Participating in armed conflicts Creating private armies Engaging in illicit arms trafficking Recruiting mercenaries Being involved in the illegal extraction of natural resources.

Yet, the participation of many developing countries in global trade has been marginal.

The penalty for trafficking in women was automatically imprisonment in virtually all cases.

The ability to take part in fair trade is the opportunity for a nation to help itself.

There is a very strong temptation to become involved in it, particularly for the most vulnerable sectors of society.

The Department also invited the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) to take part in the briefing.

Key factors in that regard would be active participation in international trade and a major inflow of foreign investment.

China had already applied for resumption of its status as a contracting party to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).

Adjustment among small retailers has come through specialization, and the size of the specialty markets in developed countries has allowed for this adjustment to take place, but in the case of developing countries the size of the market may not allow adjustment of small retailers through specialization.

However, as clearly explained in the report to which I just referred, the participation of many developing countries in global trade remains marginal.

UNEP has emphasized the importance of accurately determining the involvement of organized criminal groups in the trade in ozone depleting substances, including studying the impact of such involvement.

At the time, the Bank of Zambia was deeply involved both directly and through Commercial Banks in International Finance and Trade.

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Delegations underlined the importance of building productive capacities that will allow developing countries to participate in international trade and achieve sustained economic growth.

In the 1590s, Block already was active in the shipping trade, transporting wood from Northern Europe to deforested Spain.

Representatives of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the European Conference of Ministers of Transport (ECMT) were in attendance.

Delegations underlined the importance of building productive capacities that will allow developing countries to participate in international trade and achieve sustained economic growth.

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They did particularly well in commerce.

They are accused of being human traffickers.

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Not in the retail business.

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Progress on trade has been similarly disappointing.

The merchandise exported by the least developed countries stood at 57.8 billion in 2004, accounting for 0.64 per cent of the world's merchandise exports, as compared to 0.56 per cent in 1990.

Secondly, Africa needs trade.

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Sr Suzette attended a Strategy Meeting on the General Agreement on Trade in Services in Geneva from 23 March to 16 April, 2004.

However, thus far, developing countries' participation in and profits from world trade have not been considerable, because of the obstacles and distortions in trade, such as subsidies and internal assistance, that stands in the way of the development of our countries.

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