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Meetings and Events

The Conference (Sao Paulo, 13-18 June 2004)

Other official meetings and events

Rio Trade Week, 7-12 June 2004


Civil Society Meetings

Summary, CS Meeting 16 Jan

Summary, CS Meeting 23 Feb

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News

Summary - Hearing with Civil Society and the Private Sector,
Geneva 4 Oct 04

WTO decision puts Doha work programme 'back on track',
says UNCTAD Secretary-General

Summary of the Hearing with Civil Society and the Private Sector

Civil Society Declaration

Civil Society Forum Declaration to UNCTAD XI

Press Releases

Civil Society Press release - 13 June.
Civil Society gives the Statement to Kofi Annan

Civil Society Press release - 13 June.
CSF opens the main points of Civil Society Statement that will be given to Unctad XI

Civil Society Press release - 13 June.
Ricupero visits CSF

Civil Society Press release - 12 June.
Reorganization of the International System is the theme of the first afternoon debate at CSF

Civil Society Press release - 12 June.
Civil Society opens forum at Unctad and criticizes international free trade rules

Civil Society Press release - 10 June.
Civil Society Forum at UNCTAD XI


Civil Society newsletters

Civil Society Outreach,
No.4, November 2003

Civil Society Outreach,
No.3, July 2003

Civil Society Outreach,
No.2, April 2003

Civil Society Outreach,
No.1, March 2003

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Civil Society Reflections and Statements

 

Why do the Rich not take UNCTAD seriously? - by Pradeep S. Mehta


What is food sovereignty ? - by Jean-Marc Desfilhes, Via campesina


The Sao Paolo Consensus: Does it con your sense? - by Raghav Narsalay


Can trade work for the poor? The challenge for UNCTAD - by Amy Barry, OXFAM - 7 July 2004


Civil society hearing - 4 October 2004 NGO Statements

IATP statement

CONGO statement

Federation Artisans du Monde

PSI


Civil society hearing - 23 april 2004
NGO Statements

Statement of Friends of the Earth

Henri Rouillé d'Orfeuil
Président de Coordination SUD


Civil society hearing - 23 feb 2004
NGO Statements

Presentation of Mr. Jorge Eduardo S. Durão Brazilian Association of NGOs (ABONG)

Statement of Antoine BRAWAND, IUED

Statement of "Bread for All" - Partnership for financial stability and investment

Statement of The World Federation of Trade Unions

"POUR UN NOUVEAU BIG PUSH", statement of Bernard GERBIER, Economics Professor at the University of Grenoble, France

Statement of Hu Deping, Vice President and Secretary General China Society for Promotion of the Guangcai Program

Statement of the International Coalition For Development Action - on behalf of ICDA and K.U.L.U.-Women and Development, Denmark

"Building a Development Friendly and Sustainable World Trading System", By Dr Nagesh Kumar , Director-General, RIS

"LDCs’ Accession to the WTO: Learning from the Cases of Nepal, Cambodia and Vanuatu", by Ratnakar Adhikari and Navin Dahal South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics & Environment (SAWTEE), Kathmandu, Nepal

Statement of Ms. Daniela Perez Gavidia, from the Center of Concern, on behalf of the International Gender and Trade Network, CIDSE/CI (International Cooperation for Development and Solidarity and Caritas Internationalis)

Statement of International confederation of free trade unions

Statement of Third World Network

Statement of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP)

Focus on the Global South


Civil society hearing - 16 Jan 2004
NGO Statements

Summary of the Hearing with civil society and the private sector - Geneva, 16 January 2004 (PDF)

Statement of Mr. Stephen Porter
Managing Attorney, Center for International Environmental Law

Statement of Economic and Social Research Foundation

SEATINI's Statement to the Preparatory Committee on Policy Space

Statement of International confederation of free trade unions

Statement of "Ingenieurs du Monde"

OXFAM Statement

Statement of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy

Statement of FIATA

Statement of Ricardo Young
Chairman of the Board
Instituto Ethos - Business and Social Responsibility
São Paulo - Brazil

Statement by Professor Mario Ferreira Presser,
Coordinator, Economic Diplomacy Course,
Institute of Economics
Universidade Estadual de Campinas
(Sao Paulo, Brazil)

Statement of CMT (in spanish)

 

Civil society hearing -
17-20 November 2003

NGO Statements

UNCTAD XI – PrepCom 17 - 20 November 2003 – Civil Society Statement


Reports

Summary - Hearing with Civil Society and the Private Sector,
Geneva 4 Oct 04

UNCTAD XI: Civil Society Hearing -
From Go Between 101, By NGLS

UNCTAD Board Debates Interdependence, Market Access, and Africa -
From Go Between 100, By NGLS

UNCTAD Identifies New FDI Patterns - From Go Between 100, By NGLS

 
Main Documents

Conference documents

Preliminary Programme of Events (black & white version)

UNCTAD XI Draft Negotiating Text

"Civil Society, Corporate Globalisation and the role of UNCTAD" - Final Draft of the CSO Statement   (Other versions :  french - spanish - portugese)

Civil Society Forum Declaration to UNCTAD XI

"Adding Soul to the Spirit of Sao Paulo"

Memorandum to the Secretary-General of the UN - Download the Word Document

The Spirit of Sao Paulo

Draft Sao Paulo Consensus


Reference Documents

UNCTAD X Bangkok Declaration

UNCTAD X Bangkok Plan of Action

UNCTAD X Report to the General Assembly

Basic Information


List of NGOs with Observer Status at UNCTAD

UNCTAD XI and Civil Society

List of CSOs accredited to the UNCTAD XI conference

Links

UNCTAD XI: General Information

UNCTAD XI: Official website

The Roadmap to UNCTAD XI

Civil Society statement at UNCTAD XI PrepCom

Pre-Conference Negotiating Text for UNCTAD XI

Civil Society Forum at UNCTAD XI