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Ms. Rebeca Grynspan
Secretary-General, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development · International Organizations and Civil Society
Sessions
Opening of the Youth Forum
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Grand Opening of the Forum and Global Leaders Investment Summit
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Leaders Luncheon (by invitation only)
Global Leaders Investment Dialogue
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Summit Roundtable: Small Island Developing States and Investment Guarantees (by invitation only)
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Global Investment Game Changers Summit
High-level Roundtable on Investment in the Energy Transition
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Tripartite Dialogue of Parliamentarians, Policymakers and Business Leaders
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Investment Ministerial Roundtable
Enterprise Ministerial Roundtable
Structurally Weak and Vulnerable Economies (SWVE) Ministerial and Business Executive Roundtable
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Biography
Rebeca Grynspan of Costa Rica is the first woman and Central American to serve as UNCTAD’s secretary-general.
Ms. Grynspan is a renowned advocate of human development, who has helped to focus the world’s attention on relevant issues such as the reduction of inequality and poverty, gender equality, South-South cooperation as a tool for development, and the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, among others.
A former vice president of Costa Rica, Ms. Grynspan joins UNCTAD from the Ibero-American Conference where she also led the organization as secretary-general.
Areas of expertise
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