Theme/Trade and development

Secretary-General Appoints Pamela Coke-Hamilton of Jamaica Executive Director, International Trade Centre

24 Jul

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Pamela Coke-Hamilton of Jamaica as Executive Director of the International Trade Centre (ITC), the joint agency of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) for trade and international business development.

Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General

24 Jul

Exceptional and prolonged heat in Siberia has fuelled devastating Arctic fires, the World Meteorological Organization said today, noting that temperatures in Siberia again topped 30°C this week. The heat will influence weather and climate in lower latitudes, where hundreds of millions of people live, it warned.