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The Commission noted the importance of trade

Developed countries must increase financial assistance to

We encourage the successful conclusion of the World Trade Organization’s Doha Development Round and urge developed countries to

There is no consensus on the definition of the term, and use of the term may mean legitimizing concepts that

(c) The sixteenth Conference of the Parties in Cancun be informed of the deliberations of the 2010 Social Forum with the view to: ensuring that the agreed outcome texts are consistent with the obligations contained in international human rights instruments; integrating social dimension, a gender perspective and the human rights-based approach in United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change negotiations; respecting intergenerational equity, and addressing extraterritorial State obligations; ensuring that safeguards and measures are

The success of the negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change would depend on a number of related key factors, including an agreement by developed countries to reduce their emissions to a level commensurate with their historical responsibilities; the establishment of new institutional arrangements to enable developing countries to finance emission reduction and adaptation efforts; the provision of additional public sector funding to the current Adaptation Fund; an agreement to make use of flexibilities in intellectual property rights to promote

Considering the impact of trade and relevant aspects of international economic relations on desertification and land degradation, we shall promote a universal, rules-based, open, non-discriminatory and equitable multilateral trading system, recognizing the principle of special and differential treatment for developing countries, focused on providing preferential access to

Our efforts will not be effective if, for example, we

The multilateral trading system should be upheld

In other cases, the substance of the policies has been debated: for

Policy dialogue on international trade and development by the sixty-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly resulted in Assembly resolution 65/142, which reiterated the important role of UNCTAD as the focal point within the United

Regarding subprogramme 1, clarifications were sought on

of the least developed countries, and the European Union, which have highlighted the opportunity that next week’s WTO ministerial meeting in Geneva presents to reaffirm our commitment to the rules-based multilateral trading

Based on the Seoul Outcome,4 the Committee asserted that the green economy approach: (a) is one means to achieve and promote sustainable development; (b) has to be seen in the context of overriding objectives of sustainable development and poverty eradication; (c) should take into account the principles of common but differentiated responsibilities in particular; (d) should promote economic growth for poverty

At the same time, it highlighted the profoundly negative impact on trade flows of the ongoing world economic and financial crisis; reaffirmed the