United Nations

Civil Society Supports UNCTAD Mandate To Serve Developing Countries

Geneva -- A group of civil society organizations from the North and the South have charged that a few industrialized nations were using pressures to undermine the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) by narrowing UNCTAD's mandate to assist the developing countries.

Rich vs. Poor Gap Thwarts Latin American Gains

Wall Street Journal | By JOHN LYONS | April 21, 2004

UNCTAD XI Preparations and Logistics -- April 14, 2004

IATP UNCTAD Update | April 14, 2004 UNCTAD XI preparations : Meeting on logistics, briefing by Ambassador De Seixas Correa of Brazil, 14th of April 2004-04-17 - After the 7th of May a special desk will be opened in the UN building for visas. - The deadline for special rates for hotels was extended from the 16th of April to the 30th of April.

Trade Experts To Gather In Kenya On WTO Talks

Xinhua | March 30, 2004 NAIROBI, March 29 (Xinhua) -- Trade representatives from 12 African countries will meet in the Kenyan capital Nairobi Tuesday to chart ways of reviving the collapsed World Trade Organizations (WTO) talks, organizers said here on Monday.

UN Rights Expert Slams WTO-Led Push For Free Farm Trade

Agence France Presse | March 30, 2004 A UN human rights expert on Tuesday slammed the World Trade Organisation's handling of agricultural trade, saying countries should be allowed to opt out of liberalisation to ensure their populations are fed adequately.

Former ILO Expert Says US Firms Condoning Workers"" Rights Abuses In China

AFX European Focus | March 30, 2004 US companies are condoning workers' rights abuses in China, giving manufacturers in that country an illegitimate cost advantage and fueling job losses in the US, a former International Labor Organisation (ILO) expert said Monday.

Trade In Services: Movement Of Persons A Key Issue

The Hindu | March 25, 2004 Movement of persons across borders has become a key dimension of trade in services even as it is increasingly becoming of great importance to developing countries. The freer flow of labour from one country to another is also expected to lead to substantial welfare gains on account of remittances.

UN AIDS Chief Not Optimistic About Vaccine Prospects

Agence France Presse | March 22, 2004 An HIV vaccine is not likely to be developed in the next decade, the head of the UN's AIDS prevention program said Monday, adding that any breakthrough would be the result of a long process of trial and error.

Deep Rooted Commodity Trap Lies Behind Africa""s Poverty

The Guardian | By Kamran Kousari | March 15, 2004

The Political Economy Of Outsourcing

The Hindu | March 15, 2004 IT IS a horror staring at U.S. professionals these days - the horror of receiving pink slips and their jobs going to lowly recruits abroad. They blame it all on outsourcing. Indeed, there are reasons for their despondency.