United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Conférence des Nations Unies sur le commerce et le développement (CNUCED)
Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre Comercio y Desarrollo (UNCTAD)
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1964-12-30 Geneva Switzerland
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Provide a forum for discussion to consider development strategies and policies in a globalized world economy; give special attention to analysing, exchanging and drawing lessons from successful developmental experience. In analytical and deliberative work, focus on: globalization and development; international trade in goods and services; commodity issues; investment, enterprise development and technology; service infrastructure for development and trade efficiency.
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B-XF2527 - World Trade Organization (WTO) (Observer Status). Member of: E-XJ8799 - Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP); E-XJ2271 - UN-Water. Cooperates with other United Nations agencies, including:
- B-XB0971 - FAO;
- B-XB1383 - International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA);
- B-XB1505 - International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO);
- F-XF1721 - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD);
- B-XB2622 - International Telecommunication Union (ITU);
- E-XE4161 - UNEP;
- E-XE3382 - UNDP;
- E-XE9604 - UNESCO Office, Jakarta - Regional Bureau for Sciences in Asia and the Pacific;
- B-XE3386 - UNIDO;
- E-XE4175 - United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC);
- E-XJ0813 - United Nations Group on the Information Society (UNGIS);
- B-XB3408 - Universal Postal Union (UPU);
- B-XB3548 - WHO.
Governmental organization with Consultative Status: F-XF2885 - Parlamento Latinoamericano (PARLATINO) (General Category). Governmental organization listed on the register: G-XF1953 - Research and Information System for Developing Countries, India (RIS, India). Represented on: E-XE4062 - United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB). Has been represented in meetings of: Round Table on Sustainable Development at the OECD.
Representatives of inter-governmental organizations, designated for this purpose by the Conference or the Trade and Development Board, may participate without the right to vote in deliberations of UNCTAD on questions within the scope of their activities. UNCTAD has official cooperation agreements with:
- G-XG0198 - Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID);
- F-XD0055 - Andean Community;
- Latin American Parliament (PARLATINO);
- C-XC4129 - Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).
The following inter-governmental organizations also currently participate in the work of the Conference, in accordance with the rules of procedure:
- F-XE9068 - OACPS-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (OACPS-EU JPA);
- C-XC0030 - African-Asian Rural Development Organization (AARDO);
- F-XF0671 - Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS);
- F-XF0018 - African Development Bank (ADB);
- F-XF3580 - African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank);
- D-XD0020 - African Groundnut Council (AGC);
- F-XF9774 - African Reinsurance Corporation (AFRICA RE);
- D-XD8572 - African Union (AU);
- H-XG6704 - Agency for International Trade Information and Cooperation (AITIC);
- H-XC0277 - Alliance of Cocoa Producing Countries (COPAL);
- K-XE4200 - Andean Presidential Council;
- D-XD5290 - Arab Administrative Development Organization (ARADO);
- F-XF8668 - Arab Authority for Agricultural Investment and Development (AAAID);
- F-XF3515 - Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa;
- D-XD0361 - Arab Federation of Fish Producers (AFFP);
- F-XF6002 - Arab Federation of Shipping (AFS);
- F-XF4228 - Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD);
- F-XF4654 - Arab Fund for Technical Assistance to African Countries (AFTAAC);
- D-XD1444 - Arab Industrial Development, Standardization and Mining Organization (AIDSMO);
- D-XD0063 - Arab Labour Organization (ALO);
- D-XD4163 - Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALECSO);
- F-XF1048 - Arab Maghreb Union (AMU);
- F-XF5515 - Arab Monetary Fund (AMF);
- D-XD5526 - Arab Organization for Agricultural Development (AOAD);
- D-XD3619 - Arab Tourism Organization (ATO);
- F-XF5942 - Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (APT);
- C-XC0069 - Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization (AALCO);
- F-XF6577 - Asian Clearing Union (ACU);
- F-XF9736 - Asian Reinsurance Corporation (Asian Re);
- D-XD7213 - Association of African Trade Promotion Organizations (AATPO);
- H-XC4616 - Association of Iron Ore Exporting Countries;
- D-XD5434 - Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC);
