Plans advance for virtual UNCTAD
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April 22, 2021
One top official of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is giving the assurance that everything will be in place for Barbados to effectively host UNCTAD’s 15th quadrennial conference later this year.
Moreover, UNCTAD’s Acting Secretary General Isabel Durant is already giving Barbados a strong vote of confidence on its ability to pull off the first virtual UNCTAD conference, which would normally attract between 3,500 and 4,000 delegates.
“I am confident that team Barbados is totally committed and the team in Geneva is totally committed also and we will together succeed. So preparations are on track, the negotiations are on track and we will be, of course, not only ready but we will be [having] an amazing conference, influencing the process of trade and development in the future,” said Durant.