The UN World Trade Organization (UNWTO), in partnership with the World Travel Market, will hold a Ministers’ Summit at the World Travel Market with the theme “Responding to the Economic Downturn and Staying on Course with the Climate and Poverty Reduction Agenda.” During the meeting, tourism ministers will consider climate and poverty goals in the context of the economic downturn. Items on the Summit’s agenda include: tourism as a driver of socio-economic progress and poverty alleviation; the UNWTO’s Davos Declaration Process on Climate Change; and TOURpact, the first UN Global Compact Industry Sector Network, which calls on the tourism sector to actively support UN objectives. For more information: Internet.  

date: 11 November 2008  
location: London, UK