04 Oct 2021
The fifteenth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development – UNCTAD 15 – presents an opportunity for the development community to align the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development with the global "new normal" created by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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25 Sep 2020
Biweekly Geneva Press Briefing
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28 Jun 2021 Geneva
This virtual MSME Day event will explore how to ensure MSMEs – the bedrock of our societies - are equipped to ensure a fast, equitable and sustainable post-COVID-19 recovery, empowered to drive the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and supported to spur innovation, creativity and decent work for all.
06 Sep 2022
Illicit trade in times of crises
11 Oct 2022
Biweekly Geneva Press Briefing Chaired by Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva
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This dialogue at the UNCTAD 15 World Leaders Summit will address two current vulnerabilities, namely, health and climate change.
01 Jul 2022
"We don't have to be naive, but we have to believe in change, because change has happened. And we can make it happen again." - AAN S5-E7
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03 Aug 2022
Briefing by António Guterres, UN Secretary-General and the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Secretary-General Rebeca Grynspan to introduce the third report of the Global Crisis Response Group. Earlier this year, the Secretary-General launched this series of reports to examine the impact of the war in Ukraine on food, fuel and finance sectors.
28 Sep 2021
Financing for Development in the Era of COVID-19 and Beyond Initiative - Meeting of Heads of State and Government on Jobs and Social Protection for Poverty Eradication.
19 Oct 2021
Noon briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.