Trade and Development Board, 52nd session
Hearing with civil society and the private sector
29 September 2005, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Palais des Nations, Room XXVI
Agenda
10:00 – 10:15
Opening remarks by the President of the TDB
Welcoming remarks by UNCTAD's secretariat
10:15 – 11:30
High-level segment: Economic growth and poverty reduction in the
1990s: Lessons from a decade of economic reform for development
strategies and global partnerships in the new millennium
Lead discussant: Representative from Public Service
International (PSI) speaking on behalf of the Global Call for Action
Against Poverty
• Poverty eradication: UNCTAD's role in developing an integrated
approach.
• Gender and Trade related issues.
• ODA
11:30 – 12:15
Interdependence and global economic issues from a trade and
development perspective: New features of global interdependence
Economic growth and poverty reduction in the 1990s
Lead discussant: Representative from the International
Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU)
• Coherence between the development objectives of UNCTAD and
other UN organizations and programmes.
• The growth of unprotected, informal economy work as a result of
structural adjustment and trade liberalization.
• The situation of migrant workers, their status and treatment as
related to trade negotiations and the growing volume of remittances.
• The impact of trade liberalization on the poorest countries and the
protection of their interests.
12:15 – 13:00
Review of developments and issues in the post-Doha work
programme of particular concern to developing countries
Lead discussant: Representative from Third World Network (TWN)
• Development concerns in the WTO negotiations.
• Agriculture: tariffs, subsidies, special and differential treatment.
• NAMA negotiations: industrial tariffs and effects on development.
• Services liberalization and development.
• Developments in TRIPS negotiations.
13:00 – 14:30
Lunch
The hearing will be followed by an informal briefing for civil society by UNCTAD’s
Technical Cooperation Service on UNCTAD's technical cooperation strategies and
activities, from 14:30 to 17:00 in room XXVI.