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17 April 2008
11:00 - 11:30
UNCTAD XII Flag raising ceremony
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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
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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
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21 April 2008
15:30 - 18:30
Committee of the Whole: Opening plenary
Committee Hall 1
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16:00 - 19:00
General Debate: Opening session
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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
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10:00 - 18:00
General Debate: Statements (22 April 2008) | Broadcast live on the web
Committee Hall 2
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10:00 - 18:00
Committee of the Whole (continued)
Committee Hall 1
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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)
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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)
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10:00 - 18:00
Committee of the Whole (continued)
Committee Hall 1
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10:00 - 18:00
General Debate: Statements (23 April 2008) | Broadcast live on the web
Main Hall
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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)
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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
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10:00 - 18:00
General Debate: Statements (24 April 2008) | Broadcast live on the web
Plenary Hall (tent)
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10:00 - 18:00
Committee of the Whole (continued)
Committee Hall 1
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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
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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
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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
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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
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17:00 - 19:00
Committee of the Whole: Closing plenary
Plenary Hall (tent)
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17:30 - 20:00
Closing plenary followed by closing ceremony
Plenary Hall (tent)
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