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RECENT KEY MEETINGS AND MEDIA REPORTS |
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UN HOLDS HIGH-LEVEL MEETING
WITH WTO, IMF, WORLD BANK
24 April 2006 | UNHQ, New York
A high-level
meeting of the UN’s Economic and Social Council with the Bretton
Woods institutions, World Trade Organization and UN Conference
on Trade and Development has been held at UN headquarters in New
York. The meeting focused on issues such as the Doha trade round
and trade-distorting subsidies for agriculture, the “Aid for
Trade Initiative,” matters relating to financing for
development, debt relief, and the risks of protectionism.
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President
of
the
Economic
and
Social
Council
Ali
Hachani
(Tunisia)
opened
the
high-level
meeting |
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BRETTON WOODS
“SPRING MEETINGS”
FOCUS ON CLEAN
ENERGY, IMF REFORM
22-23 April 2006 |
Washington, DC
The International
Monetary Fund-World
Bank Spring Meetings
have focused on ways
to finance clean
energy in developing
countries, and on
the role of
governance in
meeting worldwide
social, health, and
economic goals. In
addition,
discussions also
dwelt on possible
reforms to the IMF.
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