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UNCTAD websites:

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) website

UNCTAD X: 2000 Bangkok (official website for the tenth session of UNCTAD, Bangkok, Feb. 2000) 

• Bangkok Declaration: Global Dialogue and Dynamic Engagement (declaration adopted by the member states of UNCTAD, Feb. 2000)

• Bangkok Plan of Action (adopted by UNCTAD, Bangkok, 18 Feb. 2000)

Other websites:

Trade Developments (including UNCTAD) (Third World Network)

UNCTAD: The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Global Policy Forum)

Other materials:

2001:

full report: E-Commerce and Development Report 2001: The Electronic Commerce and Development Report 2001 reviews trends that developing countries need to be aware of as they try to position their economies to take advantage of ICT and the Internet. (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, 20 Nov. 2001) {···english}, with summary in {···español} and {···français}

• press release: E-Commerce to continue its leading role in economic growth; but countries that lag behind risk widening North-South gap, warns new UNCTAD report (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, 20 Nov. 2001)

• {···español} El comercio electrónico continuará su papel preponderante en el crecimiento económico; pero los países rezagados corren el riesgo de un aumento de la disparidad Norte-Sur, advierte un nuevo informe de la UNCTAD

• {···français} Le commerce électronique restera un moteur de croissance économique; mais les pays à la traîne risquent d'aggraver la fracture Nord-Sud, constate un nouveau rapport publié aujourd'hui par la CNUCED

• press release: From selling sheep to transcribing tapes: prospects bright for e-commerce in developing countries, says new UNCTAD report (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, 20 Nov. 2001)

• {···español} Desde vender ovejas hasta transcribir cintas: Buenas perspectivas para el comercio electrónico en los países en desarrollo, dice un nuevo informe de la UNCTAD

• {···français} De la vente de moutons a la transcription de bandes audio: Le rapport de la CNUCED prévoit un avenir radieux au commerce électronique

• Unctad spells out internet commerce benefits: Developing economies stand to make productivity gains worth billions of dollars by encouraging the growth of electronic commerce, according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. (Frances Williams, Financial Times, 20 Nov. 2001)

Unctad [United Nations Conference on Trade and Development] Sets Options for Dealing With International Agreements: As part of its series International Investment Agreements (IIAs) issues, the UNCTAD has just published new studies, one on the environment, and the other on social responsibility. (TOMRIC News Agency [Dar es Salaam, Tanzania], 31 Aug. 2001)

South must define contents of ‘Development Round’: While others may help, ultimately it is for the developing countries themselves, and the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in particular, to define what would necessary for a round of trade negotiations to be described as a truly genuine ‘Development Round’, UNCTAD secretary-general Rubens Ricupero said Monday in Zanzibar, at the Ministerial Conference of Least Developed countries. The meeting has been organised and hosted by Tanzania, coordinator of the LDC group at the WTO, to prepare for the Doha ministerial meeting. (Chakravarthi Raghavan, South-North Development Monitor, 24 July 2001)

2000:

UNCTAD Plan of Action Provides Critique of WTO Agreements (Chakravarthi Raghavan, SUNS [South-North Development Monitor], 23 Feb. 2000)

All eyes on how UNCTAD drives vehicle for new order (Kalinga Seneviratne, Inter Press Service, 21 Feb. 2000)

UN Trade Meeting Brings Rich and Poor No Closer (Seth Mydans, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2000)

An expanded mandate for analysis (Chakravarthi Raghavan, SUNS [South-North Development Monitor], 20 Feb. 2000)

High visibility, and more questions than answers (Chakravarthi Raghavan, SUNS [South-North Development Monitor], 19 Feb. 2000)

Set WTO rules right first, says forum at UNCTAD X (Cecilia Oh, SUNS [South-North Development Monitor], 16 Feb. 2000)

WTO back to business, but differences persist (Chakravarthi Raghavan, SUNS [South-North Development Monitor], 16 Feb. 2000)

UNCTAD and Civil Society: Towards Our Common Goals (statement of NGOs, NGO Plenary Caucus, Bangkok, Feb. 2000)

UNCTAD X: An Opportunity Lost? (Walden Bello, Focus on the Global South, 2000)

UNCTAD: Time to Lead, Time to Challenge the WTO (Walden Bello, Focus on the Global South, 2000)