The Trade and Development Board acts as UNCTAD’s governing body in-between the quadrennial Conferences It meets in Geneva for its annual session to oversee the activities of the organization.

Programme for the 71st session

  • High-level segment
  • General debate
  • Annual report of the Secretary-General
  • Investment for development: Investment facilitation and digital government
  • New trade dynamics: Realizing inclusive trade gains
  • The environmental footprint of digitalization: Sustainable strategies throughout the life cycle of digitalization
  • Report on UNCTAD assistance to the Palestinian people
  • Activities undertaken by UNCTAD in support of Africa
  • UNCTAD strategy for small island developing States
  • Implementation of the outcomes of the fifteenth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.
  • Preparatory process for the sixteenth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.

16 September 2024 — 27 September 2024
2:40 pm

Palais des Nations Geneva

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