UN Conference on Trade & Development (UNCTAD)

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1 UN Conference on Trade & Development (UNCTAD) UNCTAD was founded in 1964 and is headquartered in Geneva. Sessions of UNCTAD are held about every four years. The Trade & Development Board governs between UNCTAD sessions, and meets more often. UNCTAD Board meetings are included in Other UNCTAD Meetings. S.2 UNCTAD Sessions S.1 UNCTAD II, New Delhi, India, 1 Feb.-29 Mar UNCTAD I, Geneva, 23 Mar.-14 Jun H1. Obs. 23 Mar.-14 Jun C1. Violet-black CONF. 8 India issued Sc.#463 on 1 Feb Registry Label Used with H1. C2. Violet-black H1. Obs. 23 Feb.-25 Mar E1. Vigyan Bhawan, where the conference was held. CC1. Obs. 162x114, 222x114 & 224x114 Airmail CC2. Obs. 162x114 Airmail H2. First Day, 1 Feb CC1. Obs. 159x126 Airmail H3. First Day, 1 Feb CC2. Obs. 229x162 Manila Service cover to ECA-Addis Ababa, 11 Jun C2., CC1. & CC2. were used by UNCTAD after the conference. Conference use would be during, or prior to, the Conference & perhaps a month afterwards. Philatelic cover, $4; Service cover, $40; Registry label, add $5 UNCTAD I was the founding conference for UNCTAD, which formally became a UN Organ on 10 Dec Service cover to Geneva, 8 Mar Philatelic cover, $3; Service cover, $40; Registry label, add $5 United Nations Philatelists Monograph, REV. 20 Jan M1.

2 S.3 UNCTAD Sessions, continued S.3 UNCTAD III, Santiago, Chile, 13 Apr.-19 May 1972, continued UNCTAD III, Santiago, Chile, 13 Apr.-19 May 1972 PC1. Conference post card to France, 12 May 1972 Chile issued Sc.# on 13 Apr H1. Obs. 18 Apr.-12 May 1972 H2. First Day, Obs. 13 Apr PC2. (unused) H3. Chilexpo 72, held During Conference, Obs. 10 May 1972 M1. Publicity, Obs. # s 1 & 9 Obs Apr Service cover to UN-New York, 18 Apr Philatelic cover with H2. or H3., $3; Philatelic cover with H1. or M1., $6; Service cover or mailed Conference post card, $40; unused post card, $10 S.4 UNCTAD IV, Nairobi, Kenya, 5-31 May 1976 CC1. Obs. 228x163 Airmail M2. REV. 21 Oct Postal History of Conferences & Meetings of the United Nations, its Agencies & its Predecessors

3 UNCTAD Sessions, continued S.6 UNCTAD VI, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 6 Jun.-3 Jul S.5 UNCTAD V, Manila, Philippines, 7 May-1 Jun Philippines issued Sc.# on 3 May 1979 Yugoslavia issued Sc. #1633 on 6 Jun H1. Black, Violet H2. First Day Obs. 1 Jun Obs. 3 May 1979 Note that H1. says RECEIVED, but was used as regular postmark. H1. Obs. 28 Jun H2. First Day. 6 Jun C1. Red Service cover from UNCTAD Secretary-General, 28 Jun Philatelic cover, $3; Small Service cover, $40; Large Service cover, $15 Service cover from UNCTAD Secretary-General, 1 Jun MT1. Diplomatic Pouch Tag to UN-New York, 1 Jun Philatelic cover, $3; Service cover; $40; Pouch Tag, $25 United Nations Philatelists Monograph, M3.

