The first event of its kind, it is set to provide a crucial platform for leaders and experts to discuss the changing landscape of international trade and logistics.

The forum will feature an innovation challenge, aimed at inspiring solutions to make global production and distribution networks greener and more efficient and resilient.

It will focus on the vital role of global supply chains in promoting economic growth, job creation and poverty reduction, aligned the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, an UNCTAD release said.

Recognising the disproportionate impact of supply chain disruptions on vulnerable economies far from the main lines of trade, especially small island developing states (SIDS) and landlocked developing countries (LLDCs), the forum will explore ways to strengthen resilience and sustainability in global supply chains, ranging from trade facilitation reforms to digital innovations.

It will discuss strategies for enhancing the resilience of seaports, particularly in vulnerable coastal nations.

Government ministers of transport will deliberate on a joint declaration, feeding into upcoming discussions at the UN’s 4th International Conference on Small Island Developing States set for late May in Antigua and Barbuda.

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