Barbados and United Arab Emirates
On 25 June 2019, the governments of Barbados and the United Arab Emirates reached an agreement regarding which country would host the 15th UNCTAD quadrennial conference in 2020. Bridgetown will be the host of the event, while the United Arab Emirates will host the World Investment Forum and the first eCommerce Week for Asia in Abu Dhabi. The two countries will co-chair the events. From Left: Miguel Bautista (UNCTAD), Amb. Chad Blackman (Barbados), H.E. Hamad Almass(UAE), Amb. Michael Gaffey (TDB Presedent, Ireland), Mukhisa Kituyi (SG, UNCTAD), Minister Kerrie Symmonds (Barbados), Isabelle Durant (DSG, UNCTAD), Amb. O. S.S. Al Zaabi (UAE), Abdelsalam Alali (UAE), Delegate (UAE), Ms. Shaima Alakel (UAE). More: <a href="https://unctad.org/en/pages/newsdetails.aspx?OriginalVersionID=2137" rel="noreferrer nofollow">unctad.org/en/pages/newsdetails.aspx?OriginalVersionID=2137</a>
