Report of the Working Party on the Social Dimension of Globalization Oral report by the Chairperson of the Working Party Visit of the Director-General of UNCTAD and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
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1. In the morning, Mr. Rubens Ricupero, Secretary-General of UNCTAD, and Mr. Ruud Lubbers, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, addressed the Working Party. Mr. Ricupero focused his remarks mainly on the forthcoming Third UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries to be held in Brussels in May. He invited the ILO to take an active role in the preparations and proceedings of LDC III. Mr. Lubbers, drawing on his experience in politics and academia, highlighted issues of governance as being at the heart of the work of the UNHCR on refugees. Both speakers identified the scope for increased collaboration with the ILO and its tripartite constituency as important to their work. In reply to various questions the two guest speakers developed their visions and analysis of globalization and its impact on the mandates of their respective organizations.
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