Virtual launch of UNCTAD report great success for Vi members in Colombia
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EAFIT University's video conference webcast featuring Colombia's national launch of UNCTAD's Trade and Development Report 2007, linked hundreds of students and professors with Geneva experts to discuss the advantages of a regional approach to trade for Latin American countries.
The video conference, organized by UNCTAD, the Virtual Institute and EAFIT's Vi member coordinator, Sascha Furst, filled an auditorium in Medellín, and counted with 95 viewers from Vi Affiliate member, Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano in Bogotá. In Geneva, representatives from UNCTAD and Colombia's Permanent mission led the presentation and were at hand to answer questions from students.