Meetings
The inter-governmental work is done at 5 levels of meetings:
- The UNCTAD Conference – held every four years:
- UNCTAD VIII in Cartagena, Colombia on 8–25 February 1992
- UNCTAD IX in Midrand, South Africa on 27 April – 11 May 1996
- UNCTAD X in Bangkok, Thailand on 12–19 February 2000
- UNCTAD XI in São Paulo, Brazil on 13–18 June 2004
- UNCTAD XII in Accra, Ghana on 21–25 April 2008
- UNCTAD XIII in Doha, Qatar on 21–26 April 2012
- The UNCTAD Trade and Development Board – the Board manages the work of UNCTAD in between two Conferences and meets up to three times every year;
- Four UNCTAD Commissions and one Working Party – these meet more often than the Board in order to take up policy, programme and budgetary issues;
- Expert Meetings – the Commissions will convene expert meetings on selected topics in order to provide substantive and expert input for Commission policy discussions.
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