4 UNCTAD Sessions, continued S.8 UNCTAD VIII, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, 8-25 Feb S.7 UNCTAD VII, Geneva, Switzerland, 9-31 Jul H1. UN-Geneva Post Office cancel f, Obs Jul Colombia issued C846 on 8 Feb C1. Two Red Cachets used together CONF & UNCTAD H1. First Day, 8 Feb C2. Blue, Violet, UNCTAD cachet is different from C1. CONF & UNCTAD Service cover from T. Ogada, President of Trade & Development Board, 17 Feb Philatelic cover, $3; Service cover, $30 S.9 UNCTAD IX, Midrand, South Africa, 27 Apr.-11 May 1996 IRC with H1., 31 Jul Philatelic cover, $5; IRC, $8; Large Service cover, $15 H1. Obs. 17 Apr.-11 May 1996 Philatelic cover, $12 M4. REV. 20 Jan Postal History of Conferences & Meetings of the United Nations, its Agencies & its Predecessors

5 UNCTAD Sessions, continued S.10 UNCTAD X, Bangkok, Thailand, Feb S.12 UNCTAD XII, Accra, Ghana, Apr S.13 UNCTAD XIII, Doha, Qatar, Apr H1. Obs. 19 Feb Violet Registry Imprint used with H1. Phone card Philatelic cover, $10; Registry label, add $5 S.11 UNCTAD XI, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Jun Philatelic cover, $10 H1. Obs Jun United Nations Philatelists Monograph, M5.

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7 Other UNCTAD Meetings 1965/1 UN Tin Conference, United Nations, NY, 22 Mar.-14 Apr /2 1st Session, Trade & Development Board, United Nations, NY, 5-30 Apr /3 Conference of Plenipotentiaries on Transit Trade of Land- Locked Countries, United Nations, NY, 7 Jun.-8 Jul /4 1st Session, Committee on Commodities, Geneva, Switzerland, 19 Jul.-7 Aug /5 1st Session, Committee on Manufactures, Geneva, Switzerland, Aug /6 2nd Session, Trade & Development Board, Geneva, 24 Aug.-15 Sep & United Nations, NY & 29 Oct /7 UN Sugar Conference, United Nations, NY, 20 Sep.-24 Oct /8 Special Session, UN Cocoa Conference, Geneva, Oct /9 1st Special Session, Trade & Development Board, United Nations, NY Oct /10 1st Session, Committee on Shipping, Geneva, 8-23 Nov After this listing for the first year, only major conferences will be listed unless there is known postal history for a meeting. 1966/1 UN Cocoa Conference, United Nations, NY. 23 May-23 Jun /2 10th Meeting, International Study Group on Lead & Zinc, Munich, West Germany, Nov /2 2nd Session, Committee on Commodities, Geneva, 9-26 May 1967 * H1. Type 1, H1. Type 2, H1. Type 3, First f in Office Cross centered Cross under right above semi-circle between N & E leg of N Office Temporaire H1. Type 4 E1. Smaller letters Black, Red Imprint H1. Obs May H1. Obs Nov Philatelic cover, $4 1967/1 UN Conference on Olive Oil, Geneva, Mar C1. Red, Black Philatelic cover, $5; Registry label, add $5 1967/2 UN Wheat Conference, Rome, Italy, 12 Jul.-18 Aug /2 UN Cocoa Conference, Geneva, 28 Nov.-19 Dec /1 UN Sugar Conference,1st part, Geneva, 17 Apr.-1 Jun H1. Letters a & b E1. Obs May 1968 Office Temporaire C1. Red Philatelic cover, $5; Registry label, add $5 United Nations Philatelists Monograph, REV. 20 Jan M7.

