FILIPINO DIPLOMAT ELECTED COMMITTEE VICE CHAIRMAN 
OF UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT  

16 March 2007 – Philippine Permanent Representative to UN in Geneva Enrique A. Manalo reported to the Department of Foreign Affairs that Mr. Miguel R. Bautista, Head of the Economic and Environmental Affairs Section of the Philippine Mission to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva, was elected Vice Chairman of the 11^th Session of the Commission on Investment, Technology and Related Financial Issues of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) at its inaugural session.  

The session of the Commission, which ran from 8 to 14 March 2007, considered policy issues related to investment and development, and the development implications of international investment agreements.  Other matters discussed were the Investment Policy Reviews (IPRs) of Morocco and Zambia , and the implementation of the recommendations of previous commission meetings.  

UNCTAD is the focal point in the United Nations system for the integrated treatment of trade and development and interrelated issues in the areas of finance, technology, investment and sustainable development. UNCTAD’s commissions consider the outputs of the organization’s various technical meetings with a view to presenting policy implications and options for the consideration of UNCTAD’s governing body, the Trade and Development Board.  

Mr. Bautista has chaired several meetings at UNCTAD. He is currently Vice President of the Trade and Development Board. END

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