Vijay Prashad
1st May, 2012
Last Thursday. the delegates at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) came to the closing ceremony. It was delayed by a few hours because the final document needed to be translated. A short delay was acceptable. Far worse would have been deadlock on the final declaration. It would have delivered a victory to those who want to see UNCTAD’s ability to continue doing its work curtailed.
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