News Archive
- Lamy: Africa’s North-South Corridor “perfect example” of Aid for Trade in action
- Released: 6 Apr 2009
- Director-General Pascal Lamy, on 6 April 2009 in Lusaka, Zambia, hailed Africa’s North-South Corridor Pilot Aid for Trade as an example of “how to put together all the elements necessary for trade to flow, creating the conditions necessary for the private sector to diversify from exporting a narrow range of raw material and add more value.”
- New Dawn for Trade in Africa as UK Government Commits to North South Corridor
- Released: 6 Apr 2009
- The UK Government today committed £100m to transform regional infrastructure and increase trade across Africa.
- ILO Director-General calls London G20 Summit "an important step forward on a difficult road"
- Released: 3 Apr 2009
- GENEVA (ILO News) -- The Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO) Juan Somavia welcomed the outcome of the London G20 Summit, saying that “The leaders of the G20 have made significant progress in consolidating a coordinated international response to the deepening global crisis".
- £100 million announced for North-South Corridor in Africa
- Released: 6 Apr 2009
- Trade is critical for generating economic growth and reducing poverty. Without good quality infrastructure – roads, rail, and ports – the cost of trade and transport rises. In Southern Africa transport costs are 73% higher than in the EU and US, limiting the ability of the region to trade competitively.
- New financial boost for businesses in developing countries from UK government
- Released: 2 Apr 2009
- Businesses in developing countries are struggling to survive due to the economic downturn and need urgent financial support, said Secretary of State for International Development Douglas Alexander today
- Commonwealth Secretariat Discussion Paper explores how governments and donors can help by implementing appropriate ‘social protection’ programmes
- Released: 2 Apr 2009
- In order to reduce the dependence of poor women on their extended family, kin and clan groups in Papua New Guinea, the government has developed a draft child protection strategy.
- WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy welcomes G20 Summit’s pledge to support trade finance
- Released: 2 Apr 2009
- WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy today welcomed the G20 Summit’s pledge to support trade finance.
- Global plan for recovery and reform – London Summit
- Released: 2 Apr 2009
- The official communique issued at the close of the G20 London Summit.
- In Cambodia, women and children hit hardest by Economic Crisis
- Released: 8 Apr 2009
- Phnom Penh, Cambodia - Coming on the heels of a devastating food and oil crisis, which saw 50 percent of households cut back on food, the UN fears the recession in Cambodia’s major export markets will have severe and wide-ranging implications for the country’s women and children
- Commonwealth Secretariat Discussion Paper explores how governments and donors can help by implementing appropriate ‘social protection’ programmes
- Released: 9 Apr 2009
- In order to reduce the dependence of poor women on their extended family, kin and clan groups in Papua New Guinea, the government has developed a draft child protection strategy.
- WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy said that the Doha Development Agenda is the best stimulus package
- Released: 14 Apr 2009
- Director-General Pascal Lamy, in presenting his second report on recent trade developments associated with the financial crisis to an informal meeting of the Trade Policy Review Body on 14 April 2009, said that the best contribution to reviving economic growth is to conclude the Doha Development Agenda (DDA), which is one of the most appropriate collective stimulus packages.
- Meeting in Kenya focuses on enhancing awareness and understanding of women’s access to justice
- Released: 15 Apr 2009
- Local chiefs, magistrates and members of the land disputes tribunal in Kenya will discuss laws and customs governing women’s rights to land at a meeting in Nakuru, north-west of Kenya’s capital, Nairobi.
- Finance ministers from low-income African, Asian and Caribbean countries to meet in Washington to discuss managing debt in an economic crisis
- Released: 15 Apr 2009
- Finance ministers from low-income African, Asian and Caribbean countries will meet in Washington DC this month to discuss how to deal with the impact of the global economic slowdown and how to prevent their people from labouring under excessive debt.
- Donors and financial institutions are called on to provide stronger support
- Released: 23 Apr 2009
- Donors and financial institutions are called on to provide stronger support
- Regional Cooperation Key for Poor and Vulnerable Countries to Deal with Current Crises, says UN Forum
- Released: 24 Apr 2009
- Bangkok (UN Information Services) – Regional cooperation is absolutely essential for the poorest and most vulnerable countries in Asia and the Pacific in their response to the triple threat of food-fuel volatility, the economic crisis and climate change.
- Forum on the Impact of the Economic Crisis on Women Migrant Workers
- Released: 27 Apr 2009
- Bangkok — The UNIFEM East and Southeast Asia Regional Office, in cooperation with the International Labour Organization and with support from the European Commission, organized a Forum on the Gendered Impact of the Economic Crisis on Asian Migrant Workers on 23-25 April in Bangkok.
- Current Crisis an Opportunity to Lay Long-term Foundations, Says UN Forum
- Released: 27 Apr 2009
- Bangkok (UN/ESCAP Information Services) – The current global economic crisis provides a good opportunity to address some long term issues, a high-level panel on the economic crisis agreed in discussions today in Bangkok .
- Temporary debt moratorium needed for some poor nations, says UNCTAD Secretary-General
- Released: 30 Apr 2009
- UNCTAD´s Secretary-General called for temporary debt relief for countries hard-hit by the crisis, telling a UN meeting that world attention to the crisis must not wane, regardless of signs of recovery in the developed world.
