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UNCTAD at A Glance en
UNCTAD at A Glance en
UNCTAD
at a glance
The United Nations Conference
on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) was
established almost six decades ago in 1964.
Our mission
Prosperity for all
Updated on 8 August 2023.
UNCTAD helps
UNCTAD’S developing countries
participate more equitably
WORK in the global economy.
can be
summed up in It also supports
3 words developing countries
efforts to use trade, investment,
finance, and technology
as vehicles for inclusive and
sustainable development.
12
consumers Diversify their
from abuse economies to make
10 03 them less dependent
on commodities
THINGS
Speed up the
09
UNCTAD HELPS 04 Limit
flow of goods
across borders
NATIONS DO their exposure to
financial volatility
and debt
08 05
Help
local firms 07 06 Attract
development
move up value
friendly
chains
Promote Increase investment
entrepreneurship access
and innovation to digital
technologies
MORE KEY
about unctad UNCTAD facts
Secretary-General:
Rebeca Grynspan
As the UN’s leading body dealing with (Costa Rica),
trade and development, UNCTAD holds since 13 September 2021
a unique position within the United
Nations family and beyond, taking to
heart the needs of developing countries.
As part of the United Nations Secretariat, $
UNCTAD reports to the UN General
Assembly and the Economic and Social
Council but has its own membership,
81 million Headquarters:
Geneva
Deputy Secretary-General:
Pedro Manuel Moreno
(Spain),
annual regular
leadership and budget. It is also part of budget from UN Switzerland since November 2022
the UN Sustainable Development Group
and supports the implementation of the
Financing for Development process.
UNCTAD works with member States,
international organizations, academics,
non-governmental organizations, media,
civil society and youth.
The UN General Assembly held the first
195
member States
698+
people in our team
255
projects in 73 countries
United Nations Conference on Trade
and Development in 1964. The UN
institutionalized the conference and gave
it a mandate to meet every four years,
with intergovernmental bodies meeting
between sessions and a permanent
$
secretariat providing the necessary
substantive and logistics support. There 53 million 59 years.
have been 15 quadrennial conferences technical cooperation Established in 1964 as an
since 1964. The fifteenth (UNCTAD15) expenditure organ of the United Nations
General Assembly
was held in Bridgetown, Barbados in
October 2021.