UN GEN
NERAL ASS
SEMBLY
QUADRIEN
Q
NNIAL COM
MPREHENS
SIVE POLIC
CY REVIEW
W
155 October 20012
Statemeent on behalf of the
United Nations Intter-Agency Cluster
C
on Trade
T
and Productive
P
C
Capacity
The Uniteed Nations Innter-agency Cluster on Trade
T
and Productive
P
Capacity was officially laaunched in
April 2008, at UNCT
TAD XII, byy the Secrettary-General of the Unitted Nations.. The membbers of the
DO, FAO, ITC,
I
WTO, UNDP, UN
NEP, ILO, UNCITRAL,
U
, UNECA,
Cluster innclude UNCTAD, UNID
UNECE, UNECLAC,, UNESCAP
P, UNESCW
WA, and UN
NOPS. Thiss is a uniquue UN-widee effort to
coordinatee the trade-reelated develoopment conttributions of different enntities to the global agenddas of Aid
for Trade,, the Millenn
nium Develoopment Goals and the upcoming
u
Su
ustainable Deevelopment Goals and
post-2015 development agenda. The Clusterr has greatlly contributeed to system
m-wide cohherence by
t national and regionall levels in th
he area of innternational
providing coordinated technical asssistance at the
trade and pproductive capacity.
UNCTAD
D facilitates coordinationn between these
t
UN entities
e
with a view to avoiding duplication,
d
ensuring eefficiency, annd more impportantly, adding value to the qualityy of the UN assistance thhrough the
diverse exxpertise that exists
e
within the UN systtem.
The joint programmess of the Cluuster can adddress the com
mplex needss of several sectors of developing
d
countries’ economies. Various modalities of asssistance, parrticularly policy advice, can be delivvered at the
micro andd macro leveels as requeested by natiional authorrities and in the contextt of UN Deevelopment
Assistancee Framework
ks (UNDAFss).
Examples of the operrations coorrdinated by the Cluster include actiions linking trade to em
mployment
c
and trade negotiiations, envirronmental gooals and indu
ustrial policiees, support
policy, foood security concerns
to the expport enterprisses to improove their inteernational coompetitiveness and faciliitate access tto markets
and investtment promootion policiess, and many other issuess of concern. Regional agendas
a
are fully
f
taken
into accouunt thanks to the partticipation, within
w
the Cluster,
C
of the UN Reegional Com
mmissions.
Cooperatioon with otheer internationnal organizaations, financcial institutio
ons and bilaateral donorss is always
welcome aas required inn each counttry and as agrreed with national authorrities.
We believve that the development
d
impact of the Cluster at
a the field level
l
is wideer and deepeer than the
impact achhieved by thee operations of agencies acting alone.
As a contrribution to th
he General Assembly
A
deebate on the QCPR, and in light of the
t results acchieved by
this interaggency mechaanism in term
ms of coordiination and coherence,
c
th
he UN entitiees that are members
m
of
the Clusterr would like to emphasizze that:
i)
ii)
iii)
iv)
A thematic intter-agency mechanism
m
su
uch as the Cluster
C
is a sttrategic instrrument in thhe effective
m-wide coheerence.
opperationalisattion of system
Byy acting togeether when formulating,, delivering and monitorring the impact of their assistance,
the UN entities can be bettter aligned with
w national developmennt strategies.
p and the drriving force for further
Thhe Post-20155 Development Agenda should be thhe road map
prrogress in thee delivery off UN joint proogrammes off development assistancee.
Doonors’ suppoort to joint prrogrammes such
s
as thosee of the Clustter, in particu
ular through the MultiPaartner Trust Funds,
F
is criitical to ensuure sustainabble, predictabble and timely assistancee from UN
aggencies to acchieve higheer levels of efficiency and
a coherencce in the deelivery of traade-related
asssistance.
The entitiees of the Cluuster on Tradde and Produuctive Capaccity stand reaady to impleement, in a coordinated
fashion, thhe mandates of the Generral Assembly
y that will ressult from thiss debate on the
t QCPR.
Thank youu, Chair.