New director from the University of the West Indies visits UNCTAD
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Dr. Keith Nurse, the recently appointed director of the Sridath Ramphal Centre for International Trade Law, Policy and Services at Vi's Caribbean university member, University of the West Indies, met with the Vi team January 16, to discuss future activities and areas of cooperation with the network.
Dr. Nurse was in Geneva as panellist in the session on Promoting Trade Gains from Creative Goods and Services at UNCTAD's Secretary-General High-level Panel on the Creative Economy and Industries for Development.
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