practice,’ said Arancha González, ITC’s Executive Director.
‘The two agencies complement each other very well and can offer meaningful support to developing countries together, ‘said UNCTAD Secretary-General Mukhisa Kituyi. UNCTAD already has a successful programme in building institutional capacity around effective trade facilitation, while ITC has experience in building the capacity of the private sector and increasing their export competitiveness’, he added.
The programme which the agencies will develop will focus particularly on Least Developed Countries…