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UN Trade and Development
AbbreviationUNCTAD
Formation30 December 1964;59 years ago (1964-12-30)
Legal statusActive
Headquarters Geneva, Switzerland
Head
 Rebeca Grynspan
(Secretary-General)
Parent organization
 United Nations General Assembly
United Nations Secretariat
Website unctad.org
The Headquarters of UNCTAD are located at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UN Building E View.JPG
The Headquarters of UNCTAD are located at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is an intergovernmental organization within the United Nations Secretariat that promotes the interests of developing countries in world trade. [1] It was established in 1964 by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) as the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development but rebranded to its current name on the occasion of its 60th anniversary in 2024. [2] It reports to both the General Assembly and the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). [3] UNCTAD is composed of 195 member states and works with non-governmental organizations worldwide; [4] its permanent secretariat is at UNOG in Geneva, Switzerland.

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The primary objective of UNCTAD is to formulate policies relating to all aspects of development, including trade, aid, transport, finance and technology. It was created in response to concerns among developing countries that existing international institutions like GATT (since replaced by the World Trade Organization), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and the World Bank were not properly organized to handle the particular problems of developing countries; UNCTAD would provide a forum where developing nations could discuss and address problems relating to their economic development.

One of UNCTAD's principal achievements was conceiving and implementing the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), which promotes the export of manufactured goods from developing countries. In the 1970s and 1980s, UNCTAD was closely associated with the New International Economic Order (NIEO), a set of proposals that sought to reduce economic dependency and inequality between developing and developed countries.

UNCTAD conferences ordinarily take place every four years, with the first occurring in Geneva in 1964; fifteen subsequent meetings have taken place worldwide, with the most recent held in Bridgetown, Barbados, from 3–8 October 2021 (albeit virtually, due to the COVID-19 pandemic).

UNCTAD has 400 staff members and a biannual (2010–2011) regular budget of US$138 million in core expenditures and US$72 million in extra-budgetary technical assistance funds. It is a member of the United Nations Sustainable Development Group, a consortium of UN entities that work to promote sustainable socioeconomic development. [5]

Membership

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As of May 2018, UNCTAD has 195 member states: [6] all UN members plus UN observer states Palestine and the Holy See. UNCTAD members are divided into four categories based on United Nations Regional Groups, [6] with six members unassigned: Kiribati, Nauru, South Sudan, Tajikistan, Tuvalu. List A consists mostly of countries in the UN's African Group and Asia-Pacific Group. List B consists of countries of the Western European and Others Group. List C consists of countries of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States (GRULAC). List D consists of countries of the Eastern European Group.

The lists, originally defined in 19th General Assembly resolution 1995 [7] serve to balance geographical distribution of member states' representation on the Trade Development Board and other UNCTAD structures. The lists are similar to those of UNIDO, a UN specialized agency.

The most recent member is Palestine [8]

The full list is as follows:

List A (100 members): Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Micronesia, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Qatar, Rwanda, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Vanuatu, Viet Nam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
List B (32 members): Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Holy See, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, San Marino, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States.
List C (33 members): Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela.
List D (24 members): Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, Poland, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Macedonia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.
Not assigned countries (6 members): Kiribati, Nauru, South Sudan, Tajikistan, Tuvalu.

Other states that do not participate are Cook Islands, Niue, and the states with limited recognition.

Meetings

The inter-governmental work is done at five levels of meetings:

UNCTAD XV Bridgetown Flag of Barbados.svg Barbados3–8 October 2021 [9] [10]
UNCTAD XIV Nairobi Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya17–22 July 2016 [11]
UNCTAD XIII Doha Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar21–26 April 2012 [12]
UNCTAD XII Accra Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana21–25 April 2008 [13]
UNCTAD XI São Paulo Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil13–18 June 2004 [14]
UNCTAD X Bangkok Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand12–19 February 2000 [15]
UNCTAD IX Midrand Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa27 April – 11 May 1996
UNCTAD VIII Cartagena Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia8–25 February 1992
UNCTAD VII Geneva Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland8 Jul – 3 Aug 1987
UNCTAD VI Belgrade Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia6–30 Jun 1983
UNCTAD V Manila Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines7 May – 3 Jun 1979
UNCTAD IV Nairobi Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya5–31 May 1976
UNCTAD III Santiago Flag of Chile.svg Chile13 Apr – 21 May 1972
UNCTAD II New Delhi Flag of India.svg India31 Jan – 29 Mar 1968
UNCTAD I Geneva Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland23 Mar – 16 Jun 1964

The 15th quadrennial meeting took place virtually in Bridgetown, Barbados, from 25 to 30 April 2021. [16]

Geneva, 1964

In response to developing countries (Least Developed Country, LDC) anxiety at their worsening position in world trade, the United Nations General Assembly voted for a 'one-off' conference. These early discussions paved the way for new IMF facilities to provide finance for shortfalls in commodity earnings and for the Generalised Preference Schemes which increased access to Northern markets for manufactured imports from the South. At Geneva, the LDCs were successful in their proposal for the conference with its secretariat to become a permanent organ of the UN, with meetings every four years. [17] At the Geneva meeting, Raúl Prebisch—a prominent Argentinian economist from the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)—became the organization's first secretary-general. [18]

New Delhi, 1968

The New Delhi Conference, held in February and March 1968, was a forum that allowed developing countries to reach an agreement on the basic principles of their development policies. The conference in New Delhi was an opportunity for schemes to be finally approved. The conference provided a major impetus in persuading the North to follow up on UNCTAD I resolutions, in establishing generalized preferences. The target for private and official flows to LDCs was raised to 1% of the North's GNP, but the developed countries failed to achieve the target by a specific date. This has proven a continuing point of debate at UNCTAD conferences.

