ABSTRACT
As the previous chapter has demonstrated, UNCTAD’s Secretariat is
central to the organization’s management and operations. Perma-
nently based in Geneva it is where the day-to-day running of the body
is carried out, as well as from where the research-arguably
UNCTAD’s key comparative advantage over other bodies-is con-
ducted and marshaled. Consequently, this chapter will discuss in
depth the structure of the Secretariat, what it does and how, and how
the overall organization fits together. The chapter also discusses the evolution of the Secretariat over time. The following chapter (Chapter 3)
will then discuss the research activities of UNCTAD and the impor-
tance of its publications and reports.
