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General Debate

Committee ofthe Whole

Opening and

Closing CeremoniesHigh-Level Thematic

Round Tables

Special Events

Lunchtime Events

Exhibitions, Fairsand Cultural Events

Civil Society Forum

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9.00 - 12.00

Round Table 3:

Strengthening all orms ocooperation and partnership or

trade and development, including

North-South, South-South and

triangular cooperation

(lead: DITC, ECIDC)

9.00 - 12.00

Round Table 4:

Addressing persistent andemerging development

challenges as related to their

implications or trade and

development and interrelated

issues in the areas o nance,

technology, investment and

sustainable development

(lead: DTL, ALDC)

9.00 - 10.00

Secial Session: Statement by

President o UN General AssemblyStatement by Secretary-Generalo UNCTAD

Statement by President o Inter-Parliamentary Union

10.00 - 13.00

Round Table 1: Enhancing theenabling economic environmentat all levels in support o inclusiveand sustainable development(lead: GDS)

15.00 - 18.00

Round Table 2:Promotinginvestment, trade,entrepreneurship and relateddevelopment policies to ostersustained economic growthor sustainable and inclusivedevelopment (lead: DIAE)

9.00 - 12.00 14.00 - 16.30

High-Level Event on

Women in Develoment(OSG/Gender)

14.00 - 18.00

General Debate

9.00 - 12.00 14.00 - 17.00

Arican Trade Ministers Meeting,organized in Collaboration with the

Arican Union (ull day) (DITC/ALDC)

9.00 - 12.00

Annual General Assembly o the

G-NEXID (DITC)

10.00 - 12.00

Towards inclusive and sustainablegrowth and development:What can the tourism sectorcontribute? (SCTD/ALDC)

9.00 - 12.00 15.00 - 18.00

Regional Workshop on

Competition Law Enorcement in

the Gul Region: Challenges and

Future Perspectives (DITC)

9.00 - 12.00

G77 Ministerial (ISS)

10.00 - 12.30

Meeting o the UN Inter-AgencyCluster on Trade and Productive

Capacity (TCS)

14.00UNCTAD XIII

OpENING CEREMONyStatements by:

- President o Ghana

- Emir o Qatar

- UN Secretary-General

Statements by Heads o State and

Government

17.00

First plenar for procedural

Matters

17.30 - 20.00

High-Level Segmento Headso State and Government Inthe wake o the global economiccrisis: New opportunities oreconomic growth with socialequity (OSG, GDS)

15.00

UNCTAD XIII

CLOSINGCEREMONy

9.00 - 12.00 15.00 - 18.00

Global Services Forum

(ull day) (DITC)

15.00 - 18.00

LDC Ministerial(ALDC)

15.00 - 18.00

panel Discussion:Sustainingthe Palestinian economy under

occupation: the role o Arab

cooperation (GDS)

12.30 - 14.00

Heads o UN Agencies Lunch

(TCS)

Luncheon (by invitation) - Guest

Speaker: President o Tunisia

12.00 - 14.00

Publication Launch:

Development and Globalization:

Facts and gures 2012 (GDS)

12.00 - 14.00

Publication Launch:Trade and Development Report,1981-2011: Three decades othinking development (GDS)

12.00 - 14.00

Women in Development LunchDebate

14.00 - 17.00

Committee of the Whole

OpENING pLENARy

18.00

World Investment Forum Opening,

Banquet, Culture Show, UNCTAD

Investment Promotion Awards

8.00

Investment Advisory Council

Breakast: Pro-poor investment

9.30 - 12.00

World Investment Summit

9.00 - 12.00

International Investment

Agreements Annual Conerence

High-Level Investment

Promotion Conerence

10.00 - 12.30

Sovereign Wealth Fund Roundtable

12.00 - 14.00

WIF Networking Lunch

14.30 - 17.30

High-Level Meeting on

Accounting and Reporting (ISAR)

20.00

UNCTAD Women in BusinessAwards / Gala dinner

9.00 - 12.00 15.00 - 18.00

Committee of the Whole

9.00 - 12.00 15.00 - 18.00

Committee of the Whole

9.00 - 12.00 15.00 - 18.00

Committee of the Whole

9.00 - 12.00

panel Discussion: Refections

on the Trade and Sustainable

Development Dimension in view

o the Rio+20 Summit (DITC)

??.00 - ??.00

Introducing the Trade AdvocacyFund - what opportunities are

available? (UK)

15.00 - 18.00

panel Discussion: Pavingthe way or sustainable reight

transport (DTL)

15.00 - 18.00

panel Discussion: LDCs andthe emerging economies (ECIDC,

Commonwealth Secreteriat)

9.00 - 12.00

panel Discussion:

Development banks (ECIDC)

panel Discussion: Inormationand Communication Technology

or Knowledge Sharing (DTL)

High-Levelpolic Dialogue

on the Creative Economy or

Development (DITC)

10.00 - 13.00

panel Discussion: Trade and

poverty reduction: The missing

links (ALDC)

8.00 - 10.00

Special Event on Enhanced

Integrated Framework(ALDC, WTO)

14.00 - 18.00

Secial Event on Natural Gas

as an Engine o Growth (SUC)

15.00 - 18.00

panel Discussion: The world

turned upside down: Rise o the

South (ECIDC)

11.00 - 13.00

GSTp High level meeting (DITC)

18.00 - 19.00

LLDCs Ministerial

9.00 - 12.00

Committee of the Whole

CLOSING pLENARy

9.00 - 12.00 15.00 - 18.00

General Debate

9.00 - 12.00 15.00 - 18.00

General Debate

9.00 - 12.00 15.00 - 18.00

General Debate

9.00 - 12.00

General Debate

9.00 - 17.00

Civil Societ Forum plenar

9.00 - 17.00

Civil Societ Forum plenar

9.00 - 17.00

Civil Societ Forum plenar

9.00 - 17.00

Civil Societ Forum

18.00 - 19.00

ITC cocktail: Women and youth atthe centre o export and job creation

19.30

World Investment Forum Reception

20.30

Welcome Reception and Cultural

Perormance:

Katara Cultural Village

9.00 - 17.00

Civil Societ Forum

9.00 - 17.00

Civil Societ Forum

9.00 - 17.00

Civil Societ Forum

World Investment

Forum (DIAE)

Development-centred globalization: Towards inclusive and sustainable growth and development (as of 02 April 2012)

12.00 - 14.00

Publication Launch: Report rompre-event workshop (ECIDC)

12.00 - 14.00

panel Discussion: Free tradeagreements: necessary but notsucient - lessons rom the Arabregion (ITC/TASDEER)

12.30 - 14.30

Luncheon for OIF heads of delegation

12.00 - 14.00

Seminar on Competition

and Consumer Policies or

Development (COMPAL-AFRICOMP)

panel Discussion: The uture

international agenda on non-

tari measures, ollowed by an

inormation session on the UN

Forum on (Private) Sustainability

Standards (NTMs) (DITC)

17.30 - 20.30

panel Discussion:

Debt Crisis Prevention and

Management (GDS)

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Handover to UNCTADof the conference site

Sunday

9.30 - 12.00 14.00 - 17.00

INNOvATION AND

TECHNOLOGy DAy(full day) (DTL)

15.00 - 18.00

panel Discussion: Refectionson the international trading systemand inclusive development (DITC)

15.00 - 18.00

New Perspectives on IndustrialPolicies o the South (ECIDC/ILO)

Secial High-Leel Eent:Implementation o the IstanbulProgramme o Action or LDCs:Graduation and structuraltransormation (ALDC, OHRLLS)