Bridges Weekly Trade News Digest • Volume 10 • Number 12 • 5th April 2006
Events
EVENTS
For a more comprehensive list of events in trade and sustainable development, please refer to ICTSD’s web calendar. If you would like to submit an event, please email us.
Upcoming : 6 - 12 April
7-8 April, New Delhi, India: WORKSHOP ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. Organised by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs and The Energy Research Institute (TERI), with the support of the Government of India, this workshop will focus on exploring the linkages between climate change and sustainable development, examine and discuss analytical tools to improve the understanding of the link between climate change and sustainable development, and assist countries to integrate adaptation and mitigation strategies and policies into national sustainable development plans and strategies. For further information contact the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (ECOSOC), tel: (+1) 212-963-8102; fax: (+1) 212-963-4260.
9-12 April, Chicago, US: BIOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY ORGANISATION ANNUAL INTERNATINOAL CONVENTION. This forthcoming industry convention will include an international programme with a ministerial seminar and a global biotechnology forum, as well as a business forum and breakout sessions. On 8 April, which has been labeled the "International Day of Opposition to Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)," a BioEthics counter-convention will also convene, organised by groups opposed to GMOs.
WTO
An updated list of forthcoming WTO meetings is posted at: http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/meets.pdf. Please bear in mind that dates and times of WTO meetings are often changed, and that the WTO does not always announce the important informal meetings of the different bodies. Unless otherwise indicated, all WTO meetings are held at the WTO, Centre William Rappard, rue de Lausanne 154, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland, and are open to WTO Members and accredited observers only.
5-7 April: NEGOTIATING GROUP ON TRADE FACILITATION
6 April: COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN SERVICES - SPECIAL SESSION
10 April: TRADE POLICY REVIEW BODY - CHINA
12 April: TRADE POLICY REVIEW BODY - CHINA
Other Upcoming
20 April, Geneva, Switzerland: TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT BOARD, 38th EXECUTIVE SESSION. Organised by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). Permanent representatives of states members of the Board and other participants are requested to inform the UNCTAD secretariat of their intention to attend this meeting. For more information call: +41 022 917 0214; e-mail: correspondence@unctad.org.
24 April, New York, US: GLOBAL FINANCIAL IMBALANCES. The Chatham House Foundation in association with the Foreign Policy Association are jointly hosting this conference to discuss the global imbalances in today’s world economy, notably examining how the US can function as both the richest country in the world and the biggest capital importer and net debtor. Questions, including how developing countries should respond to these imbalances, will be raised. For more information, contact Dino Ribeiro, e-mail: dribeiro@chathamhouse.org.uk.
29-31 May, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: FOURTH AFRICAN ROUNDTABLE ON SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION (ARSCP-4). Jointly organized by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Secretariat of the African Roundtable on Sustainable Consumption and Production, the conference seeks to provide an input to further development and implementation of the African 10-Year Framework Programme on Sustainable Consumption and Production at the sub-regional and national levels. For more information contact Dar es Salaam, tel: +255-22-2602338/40; e-mail: cpct@arscp.org.