UNCTAD15 will yield a new, updated mandate for UNCTAD, at a time when all people and global leadership faces one of the biggest challenges of the post second world war time: recovery from the global coronavirus pandemic. Decisions emerging from UNCTAD’s 15th quadrennial conference will shape how developing countries respond to the COVID-19 crisis and move ahead to manage the socio-economic impacts.
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The declaration will serve as a springboard for youth diplomacy to grow into a legitimate force and shape the trade and development agenda in the coming years.
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During the four-day conference, world leaders, ministers of trade, leading economists and heads of UN agencies and global financial institutions called for a new development model, with socioeconomic transformation and sustainability at its centre.
![UNCTAD15: Policies are critical to harnessing frontier technologies for good](https://unctad.org/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2021-10/2021-10-0_Ministerial_Rountable_IV_1200x675px-v1.jpg?itok=MbnbSaDu)
Good policy choices and actions will make the difference in steering technological change towards economic recovery and development outcomes that leave no one behind.
![UNCTAD15: A ministerial conference committed to gender equality](/themes/custom/newyork/images/logo.jpg)
The 15th session of the UN Conference on Trade and Development was the first to feature a forum dedicated to gender and development.