Proposals heard on alternative development strategies

Governments - as their interventions during the global recession have shown - need to play pragmatic roles in supporting development, said speakers at UNCTAD´s second Public Symposium. More>>

Mary Robinson gives Public Symposium´s closing address

The former President of Ireland and United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights told an UNCTAD civil-society symposium that accountability and "shared responsibilities" are needed to ensure development. More>>

Food security comes first, public symposium told

Food supplies and support for agriculture are too important to be left to market forces alone, and governments must play a dominant role, speakers said at UNCTAD's second public symposium. More>>

Call sounded for trade, financial reforms

Significant reforms are needed to the trade and financial systems to protect the interests of developing countries, speakers said at UNCTAD's second public symposium. More>>

Near impossible" to achieve all Millennium Development Goals, public symposium told

Representatives of civil society organizations, businesses, universities, and Parliaments lamented this morning the enduring effects of the global recession on developing countries and urged financial reform and new thinking to help the world's poor even as the Greek debt crisis shows that the current world economic recovery is fragile. More>>