United Nations Conference for Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Key contacts	Main website
	Trade facilitation website
	@UNCTAD
Type	Multilateral

The United Nations Conference for Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is the United Nation’s institution for promoting trade and development.

UNCTAD provides a forum for its 194 member states to engage in discussion of global trade and development issues.

To promote development, UNCTAD commits to the following in terms of international trade:

• Produces analyses and collects data to improve understanding of current and future problems in this area;
• Supports the participation of developing countries in international trade and international trade negotiations on an equitable basis;
• Seeks to strengthen international trade in services and promotes an integrated approach to trade, the environment, and sustainable development;
• Analyses issues related to competition policy and consumer protection; and
• Focuses on the contribution of the commodity sector to development, advocating diversification and risk management.