Operationally, UNCTAD, like other organizations, must navigate economic headwinds and severe budget limitations.
The 16th session of the U.N. Conference on Trade and Development convened in Geneva, kicking off four days of meetings at the Palais des Nations, with leaders aiming to re-engineer global trade policy.
As the highest decision-making body for U.N. Trade and Development, the quadrennial conference opened on Monday to set the organization’s mandate and global policy responses for the coming years.
The declaration is a political mandate for countries to help more people gain basic health care, housing and education.
The outcome could test the stability of global trading and compound the crisis at the World Trade Organization.
UNCTAD also launched a new platform to stabilize borrower nations and mobilize capital for a costly green transition.
António Guterres highlights 'impossible choice' for debtor nations; new platform for technical reform, not negotiation.
A new strategy will focus heavily on controlling black market flows, leveraging a decision to phase-out dental amalgam.
As COP30 opened, its president said high-income countries are retreating from their Paris Agreement climate obligations.
By mid-2025, a striking 3-in-4 refugees reside in countries facing high-to-extreme exposure to climate-related hazards.
As the first African country to hold the G20 presidency, South Africa said its focus is framed around Nelson Mandela's legacy.
