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The Global Initiative on Commodities

20 Apr 2009

We, members of civil society, call upon ourselves, the private sector and the public sector, to take concrete and proactive action in the reform of global and national commodity and trade policy with a view to guaranteeing the positive contribution of commodity production to global sustainable development. [...] In particular, we urge the international community of commodity stakeholders to establish a new global partnership for the promotion of sustainable commodity production and trade through the GIC that: ■ Raises awareness and enhances information dissemination on the relationship between com- modity production and international development among consumers, policy-makers, producers and the private se [...] Recent large price increases for mineral commodities have drawn attention to the issue of the dis- tribution of natural resource rents and the long-term development implications of mining, under- lining the need: 7. For governments of resource-rich developing countries to minimize the negative effects of large resource in-flows on domestic inflation and relative prices. [...] In order to ensure to the effectiveness of global commodity cooperation in the future, there is an ongoing need to clearly and formally establish the participation of civil society, the private sector and the public sector as core players in a global partnership. [...] As a part of implementing its information strategy, CSOs and gov- ernments should cooperate in the monitoring and assessment of the impacts of public and private commodi- 22 The Global Initiative on Commodities: From Stakeholder Perspectives to Stakeholder Participation ty-related decision-making and related initiatives.
sustainable development agriculture environment trade aid politics economics compliance economy poverty infrastructure technical assistance supply chains international trade risk management capacity building markets strategy business government policy international relations development aid market economic sector primary commodities commodity society developing country doha development round competition (companies) international institute for sustainable development agricultural industries
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32
Published in
Canada

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