REPORT HIGHLIGHTS CHALLENGES POSED FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

 

BY GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS

 

(Reissued as received.)

NEW OLIVE AGREEMENT COMES UP FOR ADOPTION

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GENEVA, 22 April (UNCTAD) -- Member States of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) will meet for five days beginning Monday to consider adoption of a new International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives.

UNCTAD, JBIC TO FOSTER JAPANESE INVESTMENT IN EAST AFRICA

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GENEVA, 9 March (UNCTAD) -- The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) have launched a joint African Investment Initiative to encourage greater investment by Japanese companies in Africa with the ultimate aim of encouraging economic growth, it was announced this morning in Geneva.

CUBA to HOST TRAINING COURSE ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, 28 FEBRUARY – 16 March

 

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GENEVA, 25 February (UNCTAD) -- Government officials and academics from eight Latin American and Caribbean nations will be trained by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in the use of multidisciplinary approaches to trade and development issues in Havana, Cuba.

Boosting sustainability of west african cotton to be subject

 

of Mali round-table meeting, 28 February, 1 March

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GENEVA, 25 February (UNCTAD) -- Improving the sustainability of cotton -– one of the main sources of livelihood for many developing countries, and nowhere more than in West Africa -– will be debated at a round table in Mali on 28 February and 1 March.

SIGNIFICANT DIGITAL DIVIDE NARROWING SLOWLY, ACCORDING TO UNCTAD REPORT

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GENEVA, 24 February (UNCTAD) -- The digital divide between nations is significant -- at around twice the average levels of income inequality.  There are signs, however, that it is gradually narrowing, according to a new UNCTAD report on The Digital Divide:  ICT Development Indices 2004.

KYOTO PROTOCOL OFFERS INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

 

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MEASURING INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR DEVELOPMENT

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UN ISSUES REPORT ON WORLD SEABORNE TRADE; FINDS

 

2003 EXPANSION, EXPECTS SIMILAR 2004 GROWTH

 

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CHINA SET TO STAY GROWTH COURSE, ACCORDING TO UNCTAD HANDBOOK OF STATISTICS 2004

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