UNCTAD (Ashu Mittal)

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By : Ashu Mit


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Organ of UN GeneralAssembly.

Established in 1964.

PermanentIntergovernmental body.

Dealing with trade,investment and developmentissue .


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Maximize the tr ade and inves tmen t.

Developmen t of oppo rtu nities for developing countr ies .

Assis t th e developing wor ld in their effo rts to integ r ate into the wor ld economy on an equitable basis

THE ORGANIZATION S GOAL


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UNCTAD has 193 member States.

Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.

UNCTAD has 400 staff members.

Annual regular budget of approximatelyUS$50 million .

US$25 million fund for extra budgetaryassistance .

Statistics


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The UNCTAD secretariat

The Secretary-General of UNCTAD is Dr. SupachaiPanitchpakdi (Thailand), whotook office on 1 September2005.T

akes adminis tr ative decisions .Pr ovides tech nical assis tance .It c omposed of staff and membe r s.


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FunctionsIt f unct ions as a forum forintergovernmental deliberations ,su ppo rted by discu ssions w ith expe rts and exch anges of expe r ien ce, aimed atconsensus building .It u nde rtakes research, policy analysis anddata collection for th e deba tes of

gove r nmen t r epr esen tatives and expe rts.It pr ovides technical assistance tailo r ed to the spe cific r equir emen ts of developing countr ies , w ith spe cial atten tion to the needs of the leas t developed countr ies and of

economies in tr ansi tion .


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Trade and commoditiesCommodity diversification and development : Pr omo tes the dive r sification of pr oduct ion and tr ade structur es . H elps Gove r nmen ts to for mulate and implemen t dive r sifi cation policies and encour ages en ter pr ises to adap t th eir business str ategies and become mo r e compe titive in the wor ld ma r ke t.

Competition and consumer policies : Pr ovides analysis and capa city bu ilding in compe tition and cons ume r pr otect ion laws and policies in developing countr ies . Pu blishes r egular u pda tes

of a Model Law on Compe tition


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Trade Negotiations and Commercial Diplomacy: Assis ts developing countr ies in all aspe cts of their tr ade nego tiations .

Trade Analysis and Information System(TRAINS) : Comp r ehensive comp uter- based info r ma tion sys tem on tr ade con tr ol meas ur es th atuses UNC T AD s da tabase .

Trade and environment : Assesses th e tr ade and developmen t impa ct of envi r onmen tal r equir emen ts and r elevan t multila ter al agr eemen ts and pr ovides capa city- building act ivi ties to help developing countr ies part icipa te in and de r ive benefi ts f r om inter na tional nego tiations on th ese ma tter s.


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Technology Assistance


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Wo r ld T r ade Or ganiza tion

Inter na tional T r ade Cen tr e

UN R egional Commissions and UNDP.

Br etton Woods ins titut ions .

Oth er inter gove r nmen tal bodies .

R elationship with other international Organization.


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UNCTADs main publications

Tr ade and Development Repo r t ( T DR)

Wo r ld Investment Repo r t (WIR)

Economic Development in Af r ica Repo r t.

Least Developed Count r ies Repo r t (LDC) .

Development and Globalization: Facts and Figu r es(DGFF).


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UN C T AD Handbook of Statistics.

Info r mation Economy Repo r t (IER) andE-comme r ce and Development Repo r t (ECDR).

Review of Mar itime

Tr anspo

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