UNCTAD [to 29 March 2014]
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UNCTAD and Cambodia to step up cooperation
28 Mar –
UNCTAD and Cambodia plan to intensify cooperation following a visit to the country by UNCTAD Secretary-General Dr. Mukhisa Kituyi.
UNCTAD to Support Thailand in Science, Technology and Innovation Policy-making
27 Mar –
Memorandum of Understanding signed between UNCTAD and the National Science Technology and Innovation Policy Office of Thailand.

Global Commodities Forum (7-8 April 2014)
26 Mar –
The theme of UNCTAD’s fifth Global Commodities Forum is: “Global value chains, transparency and commodity-based development”.

Trade facilitation workshop for Latin American and Caribbean countries
26 Mar –
With the WTO’s Bali Package on trade facilitation now in force, UNCTAD held a workshop in the Dominican Republic to help Latin American and Caribbean countries develop trade facilitation (TF) project proposals based on their national TF implementation plans.

”True champion of the South” Gamani Corea honored at tribute seminar
26 Mar –
The ideas of the former UNCTAD Secretary-General, who died in 2013, were discussed in light of current global economic challenges at a special event held in Geneva.

Global value chains under scrutiny at UNCTAD Commodities Forum
25 Mar –
Only 8% of the value created by international supply chains flows to 100-plus developing countries, analysis by UNCTAD suggests, placing the role of “global value chains” in developing countries’ strategies among discussions to be held at UNCTAD’s upcoming Global Commodities Forum.