Free trade or fair trade?
The 'Partners for Development' Summit meeting held in Lyon (France), from 9 to 12 December 1998, was convened by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), involving the major players in world trade: business, public bodies, intermediaries, legal bodies, information technology specialists, etc. UNCTAD's stated goal was 'to give the best the chance to give their best, and to give the weakest the chance to join in'. A goal shared, apparently, by NGOs in the 'Take Back the Initiative' group, which made concrete proposals to Rubens Ricupero, Secretary-General of UNCTAD for promoting Fair Trade and sharing out the costs of Internet access. Ricupero said that while the leading 29 economic powers were negotiating the upcoming Multilateral Agreement on Investments, it was essential to continue NGO-UNCTAD collaboration, with a special eye on the UNCTAD's next meeting in Bangkok in 2000. He welcomed the NGO initiative and praised their success in raising awareness of such issues, and in inducing the rebirth of direct democracy. Partners for Development UNCTAD Palais des Nations CH-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland. Fax: +41 22 907 0052 Email: participants@ Take Back the Initiative, c/o, VSF 14 avenue Berthelot 69361 Lyon cedex 07 France. Fax: +33 478697956. Email: vsf@globenet.org. http://www.agricta.org/Spore/spore79
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| Language: | English |
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Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
1999
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/48319 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/99636 |
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| Summary: | The 'Partners for Development' Summit meeting held in Lyon (France), from 9 to 12 December 1998, was convened by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), involving the major players in world trade: business, public bodies, intermediaries, legal bodies, information technology specialists, etc. UNCTAD's stated goal was 'to give the best the chance to give their best, and to give the weakest the chance to join in'. A goal shared, apparently, by NGOs in the 'Take Back the Initiative' group, which made concrete proposals to Rubens Ricupero, Secretary-General of UNCTAD for promoting Fair Trade and sharing out the costs of Internet access. Ricupero said that while the leading 29 economic powers were negotiating the upcoming Multilateral Agreement on Investments, it was essential to continue NGO-UNCTAD collaboration, with a special eye on the UNCTAD's next meeting in Bangkok in 2000. He welcomed the NGO initiative and praised their success in raising awareness of such issues, and in inducing the rebirth of direct democracy.
Partners for Development
UNCTAD
Palais des Nations
CH-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland.
Fax: +41 22 907 0052
Email: participants@
Take Back the Initiative, c/o,
VSF
14 avenue Berthelot
69361 Lyon cedex 07
France.
Fax: +33 478697956.
Email: vsf@globenet.org.
http://www.agricta.org/Spore/spore79 |
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