Zambia sets to participate in UN Conference on Trade, Development in Switzerland

Zambia is going to take part in the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. The session will look into strategies to ensure how trade facilitation and transit can contribute to the achievement of sustainable development.

Zambia’s Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry Permanent Secretary Kayula Siame will be participating at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. This is going to be the seventh session of the Multi-year Expert Meeting on Transport, Trade Logistics and Trade Facilitation that is slated to take place in Switzerland’s Geneva on between May 7 and 9 this year.

The upcoming meeting will commence where the previous meeting ended that focused on trade logistics and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The meeting will also provide an opportunity to discuss developments related to trade facilitation and transit issues, consider recent UNCTAD work aimed at assisting developing and least developed countries implementing trade facilitation reforms and share experiences, including by reviewing best practices associated with new and rapidly evolving technological developments, as reported by Lusaka Times.

According to the Ministry spokesperson, Godfrida Chanda, the discussions will focus on general trade facilitation reforms and the implementation of the World Trade Organization Agreement on Trade Facilitation, which entered into force in February 2017. Chanda further said that over 140 WTO members have ratified the Agreement on Trade Facilitation and are currently implementing its provisions.

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