8 1974/1 Other UNCTAD Meetings, continued Continued 1968/2 UN Sugar Conference, 2nd part, Geneva, Note that this cancel was also used for the 26th Session of the 23 Sep.-24 Oct International Law Commission, 6-May-26 Jul /1 UN Conference on Olive Oil, Geneva, 3-7 Mar /1 UN Tin Conference, Geneva, 13 Apr.-15 May 1970 H1. Letters c & d Obs. 13 Apr.-15 May 1970 Office Temporaire Registry label used with H1. IRC1., 19 Jun C1. Service cover to IMFWashington, 2 Jul Registered Philatelic cover on UNCTAD CC, 13 Apr Philatelic cover, $5; Registry label, add $5 1971/1 UN Wheat Conference, Geneva, 18 Jan.-20 Feb /2 5th Session, Committee on Manufactures, Geneva, 3-14 May /1 UN Cocoa Conference, Geneva, 8-28 Mar and Oct /1 UN Conference on Olive Oil, Geneva, Mar /2 UN Sugar Conference, Geneva, 7-30 May 1973 & 10 Sep.-13 Oct /1 6th Session, Special Committee on Preferences, Geneva, May th Session, Committee on Manufactures, 1-12 Jul th Session, Committee on Commodities, Jul th Session, Working Group of Committee on Tungsten, Aug th Session, Trade & Development Board,20 Aug.-13 Sep th Session, Permanent Group on Synthetics & Substitutes, Sep Philatelic cover, $5; IRC, $10; Service cover, $ /1 UN Tin Conference, Geneva, 20 May-21 Jun /2 UN Cocoa Conference, Geneva, 22 Sep.-20 Oct H1. UNPO Letter g, Obs Sep Service cover to UN-New York, 26 Sep H1. UNPO Letter g Cancel, Obs. 13 May-30 Sep Philatelic cover, $8; Service cover, $25 M8. REV. 20 Jan Postal History of Conferences & Meetings of the United Nations, its Agencies & its Predecessors

9 Other UNCTAD Meetings 1977/1 UN Sugar Conference, Geneva, 18 Apr.-27 May 1977 & 12 Sep.-7 Oct /1 1st part, UN Cocoa Conference, Geneva, 29 Jan.-23 Feb /2 UN Conference on Olive Oil, Geneva, 5-7 Apr /3 UN Conference on Natural Rubber, 1st part, Geneva, 13 Nov.-9 Dec Jul.-2 Aug & Nov /1 2nd part, UN Conference on Olive Oil, Geneva, 20 Mar.-3 Apr /2 UN Conference on Natural Rubber, Geneva, 27 Mar.-12 Apr., 25 Jun,-13 Jul. & 24 Sep.-6 Oct /3 UN Conference on a Code of Conduct on the Transfer of Technology, 2nd Session, Geneva, Switzerland, 29 Oct.-16 Nov /2 UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries (UN/ UNCTAD), Paris, France, 1-14 Sep. 1981, continued Metered service cover, 2 Apr C1. Obs. 2 Nov CONF. 2 Service cover, $ /4 1st UN Conference on Restrictive Business Practices, 1st Session, Geneva, 19 Nov.-8 Dec /1 1st UN Conference on Restrictive Business Practices, 2nd Session, Geneva, 8-22 Apr /2 UN Tin Conference, 14 Apr.-14 May, 1-18 Dec /3 UN Cocoa Conference, Geneva, 27 Oct.-19 Nov /1 UN Tin Conference, Geneva, 9-26 Mar. & 9-26 Jun /2 UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries (UN/ UNCTAD), Paris, France, 1-14 Sep Philatelic cover with H1., $6; Philatelic cover with H2, $12; Registry label, add $10; Service cover, $ /3 UNCTAD Committee on Commodities, 1st Special Session, Geneva, 9-13 Nov H1. UNPO Cancel g, Obs. 13 Nov H1. Obs Sep H2. Obs. 2 Sep BUREAU TEMPORAIRE No.2 Registered Service cover to England Philatelic cover, $5; Service cover, $15, Registry, add $5 E1. BUREAU TEMP RE N O 2 PARIS CC1. 224x115, 223x113 Airmail, 225x114 Airmail (darker blue) United Nations Philatelists Monograph, REV. 20 Sep M9.