The conference led to the International Sugar Agreement, which seeks to stabilize world sugar prices. [17] [19]

Santiago, 1972

The Santiago Conference, 15 April 1972, was the third occasion on which developing countries confronted the rich with the need to use trade and aid measures more effectively to improve living standards in the developing world. Discussion centred on the international monetary system and specifically on the South's proposal that a higher proportion of new special drawing rights (SDRs) should be allocated to LDCs as a form of aid (the so-called 'link'). In Santiago, substantial disagreements arose within the Group of 77 (G77) despite preconference meetings. There was disagreement over the SDR proposal and between those in the G77 who wanted fundamental changes such as a change in the voting allocations in the South's favour at the IMF and those (mainly the Latin American countries) who wanted much milder reforms. This internal dissent seriously weakened the group's negotiating position and led to a final agreed motion which recommended that the IMF should examine the link and that further research be conducted into general reforms. This avoided firm commitments to act on the 'link' or general reform, and the motion was passed by the conference. [17] [20]

Nairobi, 1976, and Manila, 1979

UNCTAD IV, held in Nairobi in May 1976, showed relative success compared to its predecessors. An Overseas Development Institute briefing paper of April 1979 highlights one reason for success as being down to the 1973 Oil Crisis and the encouragement of LDCs to make gains through producers of other commodities. The principal result of the conference was the adoption of the Integrated Programme for Commodities. The programme covered the principal commodity exports and its objectives aside from the stabilisation of commodity prices were: "Just and remunerative pricing, taking into account world inflation", the expansion of processing, distribution and control of technology by LDCs and improved access to markets. [21] [22]

UNCTAD V, held in Manila in 1979 in the wake of the Nairobi Conference, focused on the key issues of protectionism in developing countries and the need for structural change, trade in commodities and manufacturing aid and international monetary reform, technology, shipping, and economic co-operation among developing countries. An Overseas Development Institute briefing paper written in 1979 focuses its attention on the key issues regarding the LDCs' role as the Group of 77 in the international community. [21]

Belgrade, 1983

The sixth UN Conference on Trade and Development in Belgrade, 6–30 June 1983, was held against the background of earlier UNCTADs which have substantially failed to resolve many of the disagreements between the developed and developing countries and of a world economy in its worst recession since the early 1930s. The key issues of the time were finance and adjustment, commodity price stabilisation and trade. [17]

Bridgetown, 2021

The fifteenth session of UNCTAD was originally scheduled for 2020 but was delayed until 2021 due to COVID-19. This was the first time the conference was held in a Small Island Developing State (SIDS).

Achievements

One of UNCTAD's earliest and most notable accomplishments was the formulation and implementation of the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), which offered special tariff concessions to exports of manufactured goods by developing countries. Accepting this argument, the developed countries formulated the GSP scheme under which manufacturers' exports and imports of some agricultural goods from the developing countries enter duty-free or at reduced rates in the developed countries. Since imports of such items from other developed countries are subject to the normal rates of duties, imports of the same items from developing countries would enjoy a competitive advantage.

Reports

UNCTAD produces a number of topical reports, including:

Other

UNCTAD conducts technical cooperation programmes [33] such as ASYCUDA, DMFAS, EMPRETEC [34] and WAIPA.

In addition, UNCTAD conducts certain technical cooperation in collaboration with the World Trade Organization through the joint International Trade Centre (ITC), a technical cooperation agency targeting operational and enterprise-oriented aspects of trade development.

UNCTAD hosts the Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on International Standards of Accounting and Reporting (ISAR). [31]

Partnership initiatives

UNCTAD is a founding member of the United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) initiative along with the Principles for Responsible Investment, the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP-FI), and the UN Global Compact.

List of secretaries-general and officers-in-charge

NrSecretary-GeneralDates in officeCountry of originRemarks
1 Raúl Prebisch 1963–1969Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
2 Manuel Pérez Guerrero  [ es ]1969–1974Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela
3 Gamani Corea 1974–1984Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka
4Alister McIntyre1985Flag of Grenada.svg GrenadaOfficer-in-Charge
5 Kenneth K.S. Dadzie 1986–1994Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana
6Carlos Fortin1994–1995Flag of Chile.svg ChileOfficer-in-Charge
7 Rubens Ricupero 1995–2004Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
8Carlos Fortin2004–2005Flag of Chile.svg ChileOfficer-in-Charge
9 Supachai Panitchpakdi 1 September 2005 – 30 August 2013Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand
10 Mukhisa Kituyi 1 September 2013 – 15 February 2021Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya
11 Isabelle Durant 15 February 2021 – 11 June 2021Flag of Belgium (civil).svg BelgiumOfficer-in-Charge
12 Rebeca Grynspan Since 11 June 2021Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica

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