Review and assessment of the sixth session of the United Nations Conference on trade and development

Abstract

In order to fully understand the concerns of the developing countries in general and of Africa in particular about the collapse in international negotiations, it is essential to briefly review, at the outset, the background to the creation of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). UNCTAD vas established by General Assembly, resolution 1995 (XIX) which; among other things, endorsed the decision of the Economic and Social Council to convene a United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.