- H-XD6411 - Association of Tin Producing Countries (ATPC);
- F-XF4541 - Banque centrale des Etats de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (BCEAO);
- D-XD4579 - Caribbean Community (CARICOM);
- F-XF4023 - Caribbean Development Bank (CDB);
- F-XF2858 - Central American Integration System;
- E-XD2307 - Comisión Centroamericana de Transporte Maritimo (COCATRAM);
- F-XF9551 - Common Fund for Commodities (CFC);
- F-XF3162 - Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA);
- F-XF2417 - Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS);
- C-XC0376 - Commonwealth Secretariat;
- F-XF3714 - Communauté économique et monétaire d'Afrique centrale (CEMAC);
- F-XF5516 - Communauté économique des pays des Grands Lacs (CEPGL);
- D-XD5661 - Comunidade dos Paises de Lingua Portuguesa (CPLP);
- D-XD9761 - Consejo Centroamericano de Superintendentes de Bancos, de Seguros y de Otras Instituciones Financieras (CCSBSO);
- D-XD0433 - Council of Arab Economic Unity (CAEU);
- F-XF0409 - Development Bank of Latin America (CAF);
- F-XD3462 - Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS);
- D-XD3153 - Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO);
- D-XD0766 - EFTA;
- D-XD0453 - Entente Council;
- F-XM3837 - Eurasian Development Bank (EDB);
- F-XF2147 - European Union (EU);
- H-XD5737 - Grupo de Paises Latinoamericanos y del Caribe Exportadores de Azúcar (GEPLACEA);
- D-XD9187 - Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC);
- F-XE1006 - The Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH);
- D-XD1040 - Inter-African Coffee Organization (IACO);
- D-XD4487 - Conférence interafricaine des marchés d'assurances (CIMA);
- F-XF1069 - Inter-American Development Bank (IDB);
- H-XD3951 - Intergovernmental Council of Copper Exporting Countries;
- C-XC0248 - Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF);
- D-XE0007 - Inter-Governmental Standing Committee on Shipping (ISCOS);
- F-XF1392 - International Bank for Economic Co-operation (IBEC);
- E-XE6053 - International Center for Promotion of Enterprises (ICPE);
- B-XC2404 - International Cocoa Organization (ICCO);
- B-XB1509 - International Coffee Organization (ICO);
- F-XF5468 - International Copper Study Group (ICSG);
- B-XB1720 - International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC);
- B-XB1775 - International Criminal Police Organization - INTERPOL (ICPO-INTERPOL);
- B-XB2674 - International Customs Tariffs Bureau;
- B-XB2812 - International Grains Council (IGC);
- B-XB2136 - International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT);
- F-XF3912 - International Investment Bank (IIB);
- H-XE4444 - International Jute Study Group (IJSG);
- C-XC2191 - International Lead and Zinc Study Group (ILZSG);
- H-XC9057 - International Natural Rubber Organization (INRO);
- C-XC2302 - International Olive Council (IOC);
- B-XC2326 - International Organization of Legal Metrology;
- B-XB1112 - International Organization for Migration (IOM);
- C-XC2426 - International Rubber Study Group (IRSG);
- B-XB2606 - International Sugar Organization (ISO);
- H-XC5804 - International Tea Promotion Association (ITPA);
- E-XE6018 - International Textiles and Clothing Bureau (ITCB);
- B-XB0100 - International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO);
- H-XC2816 - International Wool Study Group (IWSG);
- F-XF4542 - Islamic Development Bank (IsDB);
- E-XE2837 - Italian-Latin American Institute (ILAI);
- D-XD5835 - Latin American Energy Organization;
- D-XD2903 - League of Arab States (LAS);
- D-XD0445 - Mano River Union (MRU);
- F-XF1523 - Maritime Organization of West and Central Africa (MOWCA);
- D-XD3030 - OAS;
- C-XC3023 - OECD;
- F-XF6504 - OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID);
- D-XF4346 - Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS);
- E-XE3879 - Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF);
- C-XC4129 - Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC);
- D-XD0064 - Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC);
- C-XC3038 - Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC);
- E-XE4630 - Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat;
- H-XD2939 - Permanent Consultative Committee of the Maghreb (PCCM);
- K-XF6788 - Red de Información Tecnológica Latinoamericana (RITLA);
- E-XD0996 - Secretaria Permanente del Tratado General de Integración Económica Centroamericana (SIECA);
- F-XF4530 - Sistema Económico Latinoamericano (SELA);
- E-XE1177 - South Centre;
- D-XD4612 - Southern African Customs Union (SACU);
- E-XE0791 - Union of African Shippers' Councils (UASC);
- F-XF3713 - Union économique et monétaire Ouest africaine (UEMOA);
- E-XD6441 - Union monétaire de l'Afrique centrale (UMAC);
- H-XD4840 - Unión de Paises Exportadores de Banano (UPEB);
- F-XF5070 - West African Monetary Agency (WAMA).
