2020 Trade for Peace Week
Increased trade opportunities to promote decent jobs for peace in fragile and conflict-affected countries
On 2 December 2020, the ILO and the WTO co-organized a Session (Session 5) of the Trade for Peace Week on "Trade for Peace through decent job creation". The following speakers represented ILO´s three constituencies (government, employers, workers) and the different international organizations engaged in the triangle of trade, jobs and peace (WTO, ILO, UNDP):
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- Mr. Mozammil Shinwari, Former Chief Negotiator for the Accession of Afghanistan to the WTO
- Mr. Matthias Thorns, Deputy Secretary General, International Organisation of Employers (IOE)
- Mr. Omar Faruk Osman, General Secretary, Federation of Somali Trade Unions (FESTU)
- Ms. Mito Tsukamoto, Chief, Development and Investment Branch, Employment Policy Department, ILO Geneva
- Ms. Luisa Bernal, Policy Specialist, UNDP Geneva
- Ms. Roberta Piermartini, Chief of Section, Economic Research and Statistics Division, WTO (Moderator)
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