Round-up

BRUSSELS CONFERENCE COMMITS TO ERADICATING POVERTY IN WORLD’S POOREST COUNTRIES;

DECADE-LONG ACTION PROGRAMME CALLS FOR PARTNERSHIP, ‘MUTUAL COMMITMENTS’

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS IN POOREST COUNTRIES FACE FORMIDABLE CHALLENGES,

INCLUDING LACK OF TRAINING, CREDIT, SAY SPEAKERS AT BRUSSELS FORUM

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

Third UN Conference on LDCs

15^th Meeting (AM)

NINE OF WORLD’S POOREST COUNTRIES SIGN BILATERAL INVESTMENT TREATIES

AT LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES CONFERENCE IN BRUSSELS

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

ECONOMIES SHOULD BE GEARED TOWARDS PEOPLE’S WELL-BEING, NOT VICE VERSA,

BRUSSELS CONFERENCE TOLD, DURING THEMATIC SESSION ON EMPLOYMENT

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

OPPORTUNITIES CREATED BY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN POOREST COUNTRIES

FOCUS OF FORUM ON ‘THE DIGITAL ECONOMY’ AT BRUSSELS CONFERENCE

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

WORLD TRADE UNIVERSITY LAUNCHED DURING ‘SUMMIT OF YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS’

AT BRUSSELS CONFERENCE ON LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

BRUSSELS, 17 May -- The World Trade University -- a mechanism to help foster a broader understanding of the multilateral trade system among young people throughout the world -- was launched today in Brussels at the Third United Nations Conference on Least Developed Countries.

TRADE NEGOTIATIONS, INTEGRATING POOREST COUNTRIES INTO GLOBAL ECONOMY

FOCUS OF THEMATIC SESSION AT BRUSSELS CONFERENCE

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

IMPACT OF VOLATILE OIL MARKETS, EQUITABLE ENERGY ACCESS AMONG ISSUES

AT THEMATIC SESSION OF BRUSSELS CONFERENCE

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

EDUCATION’S VITAL ROLE IN DEVELOPMENT STRESSED AT THEMATIC SESSION

OF BRUSSELS CONFERENCE ON LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

TRUST FUND TO FIGHT DISEASE, IMPORTANCE OF HEALTH TO DEVELOPMENT

AMONG ISSUES AT THEMATIC SESSION OF BRUSSELS CONFERENCE

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)