The following bodies have links:
- E-XE8763 - African Regional Centre of Technology (ARCT);
- D-XD0023 - African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO);
- F-XF2177 - Arab Investment and Export Credit Guarantee Corporation (DHAMAN);
- D-XD0165 - ASEAN;
- F-XF0077 - Asian Development Bank (ADB);
- E-XE9937 - Asian and Pacific Centre for Transfer of Technology (APCTT);
- H-XF0320 - Asian and Pacific Skill Development Programme (APSDEP);
- F-XF6292 - Central American Common Market (CACM);
- U-XF2738 - Conference of Ministers of African Least Developed Countries;
- H-XE6596 - Coordination Committee on Multilateral Payments Arrangements and Monetary Cooperation among Developing Countries;
- F-XF8363 - Court of Justice of the Andean Community;
- D-XD4308 - Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS);
- E-XE2442 - European Commission (EC);
- H-XD7657 - Federation of Arab Scientific Research Councils (FASRC);
- F-XF0728 - Group of 77 (G-77);
- U-XF1601 - Indian Ocean Marine Affairs Cooperation (IOMAC);
- E-XE3031 - Intergovernmental Group on Oilseeds, Oils and Fats;
- E-XE3066 - Intergovernmental Group on Rice;
- U-XK0158 - Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for a Framework Convention on Climate Change (INC/FCCC);
- F-XF1393 - International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) (World Bank);
- B-XB1117 - International Maritime Organization (IMO);
- F-XF2757 - International Nickel Study Group (INSG);
- C-XD4364 - International Pepper Community (IPC);
- E-XE0681 - Islamic Centre for Development of Trade (ICDT);
- E-XE8201 - Joint Ministerial Committee of the Boards of Governors of the Bank and the Fund on the Transfer of Real Resources to Developing Countries (Development Committee);
- D-XD4382 - Port Management Association of Eastern and Southern Africa (PMAESA);
- E-XD3960 - Port Management Association of West and Central Africa (PMAWCA);
- E-XE3586 - Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD);
- D-XD5720 - South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC);
- F-XF2522 - Southern African Development Community (SADC);
- F-XF9180 - Southern Common Market;
- E-XE8148 - Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC);
- U-XF5728 - Transmar Project;
- E-XE4174 - United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA);
- E-XE4176 - United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE);
- E-XK1561 - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - Secretariat (UNFCCC);
- E-XE6809 - United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat);
- E-XE7655 - United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service (NGLS);
- F-XF2488 - United Nations University (UNU);
- H-XF0660 - WHO Tobacco Free Initiative (TFI).
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Official cooperation agreements with:
- G-XG2068 - Centre for International Cooperation and Development (CICD);
- C-XC9152 - World Federation of Development Financing Institutions (WFDFI).
Also links with:
- D-XD0046 - American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA);
- D-XD0881 - European Society of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (ESCAP);
- F-XD7310 - International Nut and Dried Fruit Council Foundation (INC).
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- Commerce → Investment
- Commerce → Trade
- Commerce → Business Enterprises
- Industry → Utilities
- Economics → Economy
- Strategy → Strategy
- International Relations → United Nations
- International Relations → Planetary Initiatives
- Development → Development
- Policy → Policy
UN Sustainable Development Goals **
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