Resource rich economies can use commodity stabilization funds to support economic diversity.

(iii) The Common Fund for Commodities should expedite its exploration of ways and means to utilize the resources of its First Account.

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Today migrants are treated worse than capital or commercial goods we are always looking to provide freedom of transit for these.

Moreover, the problems caused by dependence on commodities and natural resources in low income countries deserved special attention.

Precious commodities and terrorist financing

In accordance with this decision, 5 million was transferred from unexpended general resources to the Global Contraceptive Commodity Programme in 1996.

5. The issue of sources of international support measures for commodity diversification was debated in some detail.

One delegation felt that the First Account of the Common Fund for Commodities could be a potential source of finance in this respect.

Exports of commodities, such as energy and base metals, have also increased strongly.

(d) In commodity dependent countries, special efforts are needed to generate funds for the development of the commodity sector.

Additional resources will need to come from all possible sources national governments, bilateral and multilateral donors, foundations and commercial firms, insurance schemes and out of pocket financed goods and services.

Source UNCTAD, Monthly Commodity Price Bulletin, March 1998.

The surge in recent years in the flows of speculative capital into and out of commodity markets for financial assets has tended to accentuate commodity price instability during recent years.

The way we tend to use resources is we extract them, we turn them into short life products and then dispose of them.

60. Improving the possibilities for using physical commodities as collateral for loans could significantly strengthen export financing for commodities.

Moreover, most plastic products are made from so called petroleum based commodity thermoplastics. Given that a non renewable resource forms the basis of many plastic products most of which will not last long current plastics usage patterns are not sustainable.

Source UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics, UNCTAD secretariat calculations based on UN Commodity Trade Statistics Database (UN Comtrade) data.

Third, the secular decline in their commodity prices had resulted in a debt overhang that siphoned off scarce resources that could otherwise have been used to fight poverty.

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In view of the excessive power of retailers, the investments of product suppliers could be undermined, particularly if the latter do not have any alternative avenues for the distribution of their products.

The ninth session of the Commission on Trade in Goods and Services, and Commodities (March 2005) discussed the role of trade and investment in facilitating market entry for commodities.

61. Manufacturing in Africa is dominated by three labour intensive, resource based, low technology industries which focus narrowly on the primary processing of locally produced agricultural and mineral commodities and absorb 85 per cent of total investment.

Part II of the List, compiled by the United Nations Secretariat, presents commercial information, including data on trade names and manufacturers, relating to a large proportion of the products included in part I of the List.

The creation of such an exchange will greatly improve conditions for commodity marketing and finance in Africa, including for national and intra African trade.

4. Reiterates the importance of expanded South South trade and investment in commodities

A. Informal consultative group on resource mobilization

So far, growth has been driven by a combination of external resources (aid, debt relief, or commodity windfalls) and the removal of some of the worst policy distortions of the past. Domestic productivity has been given a boost by an increase in demand for domestic goods and services (mostly the latter) and more efficient use of resources.

While a handful of commodity rich countries have managed to buck the curse, including Botswana, Chile, and Norway, they have, nevertheless, failed to diversify their economies, remaining dependent on natural resource based exports. But history is not destined to repeat itself, and leaders of commodity rich countries are seeking alternative futures.

Given the general financial and economic environment, alcohol related e commerce merchants are holding fast to upstream resources while actively planning their own brands so as to seek breakthroughs in performance.

Identification(s) of the person of entities whose assets have been frozen A description of the nature of the assets frozen (i.e., bank deposits securities, business assets, precious commodities, work of art, real estate property and other assets) The value of assets frozen.

Thus, even though the United States and Japan will not be raising interest rates anytime soon, lower foreign rates still make the dollar and yen relatively more attractive. Commodity prices will continue to be soft, pulling down commodity currencies, and bolstering the yen especially, since resource poor Japan is so reliant on commodity imports.

Sources UNCTAD, Handbook of Statistics, 2004 (exports and imports of merchandise) and World Bank, World Development Indicators 2005 (GDP).

Macroeconomic policy questions trade and development financing of development, including net transfer of resources between developing and developed countries commodities external debt crisis and development

Of course, upward pressure on commodity prices also stems from supply side challenges. It is not just that global supplies of resources are increasingly scarce, but also that supplies are increasingly falling into inefficient hands.

Iraq contends that there is no legal justification for compensating claimants for interim loss of natural resources that have no commercial value i.e., resources that are not traded in the market .

10. Reiterates the importance of expanded South South trade and investment in commodities

(b) Providing access to the international business community to information on local resources and business opportunities.

In my country, drug trafficking is the main source of the financing of violence.

At the same time the existing resources must be increased through the creation of a business centre.