10 Other UNCTAD Meetings 1983/2 5th Ministerial Meeting of Group of 77, Preparatory to 5th Session, UNCTAD, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 28 Mar.-9 Apr /1 2nd UN Conference on Least Developed Countries (UN/ UNCTAD), Paris, France, 3-14 Sep H1. Obs Sep H1. Obs. 7 Apr CC1. 234x105 Service cover to UNCTAD-Geneva, 7 Apr Philatelic cover, $8; Service cover, $ /3 UN Sugar Conference, Geneva, 2-20 May 1983 & Sep /1 UN Cocoa Conference, Geneva, 7-25 May /2 UN Sugar Conference, Geneva, 12 Jun.-4 Jul /1 UN Cocoa Conference, Geneva, 19 Feb.-16 Mar /2 UN Conference on Natural Rubber, Geneva, 22 Apr.-8 May /1 UN Cocoa Conference, Geneva, 10 Feb.-4 Mar. and 7-25 Jul /2 UN Conference on Nickel, Geneva, 28 Apr.-2 May /3 UN Conference on Natural Rubber, Geneva, 5-23 May and 6-17 Oct /4 UN Conference on Olive Oil, Geneva, 18 Jun.-1 Jul /1 UN Conference on Natural Rubber, Geneva, 9-20 Mar /2 International Sugar Conference, London, England, 1-11 Sep /1 UN Conference on Copper, Geneva, Jun /2 UN Tin Conference, Geneva, 21 Nov.-2 Dec /1 UN Conference on Copper, Geneva, Feb /2 UN Tin Conference, Geneva, 29 Mar.-7 Apr /3 UN Conference on Jute & Jute Products, Geneva, 30 Oct.-3 Nov France Telecom Phone card for Conference Philatelic cover, $8 1990/2 2nd UN Conference on Restrictive Business Practices, Geneva, 26 Nov.-7 Dec /1 Review Conference for a Code of Conduct for Liner Conferences, Geneva, 21 May-7 Jun /1 UN Sugar Conference, Geneva, Mar /2 UN Cocoa Conference, Geneva, 21 Apr.-1 May, 6-24 Jul. & 2-13 Nov /1 UN Cocoa Conference, Geneva, 22 Feb.-5 Mar. & 5-16 Jul /2 UN Conference on Olive Oil, Geneva Mar /3 UN Conference for the Negotiation of a Successor Agreement to the International Tropical Timber Agreement, Geneva, Apr., Jun. & 4-15 Oct /1 UN Conference on Natural Rubber, Geneva, 5-15 Apr. & 3-14 Oct /1 UN Conference on Natural Rubber, Geneva, 6-17 Feb /2 3rd UN Conference on Restrictive Business Practices, Geneva, Nov /1 UN Conference on Natural Rubber, Geneva, 28 Mar M10. REV. 10 Nov Postal History of Conferences & Meetings of the United Nations, its Agencies & its Predecessors

11 Other UNCTAD Meetings, continued 1995/1 UN Conference on Natural Rubber, 6-17 Feb /2 3rd UN Conference on Restrictive Business Practices, Geneva, Nov /1 UN Conference on Jute, Geneva, Mar /2 UN Conference on Jute, Dhaka, Bangladesh. 6-8 Apr /3 4th UN Conference on Restrictive Business Practices, Geneva, Sep /1 UN Cocoa Conference, Geneva, 26 Feb.-22 Mar /2 UN Conference on Jute, Geneva, Mar /3 3rd UN Conference on Least Developed Countries (UN/ UNCTAD), Brussels, Belgium, May /1 International Ministerial Conference of Landlocked & Transit Developing Countries on Transit Transportation Cooperation (UNCTAD), Almaty, Kazakhstan, Aug Kazakhstan issued Sc. #429 on 23 Aug H1. Philatelic cover, $5 2004/1 UN Conference on Timber, Geneva, Jul /1 UN Conference on Timber, Geneva, Feb. and 27 Jun.-1 Jul /2 UN Conference for the Negotiation of a Successor Agreement of the International Agreement on Olive Oil & Table Olives, Geneva, Apr /3 5th UN Conference on Competition Policy, Antalya, Turkey, Nov /1 UN Conference on Timber, Geneva, Jan /1 UN Cocoa Conference, Geneva, Jun /2 6th UN Conference on Competition Policy, Geneva, 8-12 Nov United Nations Philatelists Monograph, REV. 21 Mar M10A.

12 Other UNCTAD Meetings, continued M10B. Postal History of Conferences & Meetings of the United Nations, its Agencies & its Predeces-