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Preparations for the 13th UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD XIII, 21-26 April 2012, Doha, Qatar) are well underway. As in previous years, a central feature of the civil society dimension of UNCTAD XIII will be the adoption by acclamation of a Civil Society Declaration during the UNCTAD XIII Civil Society Forum, which is then presented to Member States and adopted as an integral part of the Conference Outcome.
To begin the process an international civil society steering group, composed of organizations and networks from around the world, began soliciting inputs among their constituencies and networks to provide elements of an initial draft Declaration (“Zero Draft”) related to the theme and four subthemes of UNCTAD XIII. The draft was issued on 6 March, in time to be integrated in the discussions at the hearing with Members States and civil society that took place on 7 March in Geneva. (...)

The article:
http://www.un-ngls.org/spip.php?article3799

More about:

http://www.un-ngls.org/spip.php?article3804

http://www.un-ngls.org/spip.php?article3857

From the Conference website:
http://unctadxiii.org/en/Pages/home.aspx
http://www.unctad.org/en/Pages/MeetingsArchive.aspx?meetingid=21643

Basic Information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Conference_on_Trade_and_Development
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conferenza_delle_Nazioni_Unite_sul_Commercio_e_lo_Sviluppo

http://www.esteri.it/MAE/IT/Politica_Estera/Economia/Cooperaz_Econom/UNCTAD.htm