FORUM CLOSING: Ambassadors Roundtable | World Investment Forum

Investing in sustainable development: the way forward

Date

Fri, 10/22/2021 - 16:00 - Fri, 10/22/2021 - 18:00

Event

7th WIF 2021

Session Type

Conference

Room number

WIF Virtual Platform, room 15

Contact Email

Joerg.weber@unctad.org

22 October 2021

16:00 - 18:00 Europe/Zurich

Europe/Zurich

The Ambassadors’ Roundtable on Investing in Sustainable Development: The Way Forward will close the seventh World Investment Forum with a deliberation of the key take-aways from the Forum for the Geneva investment-development community and beyond. Specifically, permanent representatives will reflect on key outcomes of the Forum for the future work of UNCTAD and the broader Geneva international organization setting in re-igniting the investment engine of growth and its contribution to sustainable development.

The event will close with the Secretary-General’s closing remarks for the World Investment Forum 2021.

Issues for the debate

How to further enhance the role of Geneva permanent representatives in reigniting investment as an engine for sustainable recovery?
How to improve and further facilitate interactions between permanent representatives and the business community to promote Geneva as a global hub for promoting investment in sustainable development?
How to improve and further facilitate interactions between the various Geneva-based international organizations in the pursuit of making investment work for sustainable development?

Speaker(s)

H.E. Mr. Chad Blackman

Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Barbados to the UN and other International Organisations in Geneva

H.E. Ms. Maira Mariela Macdonal Alvarez

Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Plurinational State of Bolivia to the UN and other International Organisatons in Geneva

H.E. Mr. Li Chenggang

Ambassador and Permanent Representative of China to the WTO

H.E. Mr. José Valencia

Permanent Representative of Ecuador to the WTO

H.E. Mr. Zenebe Kebede Korcho

Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Ethiopia to the UN and other International Organisations in Geneva

H.E. Dr. Hans-Peter Jugel

Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Federal Republic of Germany to the UN and other International Organizations in Geneva

H.E. Ms. Grata Endah Werdaningtyas

Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Representative and Chargé d’Affaires of the Republic of Indonesia to the UN and other International Organisations in Geneva

H.E. Ms. Zhanar Aitzhanova

Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Kazakhstan to the UN and other International Organisations in Geneva

H.E. Mr. Taeho Lee

Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea to the UN and other International Organisations in Geneva

H.E. Mr. Salim Baddoura

Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Lebanon to the UN and other International Organisations in Geneva

H.E. Mr. Omar Zniber

Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Morocco to the UN and other International Organisations in Geneva

H.E. Mr. Khalil ur Rahman Hashmi

Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the UN and other International Organisations in Geneva

H.E. Ms. Xolelwa Mlumbi-Peter

Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Republic of South Africa to the WTO

H.E. Mr. Didier Chambovey

Head of the Swiss Permanent Mission to the WTO and EFTA, Geneva

H.E. Mr. Rongvudhi Virabutr

Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Thailand to the UN and other International Organisations in Geneva

H.E. Dr. Hector Constant Rosales

Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to the UN and other International Organisations in Geneva

Ms. Rebeca Grynspan

Secretary-General, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development