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Ahmad Alhendawi.
UN Photo

Youth still struggling to be heard by governments and private sector

20 July 2016
General News

With half of the world’s population under 25 years old, it is crucial that young people have a say in global trade and development issues.

That message comes from the UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth.

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Port scenes, Antwerp, 2013. International Maritime Organization (IMO)
IMO

On World Day, Ban spotlights role of seafarers in meeting sustainable agenda targets

25 June 2016
Marking the Day of the Seafarer, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon highlighted the role of the shipping industry in moving forward the international agenda on sustainable development and climate change.
A man heading to the market in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan.
UN/Valeria Bove

Boosting least developed countries could “really lift the world up”

25 May 2016
General News

There is a “huge opportunity” in the next 20 years to really change our world, according to a senior UN official who focuses on the development of least developed countries, or

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Net fishing in Colombia.
World Bank/Edwin Huffman

New treaty tackles illegal and unregulated fishing

16 May 2016
General News

Selling fish that was caught illegally will become more difficult when a new international treaty comes into effect in June, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Monday.

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The next phase of FAO’s Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Programme will look specifically at empowering small- and medium forest enterprises in Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean and Asia, which employ some 140 million people worldwide.
FAO/L.Taylor

UN agricultural agency and European Union step up efforts to combat illegal timber trade

13 May 2016
The United Nations Food and Agriculture (FAO) and the European Union (EU) will step up joint efforts to support tropical timber-producing countries in curbing illegal logging, improving forest governance and promoting the trade of legally sourced timber, under a $30 million funding agreement announced today.
Arancha Gonzalez, Executive Director of the International Trade Centre (ITC). UN File Photo/Paulo Filgueiras

Women’s economic empowerment: no time to waste

21 March 2016
General News

The world is losing “big time” because women entrepreneurs cannot fully participate in the global economy.

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Trade in Cambodia’s ports: products from Viet Nam arrive at the Phnom Penh Autonomous port in Kandal province.
World Bank/Chhor Sokunthea

Trade slows in Asia-Pacific as economies adjust to lower global growth, says new UN report

2 November 2015
Economic Development

The regional trade and investment flows in Asia and the Pacific is decelerating as the economies in the region adjust to cyclical and structural changes resulting from the global economic downturn and the expected reduction in China’s growth rate, says a new United Nations report launched today.

Maged Abdelaziz, the Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Africa, addresses a press conference. UN File Photo/Evan Schneider

Africa’s “ambitious agenda” backed by UN

12 October 2015
General News

Africa’s plan to create a free trade zone across the continent will be fully supported by the UN, according to a senior official working on African issues.

Political leaders have set the target of 2017 for the Continental Free Trade Agreement to be implemented.

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The UN trade agency's Vanessa Erogbogbo hopes that web or mobile apps will make women-led firms easier to find in the global market place.
ITC

Tech challenge launched to find “invisible” women entrepreneurs

1 September 2015
General News

Finding millions of so-called “invisible” women entrepreneurs using a simple mobile app could transform their empowerment, according to UN agency the International Trade Centre (ITC).

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A view from the Port of Doraleh, Djibouti.
UN Photo/Evan Schneider

How domestic reforms can help countries expand trade abroad

17 August 2015
General News

Countries need to shift their focus from international trade barriers to domestic reforms that will expand trade, innovation and business growth.

That’s according to Professor Douglas Irwin from the Department of Economics at Dartmouth College in the United States.

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