Report on the fifth UNCTAD Public Symposium – A better world economic order for equality and sustainable development post-2015
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1. In connection with the fiftieth anniversary of UNCTAD, the fifth UNCTAD Public Symposium, organized in cooperation with the United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service and other partners, took place in Geneva, Switzerland from 18 to 19 June 2014. Focusing on a better world economic order for equality and sustainable development beyond 2015, the Symposium explored how widening inequality posed a challenge to sustainable development.
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