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UNCTAD: Principles and Functions Overview

UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) was established in 1964 to provide a forum for developing countries to discuss issues relating to economic development. Its primary objective is to formulate policies around trade, aid, transport, finance, and technology. It has 193 member countries and meets every four years. UNCTAD promotes international trade, economic development, and formulates trade principles and policies through research, policy analysis, and intergovernmental discussions and consensus building. It works to support developing countries and least developed countries.

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UNCTAD: Principles and Functions Overview

UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) was established in 1964 to provide a forum for developing countries to discuss issues relating to economic development. Its primary objective is to formulate policies around trade, aid, transport, finance, and technology. It has 193 member countries and meets every four years. UNCTAD promotes international trade, economic development, and formulates trade principles and policies through research, policy analysis, and intergovernmental discussions and consensus building. It works to support developing countries and least developed countries.

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UNCTAD

United Nations Conference on


Trade and Development
ABOUT
Established in 1964 in order to provide a
forum where the developing countries
could discuss the problem relating to their
economic development.

Primary objective:- to formulate policies


relating to all aspects of development
including trade, aid, transport, finance and
technology
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• The Secretary-General of UNCTAD is
Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi (Thailand),
who took office on 1 September 2005.
• Head quarter – Geneva (Switzerland)
• Members – 193 countries.
• Meeting – once in four years (12)

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BASIC PRINCIPLES

• Sovereign right freely to trade with other


country

• Good economic relation between countries

• No discrimination – (socio-economic system,


trading method & policies)

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FUNCTIONS
• To promote international trade and economic development of less
developed and developing countries.

• To formulate principles and policies for international trade .


• It undertakes research, policy analysis and data collection.

• To make proposals for putting its principles and policies into


effect.
.

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How does UNCTAD work?
Intergovernmental level
Commission meetings Monitoring of inter-
Expert meetings governmental
activities Consensus
Building

A TWO-TRACK
PROCESS

Research and Human resources Institutional


Policy
analytical studies capacity-building Capacity- Analysis
building

UNCTAD Secretariat
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Main Activity of UNCTAD
• Trade and Commodity

TRAINS

• Investment and Enterprise Development


» Empretec Programme

• Macroeconomic policies, debt and


development financing
» DMFAS Programme

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Activities (contd…)

• Africa, least developed countries,


landlocked developing countries & small
island developing States

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Relationship with other
organizations

• WTO (IF & JITAP),


• Bretton Woods Institutions (IMF &
World Bank),
• International Trade Centre,
• United Nations Development
Programme,
•
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SAARC
ACHIEVEMENTS

• The Generalized System of Preferences


(GSP).

• The Integrate Programme on


Commodities.

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ACHIEVEMENTS (CONTD….)

• Common Fund for Commodities.

• Global System of Trade Preferences


(GSTP).

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Issues & Developments

project – strategies & preparedness for


trade and Globalization in India.

Announces ,research projects on gender


and trade.

Technical co-operation.
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Accra, Ghaana

Meeting: Twelfth session of the


United Nations Conference on Trade
and Development (UNCTAD XII)

Date:20–25 April 2008

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Thank You……..
Tahsin Ahmed
Yashwant Bhardwaj
Sandeep Gupta
Shikha Sagun
Nishant Tigga
Priyanka Kumari

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