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​Senior trade policymakers from developing countries hailed UNCTAD's support on trade policy frameworks in making progress towards Sustainable Development Goals at a meeting held in the Palais des Nations in Geneva on 6–8 October.

Visitors to the Geneva UN70 Open Day discovered an art installation celebrating rural products and their promotion by UNCTAD.

UNCTAD's latest Investment Policy Monitor shows that, as in previous review periods, the vast majority of new investment policy measures aimed at creating more favourable investment conditions. In total, 41 measures were taken by 25 countries.

Farmers from Kampot, Cambodia went to Italy to talk about how UNCTAD helped them spice up their business and make kampot pepper a success.

​At the end of September 2015, 42 port operators from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean gathered for a week in Indonesia to jointly defined scorecard of indicators to help ports achieve greater competitiveness.

​UNCTAD, as a world leader in statistics measuring the effects of non-tariff measures, is expanding and consolidating data collection in different regions. In October it was time for South-East Asia.

​​The General Assembly of the United Nations has designated October 20th, 2015 as 'World Statistics Day' to acknowledge the importance of reliable, timely and impartial statistics in supporting evidence informed policy. 

​Representatives from civil society shared their views during a roundtable discussion on how to make trade work for the Sustainable Development Goals.

​Experts meeting in Geneva discussed which “policy interfaces” – or complementary actions – can help trade policy contribute to achieving the sustainable development goals (SDGs).

​As the global community commits to the new Sustainable Development Goals and gears up for a new international climate policy agreement, the UNCTAD Review of Maritime Transport 2015 highlights the role of freight transport, including maritime transport, in addressing the global sustainability and resilience agenda.