Main Events

17 April 2008
11:00 - 11:30	UNCTAD XII Flag raising ceremony	[Missing text /event/mainevent for AR]
20 April 2008
15:00 - 16:30	UNCTAD XII Opening Ceremony Inaugural Statements by: His Excellency Mr. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil His Excellency Mr. John Agyekum Kafour, President of Ghana His Excellency, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations	[Missing text /event/mainevent for AR]

16:30 - 18:30	First plenary for procedural matters - Adoption of agenda - Election of the Bureau and conference officers - Organization of work - Establishment of the Credentials Committee	[Missing text /event/mainevent for AR]
21 April 2008
15:30 - 18:30	Committee of the Whole: Opening plenary Committee Hall 1	[Missing text /event/mainevent for AR]

16:00 - 19:00	General Debate: Opening session	[Missing text /event/mainevent for AR]
22 April 2008
10:00 - 13:00	Roundtable 1: Globalization, development and poverty reduction - their social and gender dimensions Sub-theme 1: Enhancing coherence at all levels for sustainable economic development and poverty reduction in global policy making, including the contribution of regional approaches. Main Hall	[Missing text /event/mainevent for AR]

10:00 - 18:00	General Debate: Statements (22 April 2008) \| Broadcast live on the web Committee Hall 2	[Missing text /event/mainevent for AR]

10:00 - 18:00	Committee of the Whole (continued) Committee Hall 1	[Missing text /event/mainevent for AR]

15:00 - 18:00	Roundtable 2: Creating an institutional environment conducive to increased foreign investment and sustainable development Sub-theme 3: Enhancing the enabling environment at all levels to strengthen productive capacity, trade and investment: mobilizing resources and harnessing knowledge for development. Plenary Hall (tent)	[Missing text /event/mainevent for AR]
23 April 2008
10:00 - 13:00	Roundtable 3: The changing face of commodities in the 21st century Sub-theme 2: Key trade and development issues and the new realities in the geography of the world economy. Plenary Hall (tent)	[Missing text /event/mainevent for AR]

10:00 - 18:00	Committee of the Whole (continued) Committee Hall 1	[Missing text /event/mainevent for AR]

10:00 - 18:00	General Debate: Statements (23 April 2008) \| Broadcast live on the web Main Hall	[Missing text /event/mainevent for AR]

15:00 - 18:00	Roundtable 4: Emergence of a new South and South-South trade as a vehicle for regional and interregional integration for development Sub-theme 2: Key trade and development issues and the new realities in the geography of the world economy. Plenary Hall (tent)	[Missing text /event/mainevent for AR]
24 April 2008
10:00 - 13:00	Roundtable 5: Harnessing knowledge and technology for development Sub-theme 3: Enhancing the enabling environment at all levels to strengthen productive capacity, trade and investment: mobilizing resources and harnessing knowledge for development. Main Hall	[Missing text /event/mainevent for AR]

10:00 - 18:00	General Debate: Statements (24 April 2008) \| Broadcast live on the web Plenary Hall (tent)	[Missing text /event/mainevent for AR]

10:00 - 18:00	Committee of the Whole (continued) Committee Hall 1	[Missing text /event/mainevent for AR]

15:00 - 17:00	Roundtable 6: Debt management solutions supporting trade and development Sub-theme 1: Enhancing coherence at all levels for sustainable economic development and poverty reduction in global policy making, including the contribution of regional approaches. Main Hall	[Missing text /event/mainevent for AR]

17:00 - 19:00	Roundtable 7: Developing productive capacities in least developed countries Sub-theme 3: Enhancing the enabling environment at all levels to strengthen productive capacity, trade and investment: mobilizing resources and harnessing knowledge for development. Main Hall	[Missing text /event/mainevent for AR]
25 April 2008
10:00 - 13:00	Roundtable 8: Strengthening UNCTAD: enhancing its development role Sub-theme 4: Strengthening UNCTAD; enhancing its development role, impact, and institutional effectiveness. Main Hall	[Missing text /event/mainevent for AR]

15:00 - 17:00	Roundtable 9: Strengthening UNCTAD - Enhancing its impact and institutional effectiveness Sub-theme 4: Strengthening UNCTAD; enhancing its development role, impact, and institutional effectiveness. Main Hall	[Missing text /event/mainevent for AR]

17:00 - 19:00	Committee of the Whole: Closing plenary Plenary Hall (tent)	[Missing text /event/mainevent for AR]

17:30 - 20:00	Closing plenary followed by closing ceremony Plenary Hall (tent)	[Missing text /event/mainevent for AR]

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