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UNEP Regional Office Urges Caution On Transgenics

IPS | March 3, 2004 Mexico City, 3 Mar (IPS/Diego Cevallos) -- The United Nations Environment Programme warned Wednesday in Mexico that transgenic crops could pose a threat to biodiversity and human health, and recommended that the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean act with caution in using genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

Raising The Quality Bar Of Environmental Reporting By Firms

New Straits Times (Malaysia) | March 7, 2004 NUMEROUS companies world-wide have jumped onto the corporate environmental reporting (CER) bandwagon. Although the growing numbers of reporters are encouraging, the overall standard of reporting leaves plenty to be desired.

Unctad Report Says FDI Flows to Brazil, Mexico Dropped in 2002

The Main Wire | March 5, 2004 A report released Friday by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development found that foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows to Brazil, Mexico and Columbia dipped in 2002 from 2001. The agency said FDI flows to Brazil declined from $22.5 billion in 2001 to $16.6 billion in 2002, or by more than 26%.

UNCTAD Study On African Development Calls For Easing Burden Of Commodity Dependence

United Nations | March 1, 2004

Economist Calls for Increased Gov""t Role in Developing Economic Structures

Africa News | March 1, 2004 The role of government in developing sound economic structures has been underscored with calls for greater involvement as a means of ensuring full benefit of investment flows.

Agriculture Talks Must Also Tackle Domestic Subsidies, Says Ricupero

SUNS | By Chakravarthi Raghavan | February 26, 2004

Ex-Minister Says British Spies Bugged Kofi Annan""s Office

New York Times | By TERENCE NEILAN | February 26, 2004 British spies have regularly bugged the office of Secretary General Kofi Annan of the United Nations, including during the period leading to the invasion of Iraq, a former British government minister said today.

Are Multinationals All That Powerful?

BusinessWorld | By Benjamin G. Defensor | February 23, 2004 One of the favorite lines of the anti-globalization sector is that multinationals have become so big and powerful that a) they are even bigger than some states and b) they have amassed enough political power to dictate policy to some small nations.

UN Study Calls for Improved Initiatives On African Commodity Trading

Africa News | February 19, 2004 While industrialized countries undermine Africa's anti-poverty efforts with huge subsidies for their own commodity producers, the continent's own non-fuel exports have lost international market share over the last two decades, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said today.

Brazil to Host UNCTAD XI in June 2004

Africa News | February 11, 2004 The eleventh United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD XI) will be held at the Anhembi Conference Centre in Sao Paulo, Brazil, from 13 to 18 June 2004.